"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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> giant bottle of ketchup. I curse that thing every time I reach for it -
> it's tall and takes up a lot of space forever on the fridge door. The
> savings are not worth the hassle. I'm going to transfer it to a glass
> jar when it gets down to about 6 oz.

I was buying Ketchup at Costco and giving some to the food bank. It's just
sooo much cheaper for the big bottles but storage is a problem. Now I only
buy that size if making meatloaf. I have switched to the low sugar kind and
it comes in small bottles.
>
> Ditto on lemon juice. I bought the huge bottle without thinking and
> rarely use it - I hit a lemon and lime bonanza and my my freezer's full of
> the real thing, kept in 1 oz. containers. Maybe i"ll just dump the
> reconstituted junk.

Made that mistake too. Was the time when daughter was in summer school and
had to make a food that would have been eaten on Lewis and Clark's journey.
We opted for dried apples. We bought the apples at Costco and not wanting
to go to another store, the lemon juice too. Never used the whole first
bottle and never opened the second one.
>
> Steakums: lousy.

I think I bought those or similar and wound up throwing them out. Husband's
friend said they were good but nobody wanted to eat them.
>
> What items have you bought and regretted?

The B1G2F meats at Albertsons. Steak and pork loin. Really bad meat.

The Forelle pears from Costco. Tasteless and grainy.

Some sort of pudding snack that was put out maybe 10-12 years ago. They
were either rollups or little nuggets of super thick pudding. Shelf stable
and in a box. Blech.

Diet Coke with Splenda. Blech

Hytop refried beans. Tasted fine but very runny.

Italian seasoning from Costco. Smelled like mildew and tasted icky.

Sugar free anything with sugar alcohols.

The Kroger brand Mexican meats.

Sabra hummus. I don't care who voted it best. It doesn't taste good.

Magnum ice cream bars. I got tons of those when they were new. I actually
didn't pay much at all due to coupons but nobody would eat them.

Jiffy mixes from Hometown Favorites. Came with weevils in some of the
boxes.

Bean pasta. Oh ick!

Dreamfields pasta. I am now part of their class action lawsuit!

Some sort of Tri-Colore bulk pasta in large shapes from Fred Meyer. I don't
know what the problem was. Tasted great but always gave me bad stomach
pains after I ate it.

Pretty much any of the bulk foods from Manna Mills. Not fresh!

Some sort of chia drink in a pouch. It was icky.

Some of the Amy's frozen foods. Some are good. Others are not. I would
know them by sight but can't remember the names.

Ground turkey. Just say no!

Most canned soups. Seriously most. I do eat bean with bacon and beef with
barley. That's about it.

Vegall. Not like I remembered it.

Steamfresh vegetables. They taste weird.

Some sort of Dijon potatoes and green beans in a shelf stable container.
This was probably back in the 1980's. Really bad.

Most all food labled as diet foods.