Las Vegas Grocery Store Update

As usual, I put my threads in the proper place.

I went out and did about 500 dollars worth of grocery shopping today.
I hit Chinatown to see if it was crowded and to see about the rice situation.
Could not find any Jasmine Rice and certainly no large bags.
I got a smaller bag that my wife says is too sticky.
I told her don't eat it!!

Chinatown was very slow but very well stocked.
Higher prices with some items but for the most part still reasonable to me.
Every employee and most customers with face masks and some gloves.

I stocked up on a bunch of rice noodles and other items.

On the way home I stopped at La Bonita on East Desert Inn.
Very different situation.
They are making a line outside and limiting customers.
They have limits on many items like can goods and beans.
Meat is limited at 5lbs but you can get 5lbs of each item.
They have black tape at the check out to keep people distanced.
IMO, If this continues they will start rationing.

I found one last 12 roll of toilet paper which was a bonus.
It has been 4 days since I have gone to Albertson's or Walmart so next time I will update.
Even if you aren't in Vegas let us know your situation if you like.

Personally, I planed on using my scarf as a face mask but just couldn't stick with it.
They say you have to take your clothes off and wash them when you get home.
They say you should wipe all items down and get rid of bags.
Bahhhh I can't do all that lol.
I washed my hands and called it the day.

Oh I forgot... if you want to work I see Albertson's, Warlmart and others are hiring immediately.
Certainly not ideal as you will be close to the front lines but if you don't mind risking it they got jobs in Vegas.
Also, Unemployment seems to be working as usual but I expect it to slow down as applications increase.

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Originally Posted by monet

As usual, I put my threads in the proper place.

I went out and did about 500 dollars worth of grocery shopping today.
I hit Chinatown to see if it was crowded and to see about the rice situation.
Could not find any Jasmine Rice and certainly no large bags.
I got a smaller bag that my wife says is too sticky.
I told her don't eat it!!

Chinatown was very slow but very well stocked.
Higher prices with some items but for the most part still reasonable to me.
Every employee and most customers with face masks and some gloves.

I stocked up on a bunch of rice noodles and other items.

On the way home I stopped at La Bonita on East Desert Inn.
Very different situation.
They are making a line outside and limiting customers.
They have limits on many items like can goods and beans.
Meat is limited at 5lbs but you can get 5lbs of each item.
They have black tape at the check out to keep people distanced.
IMO, If this continues they will start rationing.

I found one last 12 roll of toilet paper which was a bonus.
It has been 4 days since I have gone to Albertson's or Walmart so next time I will update.
Even if you aren't in Vegas let us know your situation if you like.

Personally, I planed on using my scarf as a face mask but just couldn't stick with it.
They say you have to take your clothes off and wash them when you get home.
They say you should wipe all items down and get rid of bags.
Bahhhh I can't do all that lol.
I washed my hands and called it the day.

Oh I forgot... if you want to work I see Albertson's, Warlmart and others are hiring immediately.
Certainly not ideal as you will be close to the front lines but if you don't mind risking it they got jobs in Vegas.
Also, Unemployment seems to be working as usual but I expect it to slow down as applications increase.

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All the chain supermarkets across the country are putting on extra hired help.

I seen a bunch of kids in the neighborhood on bikes playing like usual.
Here in Vegas we are not really practicing any type of social distancing.
Only at that one grocery store I seen any attempt and it wasn't that serious.
Buses seem to be running like usual.
It is quieter but plenty of people out and about and very close to each other buying groceries.
Just the way it is.
Hopefully our drier climate and the heat will reduce numbers in the near future.
Most of the masks are in Chinatown but I see some here and there in other stores.
I did buy some motorcycle helmets for the near future if it gets bad lol but that would be funny wearing that everywhere.

I went grocery shopping. Bought random stuff. Only thing I couldn't find that I was looking for were eggs. People have went crazy over eggs. Eggs, milk, bread are limited to 1 per person. If you came with 2 people it'd be better. As it is, one person can't do grocery shopping for multiple people.

