First World Problems

[mathnerd]

Today I have the same problem Jester had the other day. Well, a similar one. A local store had a sale on various craft beers and a friend and I just walked down there to see what they had. We wound up getting a number of bottles. When we got back to the house, there was no room in the fridge. We're gonna have to drink a few of the older beers to make room.

[Kittish]

On the bright side, Mexican food is going to be much better in your area overall.

There's a little local Mexican place here that makes an amazing green sauce. Near as I've been able to figure out, it's primarily cucumber and jalapeno, with maybe just a little bit of cilantro in it. It's this eye searing neon green, and wonderfully tasty on their carne asada.

[mathnerd]

Kittish, Jester's point is that I can't really even walk into a Mexican restaurant. The teeniest, tiniest amount of tomato will trigger a severe reaction. I can't risk cross contamination, so places that put tomato in just about everything are just simply out of the question.

[wolfie]

My grandmother used Pacquins hand cream her whole life. My mother used it her entire life. I've used it my entire life.

They stopped making it a little while ago.

Little while ago? A quick web search showed it was discontinued in 2008, so any that you find (dusty box in drugstore back room, eBay, etc.) is at least 6 years old. One article turned up by my search gives a couple recommendations, another possibility is "Bag balm" (intended as an udder cream for dairy cows, but also used as a hand cream, available through Lee Valley Tools). Another site had a recipe for making your own hand cream.

My guess is that Giant Multinational Pharmaceutical figured the Pacquins line of products wasn't generating enough profit to be worth making as a regular-line product (i.e. taking space on the shelf that could be used for a higher-volume product). What they COULD have done (but it wouldn't show a sizeable profit in the next quarter, therefore from a CEO viewpoint it's not viable) would be to set up a subsiduary to handle their "slow selling but loyal clients" products, to be sold only through mail order (i.e. only need space in one warehouse). If they sold through Amazon (already has the consumer front-end set up), they wouldn't need to re-invent the wheel.

The "big names" already contract out their soap manufacturing (I've hauled a few loads from "jobbing" shops), so tying up a production line wouldn't be an issue (every few months, send in an order for X amount). As a "lead-up", for the last few months of "regular-line" sales, add a note to the labels saying that the product was going to be moved to their mail-order-only lineup, and where to look to get it.

[Tama]

My right thumb REALLY hurts from playing Star Fox 64 for 3DS. I beat the 'hard' stages and had to redo almost everything a bunch of times.

I had to beat Star Wolf on Venom with just me and a half-health Falco!

[Jester]

But I did find ONE source. And this is a thread about first world problems, so there.

Oh, I know. But pointing out that it's going to be very tough to find your favorite kind of coffee is also a first world problems. Similar to my inability to find Mexican food worth a damn in this part of the world.

You know you're an asshole, right? Just rub it in that I can't eat any of the yummy Mexican food that's so abundant in this area.

Yes. Yes I do.

You COULD, if you could find a place that would be able to show much care in making their food for you. Which would be tough, unless you find someone with a similar allergy that can recommend such a place.

Today I have the same problem Jester had the other day. Well, a similar one. A local store had a sale on various craft beers and a friend and I just walked down there to see what they had. We wound up getting a number of bottles. When we got back to the house, there was no room in the fridge. We're gonna have to drink a few of the older beers to make room.

You might be shocked to know how much beer I have that ISN'T in my fridge. At the moment, I have several bottles in my pantry of various sorts, and a few dozen bottles under my corner coffee table, out of view.

There's a little local Mexican place here that makes an amazing green sauce. Near as I've been able to figure out, it's primarily cucumber and jalapeno, with maybe just a little bit of cilantro in it. It's this eye searing neon green, and wonderfully tasty on their carne asada.

Kittish, odds are good that what you think is cucumber is actually tomatillo, which is a husked fruit distantly-related to the tomato. I love making salsa verde, and have a killer recipe for same, but to date, mathnerd has been unwilling to chance trying tomatillos, as they may have the same effect on her that tomatoes do. It may well be that they don't, as they are not tomatoes, but you never know.

