merryb wrote:
> On Oct 18, 6:06 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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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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>>>>>> Judy
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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.
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> Free coupons for your lack of being able to open a package? Wow, I
> just don't know what to say.

You obviously have not seen the packaging. I wrote about it at the time
that I got the new packaging. There is a plastic piece that you have to
lift up. I have learned to do this with a butter knife because there is a
little sharp bit underneath. If you use your fingers, it will stab you.
You then have to push the remaining plastic and foil down into the box.
Again I use a butter knife because I don't want to break a nail. Very poor
way of opening a product, IMO.

I have bought other boxed things that have a plastic ring that you lift up.
Or even just a piece of foil that you lift off. This is not like that. Not
at all.