I left the hand sanitizer in the car but had wore my mask. The mask is better, but I like to sanitize the handle of the basket. Not many people have masks. No purell at the wal-mart. So I touched the thing trying to get it to work. The papertowels on the other side were just that - papertowels. Plenty of meat to be had at the mexican grocery stores. They even have bread.

They say you don't need the masks in public if you are not infected but the one thing it will do is keep you from touching your mouth and nose while you are touching other things.

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Originally Posted by mickeycrimm

They say you don't need the masks in public if you are not infected but the one thing it will do is keep you from touching your mouth and nose while you are touching other things.

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And they are wrong. They say that to keep hoarding down. While I don't think we're being blatantly lied to by the government, they're not always truthful. "You don't need". Sure I don't need it, but I'm almost positive my chances are greatly lowered. If nothing else, just from the fact I don't touch my face.

These are n95 masks, there is a reasonable chance they'd catch a particulate/aersol floating about. I've read studies over parents caring for their kid with the flu. Masks helped a lot with transmission.

We had social distancing at the special que tip hour at our local grocery store. That was at 6:57 AM. Then the doors opened up at 7 and distancing was no more!

I went to El Super the other day because their poison meats are cheaper.
The line was too long outside so I drove over to Albertsons.
When I first went in it was very quiet and only a few people.
It got busier in about 5 to 10 minutes as I dilly dallied around in the produce section.
I was in a bit of a shock how quiet and empty the place was.
They had plenty of just about everything.
They limited bread, meats and a few other things.
They had no limit on canned goods, pasta or pasta sauce.
Ground Beef went up to 5.50 a pound but Corned Beef was on special for 2.99.
Chicken was the same as usual at about 99 cents or 1.49 a pound.
Spaghetti Sauce went up to 3 dollars or more per jar.
Peanut Butter went up as well but for the most part everything else was about the same.
My cart filled up quickly and I forgot to check for Bleach, Toilet Paper and items like that.
I spent about 220 dollars and went home.

about 10 days ago I placed an order for delivery from Smiths grocery store. Placed the order on a Friday and the earliest delivery was the following day. Was supposed to be 3pm, ended up being about 7:30pm. Out of the 32 items I ordered, I got 25. They were out of the other items and refunded the cost.

Today I placed another order from Smiths. Smaller, 19 items. Order was delivered 90 minutes later and everything ordered was there. 1 minor "brand" substitution, which was fine. Way to go smiths. Excellent service.

And most important....I have Ice cream! :)

On the way to the store, they were not selling oranges or flowers on the corners...they were selling face masks.

I'm having a hard time forcing myself to eat all the can goods I bought. I traditionally don't eat much out of the cans. I'm used to shopping a couple of times a week for groceries and usually don't buy much of anything canned. But the coronapocalypse caused me to become deranged and stock up on way to many canned goods. The trick with canned goods is getting the stuff to taste like it didn't come out of a can. That can be tricky. I immediately dump a bunch of black pepper in it. Maybe some garlic. A little seasoning.

Last time I went shopping, a week ago. Walmart was back to being well stocked including TP. I had a couple prescriptions to pick up so parked by the pharmacy entrance. They had the damn door locked with a sign that said go to the grocery store door. Dammit, I had to walk all that way and was going to have to walk all the way back to the pharmacy side just to pick up the damn meds. So I walked on over to the grocery store doors, already getting out of breath, and when I got inside I spied those electric carts.

First time for everything. I jumped into one of them and off to the races. I didn't give a damn that the pharmacy was way over on the one side and the dairy was in the far back on the other side. I tried to get the cart to pull a wheely but to no avail.

Oh, yeah, I had my bandana mask on to. I was wanting to say "stick 'em up" to everyone I ran into. It's going to be a problem when the slot parlours open back up. They all got signs outside that so no masks, hoodies, etc.

