On Oct 18, 6:06*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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> > Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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> >> Bryan wrote:
> >> > On Oct 17, 7:20 pm, (Judy Haffner) wrote:
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> >> > > 1 can ( or jar) chicken gravy
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> >> > The only even marginally legitimate use for jarred "gravy" is an
> >> > extender for real gravy. *At least you only had one inappropriate
> >> > ingredient.
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> >> > --Bryan
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> >> You are probably one of the snootiest people *I have run across! *I
> >> would also venture to guess that most people in the US also use a
> >> canned, jarred or pouched gravy. *Most of that stuff has things in it
> >> that we don't eat but I do buy a boxed, gluten free gravy and it is
> >> perfectly fine. *I have had some people's made from scratch gravy and
> >> it left a lot to be desired. Lumpy and not seasoned well.
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> > No problem, Gravy is one of the things I do not do all that well
> > because i didnt grow up with it as a normal side. *I can manage but
> > mine is not better than jarred types. *My only claim to fame is it isnt
> > worse (grin) and it;s cheaper to make my own plus fun to do.
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> We didn't grow up with it either. *I was forced to learn how to make it when
> my daughter was first diagnosed with food intolerances. *Mine has always
> come out fine. *In those days there were no gluten free products available
> that didn't also contain dairy or soy. *Now there are.
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> And I still might make my own, depending on what I am doing. *If I want
> hamburger gravy or chicken gravy with bits of chicken in it or the same with
> turkey, I'll make my own. *But if I want it to moisten a casserole, I'll buy
> the purchased. *Oh and...I did get several of the boxed gravies for free
> after I wrote to the company and said that I couldn't figure out how to open
> their product. *They sent me a lot of high value coupons. *That was very
> nice.
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> I will almost always get a product for free if it is something I can use or
> if it is something I can pass on to the food bank. *I do not as a general
> rule get junk foods like that or things that some of those extreme couponers
> stockpile like Frank's Red Hot Sauce or Yakisoba noodles. *Nobody here eats
> that stuff. *And I'd be willing to bet that the folks who use the food bank
> won't have much use for a hot sauce and probably already have enough of
> those free noodles. *But at times I get coupons for free products that not a
> lot of other people get and I will get those and either find a way to use
> them or pass them on to someone who can use them.
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> Right now we are making an effort to use up the plethora in our cupboards..
> Because we didn't know when my husband would be getting his next paycheck,
> we immediately began searching for deals and stocking up on non-perishable
> things. *Thankfully he does have a job now and he is currently making the
> same wage as before, save for the amount he has to pay for his apartment in
> NY. *But I feel that we should still use up some of what we have now for a
> few weeks and that will allow me to save for Christmas. *I did have the
> canned chicken, the pasta and the peas. *I did buy the soup but it was on
> sale for a good price. *It really would have cost me more money had I made
> it from scratch because I didn't have all of the ingredients. *I would have
> had to buy cream and I would have no other use for the leftover cream.
> That's just not something we use.

Free coupons for your lack of being able to open a package? Wow, I
just don't know what to say.