"Julie Bove" wrote in message news

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>> I finally found good tamales here and only had to buy two. Got beef ones
>> at
>> Central Market. Only problem is, I have no clue when they will get them
>> again. They also sometimes sell something that we refer to as "puke on
>> rice"
>> because it looks like that. Some kind of Thai food that my husband loves.
>> They also had that today so double score! But... They seem not to have
>> that
>> very often so they may not have the tamales either.
>>
>> Yesterday, I bought Royal Anne cherries at PCC. I wanted to try them as
>> some
>> here were raving about them. I am now convinced that they are what we had
>> on
>> the tree in our yard when I was a kid. Tree produced a ton of cherries
>> until
>> my uncle burned it down. We had a bad year with tent caterpillars and he
>> said he would fix it. He set the tent of caterpillars on fire,
>> effectively
>> killing both them and the tree.
>>
>> Our neighbor merely told us that they were pie cherries and no good for
>> eating. I did try eating one a few times. They were just meh. Never tried
>> making a pie with them. I knew that those cherries looked like Royal Anne
>> and after eating a few, I see that they were. Again, just meh. I do not
>> see
>> the appeal. Not sweet, not sour. I would eat them if I were starving.
>> Otherwise, no. Thankfully there were a few Bing within my reach on my
>> tree.
>> Now those are some good eating. I doubt I'll get any more. Tree didn't
>> produce many this year and most are far too high for me to get to. We had
>> a
>> bumper crop last year and some of Angela's friends who are more agile
>> than
>> me, picked the tree clean and took them home.
>>
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>> Hmm you could have made it a rule that whatever they picked, they had to
>> give you a few?
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> I told them to take as many as they wanted. Since I am diabetic, I eat
> very
> little fruit. I did eat a few.
>>
>> You mentioned the tamales. Do they not freeze well?
>
> They do freeze but for the most part, I don't like food that has been
> frozen. I do freeze meatloaf and that's fine. I do buy frozen meals once
> in
> a while. Not so much because I like them but because I can get them for
> cheap and/or for whatever reason I am not up to cooking. Mainly the cheap
> ones would be things like meatloaf and Salisbury steak. They are not
> nearly
> as good as what I make from scratch but as I said, they are cheap and
> something I can make for dinner if I otherwise run out of meat.
>
> The main problem with most frozen things is that you have to defrost them
> and that's something I just can't be bothered to do, most of the time. I
> did
> manage to do it with the last two meatloaves. They were individual ones.
> Otherwise, once in the freezer, it generally just stays there and nobody
> ever eats it.
>
> The other problem is that there is no room in the freezer for real food,
> especially this time of year. One person who lives here eats an insane
> amount of ice cream and other treats. That is why I had to get the second
> freezer for the garage. Same person also requires things like breakfast
> burritos. So to save money, I buy these things at Costco. That means I
> have
> to buy quite a few at a time. The burritos are sold frozen there. I used
> to
> be able to get them refrigerated at Winco for about the same price and I
> could buy just a few at a time. But they quit selling them.
>
> And the teens seem to require large amounts of frozen potato products and
> chicken strips. Not so much the one that lives here but visitors.
> Smoothies
> are also popular, especially this time of year so the rest of the space is
> taken up with berries, peaches and bananas. So bottom line, no room for
> anything else.
>
> As for the tamales, they are just not something I would want to buy in a
> large quantity. I do like them but as Mexican foods go, they are not my
> favorite. I would have to be in the mood for them. So even if I did have
> freezer space and would remember to thaw them, I likely never would
> because
> I only get the desire to eat them every so often. I've had them, now.
> Might
> not want them again for 3 or 4 months.
>
> ===
>
> We all work differently and I can't compete with a freezer full of ice
> cream)

I don't eat ice cream. I sometimes buy Brewla bars but they're expensive.

http://www.brewlabars.com/

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I had to look that one up. I had never heard of them.



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