Snow? In Feb? In New England?

[Jay 2K Winger]

Snow in New England in February? Inconceivable!

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

[Deserted]

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

Damn, beat me to it.

[EricKei]

Pssh. Snow in New England in February? That would be like 99% humidity abd 95 F heat in the deep south in August! How silly -_-

PS as for the MRE thing...I know we've gotta have someone around here who can verify this, even if only indirectly: It's my understanding that the MRE peanut butter back in WW2 was meant to , uhm..."stop one up" so that one could last longer when fighting in the trenches...And that the gum, I believe, reversed the effect. Ewwww.

The chocolate, iirc, was actually loved, as it lasted forever, made great cocoa, and could be used as a melee weapon in a pinch. You didn't so much break bits of it off as hack them off. Preferably with a broadsword.

[Demolition Man]

Replace New England with Minnesota for me here. You'd swear walking into the grocery stores (and Wal-Mart) before some type of blizzard such as the one we just got this last weekend that the store was having some kind of going out of business sale going on given how busy the place is. And as what was written earlier most people are buying stuff that makes no sense to be buying such as frozen foods, microwaveable foods, etc.

And for those who care here's what I purchased:

- A few packs of batteries for flashlights and other devices in case the power goes out. Besides I didn't know off hand if my flashlights had working batteries so I wasn't going to take any risks.
- An 24 pack of bottled water.
- A few liquid water enhancers by MiO.
- Some socks (kinda needed to get some new ones anyways).
- A few loafs of bread (including my favorite type of bread which is potato bread).
- A jar of Goober Grape (its peanut butter and jelly in a jar).
- A bag of Doritos.....

Thankfully I never experienced any power outages here. Seems like it happens at least once a year after a major storm here during winter.

[Dreamstalker]

We still had a case of water from Sandy and food in the freezer, so we didn't need to buy anything really. Nothing happened to us except for a tree coming down in the courtyard (my favorite tree; it had a mourning dove nest right near my window).

Apparently ASM was getting reamed out yesterday by some old lady about how the scallions didn't look good (as of then, we still hadn't restocked produce), how dare they, blah blah. ASM said the lady wasn't a regular customer and probably didn't even live here.

SSL: Sucky Scallion Lady
AR: Awesome Regular

SSL: "I'm going to complain! Your produce doesn't look fresh!" Blargle rant rave scream
AR: *locks eyes with SSL* "Look, lady. In case you haven't noticed, we had a massive blizzard over the weekend. They couldn't get any deliveries. They had to stay open through the storm, and the workers who were here on Saturday risked their asses to get here. I don't want to hear another word from you."
SSL: *jawdrop, splutter* "How dare you--"
AR: "No. How dare YOU think you're more important than anyone else, you ungrateful harpy. This is why this town gets a bad rap, because of people like you." *to ASM* "Thank you, man. I know it must have been utter hell, but thank you for staying open. We needed baby food Saturday afternoon, Walgreens was closed so we came here."

[ShinyGreenApple]

I love it when great customers say the things we're not allowed to

[Dreamstalker]

Indeed I just wish I had seen that (I was the only cashier on Saturday, so I probably rang up AR).

[Shalom]

For some reason, the supermarkets around here always seem to stock the dried beans in the ethnic aisle with the products labeled in Spanish. What, do they think only Spanish-speaking people eat beans? Or barley, come to think of it, that's also shelved with the beans. Also split peas, yellow or green, come to think of it.

My kosher grocery, which doesn't have that many Spanish-speaking customers, puts the beans right next to the soup mixes, which kinda makes sense. The rice is right opposite the aisle from the beans, and they do have jars of various oddball grains, but no wheat. (OK, there's one small pack of something labeled "Gruenkern", which may be wheat of some sort. Never bought it, because I've no idea what to do with it.)

[AccountingDrone]

For some reason, the supermarkets around here always seem to stock the dried beans in the ethnic aisle with the products labeled in Spanish. What, do they think only Spanish-speaking people eat beans? Or barley, come to think of it, that's also shelved with the beans. Also split peas, yellow or green, come to think of it.

My kosher grocery, which doesn't have that many Spanish-speaking customers, puts the beans right next to the soup mixes, which kinda makes sense. The rice is right opposite the aisle from the beans, and they do have jars of various oddball grains, but no wheat. (OK, there's one small pack of something labeled "Gruenkern", which may be wheat of some sort. Never bought it, because I've no idea what to do with it.)

Yup, a southern German product, cook it like risotto, add it to soups like barley. I think [but am not entirely certain] it is actually made of spelt, though it might also be from einkorn which is a parallel form of wheat [I tend to think spelt = Italian peninsula, Einkorn = Germanies, Emmer = Egypt]

[EricKei]

For some reason, the supermarkets around here always seem to stock the dried beans in the ethnic aisle with the products labeled in Spanish.

Back in NOLA, we had that a little bit, but mainly with the brands actually imported from Mexico -- most of the dried beans and such were either by themselves or in a "Cajun foods" section, as the locals eat a LOT of beans, especially red (kidney) beans (every Monday...) ^_^

[camjuniper]

Why are people so dumb?

Had my share of idiots from that storm. My library decided we should be open for 2 hours Friday morning *grumblgrumble*. I had 120 people in 2 hours. I was the only one on the desk for more than half that -_- 90% of them got DVDs. Because that's right up there with bottled water and canned food for emergencies. Gods forbid they actually have to talk to each other or hear themselves think.

[dalesys]

Why are people so dumb? ... hear themselves think.

Those crickets are too damn loud!

[BeeMused]

Grünkern YUM! The litteral translation is greenkernel, because of the light greenish colour. Yep it's made from spelt, in German it's called Dinkel. It's havested early and thus not fully ripe. It's dried and stores just as well as fully ripe spelt. The idea behind it was at first to salvage at least some of the harvest, when weather conditions were bad. But when the farmers found it tastes great they started to do it on purpose.
If you can get it milled (or can mill it yourself) it makes a delicious soup. I use the full corn often instead of rice. You can't use it to bake bread, though.

[AccountingDrone]

Back in NOLA, we had that a little bit, but mainly with the brands actually imported from Mexico -- most of the dried beans and such were either by themselves or in a "Cajun foods" section, as the locals eat a LOT of beans, especially red (kidney) beans (every Monday...) ^_^

mmmm Tujague's Cajun Pot Roast .... and their red beans and rice ... /drool

[EricKei]

AD -- Heeheehee, yup ^_^ Now, pronounce the name of the place without having to look it up!