Personally, I'm allergic to bananas, but plantains, a close cousin to bananas, don't have any effect on me. But unlike mathnerd, my allergy won't cause me to be carted off in an ambulance, or even require the use of an epi-pen; it's a much more minor allergy, that simply results in my getting a scratchy throat. Basically, a nuisance, not life-threatening, as mathnerd's is.

[TheTigress]

I recently found out Betty Crocker discontinued their best tasting frosting. Rainbow Chip. I cannot effing believe the logic behind this decision as it was by far their most popular frosting. Everyone is angry over it and there's even petitions for them to bring it back.

[Jester]

Tigress, similar has happened to me. I drink Gatorade as my primary non-alcoholic beverage. Usually the Fruit Punch flavor, which I've been drinking since I was about 17 or 18 (late 80s). Back in the 90s, Gatorade came out with a new flavor called Lime Ice, part of their Ice line. It instantly became my new favorite flavor. Naturally, Gatorade discontinued this fantastic flavor. A few years ago, I discovered their flavor Fierce Melon, part of their Fierce line. This has either been discontinued or is simply no longer available where I live. I occasionally will see it in convenience stores, but not at the grocery store prices that I prefer to pay. And considering the sheer volume of Gatorade that I drink, that is an important consideration. (At work, I drink only Gatorade and occasionally some water, as I'm trying to not drink soda anymore.) Citrus Cooler is a nice alternative flavor for me, but alas, I advance only seen it here in the half gallon sized jugs, which is inconvenient for both my fridge and for work, for different reasons.

So, despite the other great flavors they've come out with, I still always end up with my old standby, Fruit Punch. Hopefully when I move back to Phoenix, I'll have access to a wider range of flavors and sizes of Gatorade. And, since I won't be sharing a fridge with two others, I'll have more room for larger sized Gatorade containers.

Okay, who am I kidding? We all know that I'll just have more beer in my fridge.

[wolfie]

I love making salsa verde, and have a killer recipe for same, but to date, mathnerd has been unwilling to chance trying tomatillos, as they may have the same effect on her that tomatoes do.

Jester, the term "killer recipe" is not meant to be taken literally.

Citrus Cooler is a nice alternative flavor for me, but alas, I advance only seen it here in the half gallon sized jugs, which is inconvenient for both my fridge and for work, for different reasons.

In your fridge, is there enough space for you to keep a half gallon's worth of smaller bottles? If so, you might want to try refilling the regular-size Gatorade bottles from the half-gallon jug.

[Jester]

In your fridge, is there enough space for you to keep a half gallon's worth of smaller bottles? If so, you might want to try refilling the regular-size Gatorade bottles from the half-gallon jug.

Yes. It's called "beer."

[mathnerd]

You might be shocked to know how much beer I have that ISN'T in my fridge. At the moment, I have several bottles in my pantry of various sorts, and a few dozen bottles under my corner coffee table, out of view.

I know exactly how much beer you have stashed in various places around your apartment. Well, maybe not exactly, as it's been a while, but I'm well aware of how much you keep around.

My problem was that I wanted those specific beer to get cold, and there wasn't room.

[mathnerd]

Jester, the term "killer recipe" is not meant to be taken literally.

One of the very few things I remember about the night that I had a major reaction around Jester is the look of sheer terror in his eyes while we were waiting for the ambulance to get to me. I'm pretty sure he'll never make that particular recipe around me.

[AnaKhouri]

Little while ago? A quick web search showed it was discontinued in 2008, so any that you find (dusty box in drugstore back room, eBay, etc.) is at least 6 years old

Once it disappeared from stores my stepfather went on a buying spree online for us so my mom has a stash and I have a couple unopened jars. They might be 6 years old but the stuff works as well as ever!

[Sarlon]

first world problem:

My freezer is to full of yummy foods...I had to take out my ice maker tray.

(30 homemade crockpot freezer meals)

[TawnyMyst]

My pineapple allergy has now degraded to the point the doctor is giving me an epipen for it. Do you know how much stuff has pineapple and pineapple juice in it? I do know, I can't order any drinks anymore without double checking and fruit juices except for apple and grape are right out, along with my favorite energy drink!