"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 08 Apr 2016 07:08:30 -0600, Janet B >
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 00:49:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >Apparently you missed where I was specifically replying to sf's remark
>> >about
>> >buying food for three days at a time. And pasta would be but one
>> >example of
>> >things you can buy at Costco that would come in quantities larger than
>> >that.
>> >Unless of course, you have a very large family. For us, half a bag of
>> >Costco pasta is a meal plus perhaps one serving leftover.
>> >
>> >What I was saying was that if you buy pasta there, unless your family is
>> >large, you'll get more than three day's worth.
>>
>> It isn't necessary to cook more dry pasta than is needed for a meal.
>> You simply put the unused portion away for another meal. The above
>> sounds exactly like you are saying that one package of Costco pasta is
>> more than your family is able to eat at one time therefore you can't
>> use it. That is exactly why I replied as I did the first time.
>> Janet US
>
> Julie is very literal in a black & white fashion. Buy a pound of dry
> pasta, and of course you need to cook all of it at once.

OMFG! Do any of you who are replying to this even BUY pasta at Costco? And
yes, I know that they sell different types and varieties of pasta. What I
buy comes with 6 packages, wrapped together in plastic. 2 each of three
types of pasta. Each package is 6 servings. Now math is not my strong
point. But I think I am buying 36 servings of pasta at once. I have no
choice but to buy it that way as that is how they sell it. It is no problem
for me. NO PROBLEM! But it is more food than we can eat in three days.

Which was my whole point to begin with. Restricting yourself to buying only
three day's worth of food makes no sense to me with something like this. I
could buy one package of the same pasta at Central Market as that is the
only place that sells this brand. One package may still be more than we'd
eat in three days but... I'd be paying far more per package to buy it this
way. And of course if we were a family who rarely ate pasta, this might
make sense. However, I know that we'll eat all 6 packages before they go
bad. So...

Grrr... I'm going to go set up my new patio umbrella then make chili and
corn muffins.