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Originally Posted by mickeycrimm

I'm having a hard time forcing myself to eat all the can goods I bought. I traditionally don't eat much out of the cans. I'm used to shopping a couple of times a week for groceries and usually don't buy much of anything canned. But the coronapocalypse caused me to become deranged and stock up on way to many canned goods. The trick with canned goods is getting the stuff to taste like it didn't come out of a can. That can be tricky. I immediately dump a bunch of black pepper in it. Maybe some garlic. A little seasoning.

Last time I went shopping, a week ago. Walmart was back to being well stocked including TP. I had a couple prescriptions to pick up so parked by the pharmacy entrance. They had the damn door locked with a sign that said go to the grocery store door. Dammit, I had to walk all that way and was going to have to walk all the way back to the pharmacy side just to pick up the damn meds. So I walked on over to the grocery store doors, already getting out of breath, and when I got inside I spied those electric carts.

First time for everything. I jumped into one of them and off to the races. I didn't give a damn that the pharmacy was way over on the one side and the dairy was in the far back on the other side. I tried to get the cart to pull a wheely but to no avail.

Oh, yeah, I had my bandana mask on to. I was wanting to say "stick 'em up" to everyone I ran into. It's going to be a problem when the slot parlours open back up. They all got signs outside that so no masks, hoodies, etc.

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Save the canned goods for the upcoming food shortages. If they are still not needed donate them a few months before expiry. I've been prepping with canned goods for years and donating for years. I dont' like canned stuff but dislike freeze dried stuff even more. But I do love preps:cool:

I went to El Super today around 5pm.
Probably not a great time to go shopping.
No lines this time and they had everything I wanted in stock.
I didn't see any limits on any items but I didn't check everything.
I bought 11lbs of chicken, 6lbs of beef and 5lbs of pork.
I got a bunch of oranges, lemons and other vegetables.
40 eggs, a gallon of milk, 2 loaves of bread and a marble cake.
Got a few other snacks as well and the cart was full before I realized it.
125 dollars later I was out the door.
I'm gonna head back out in a day or two for more supplies.
If I see lines out the door I just drive to a different store or wait for another day.
I masked up but I find it very uncomfortable.
I don't worry about my shoes or clothes when I get home... I am just not that anal.

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I'm having a hard time forcing myself to eat all the can goods I bought. I traditionally don't eat much out of the cans. I'm used to shopping a couple of times a week for groceries and usually don't buy much of anything canned. But the coronapocalypse caused me to become deranged and stock up on way to many canned goods. The trick with canned goods is getting the stuff to taste like it didn't come out of a can. That can be tricky. I immediately dump a bunch of black pepper in it. Maybe some garlic. A little seasoning.

Last time I went shopping, a week ago. Walmart was back to being well stocked including TP. I had a couple prescriptions to pick up so parked by the pharmacy entrance. They had the damn door locked with a sign that said go to the grocery store door. Dammit, I had to walk all that way and was going to have to walk all the way back to the pharmacy side just to pick up the damn meds. So I walked on over to the grocery store doors, already getting out of breath, and when I got inside I spied those electric carts.

First time for everything. I jumped into one of them and off to the races. I didn't give a damn that the pharmacy was way over on the one side and the dairy was in the far back on the other side. I tried to get the cart to pull a wheely but to no avail.

Oh, yeah, I had my bandana mask on to. I was wanting to say "stick 'em up" to everyone I ran into. It's going to be a problem when the slot parlours open back up. They all got signs outside that so no masks, hoodies, etc.

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Save the canned goods for the upcoming food shortages. If they are still not needed donate them a few months before expiry. I've been prepping with canned goods for years and donating for years. I dont' like canned stuff but dislike freeze dried stuff even more. But I do love preps:cool:

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Thanks for the tip, Max. You're right. I ain't gotta eat that canned crap. Think I'll head up to Walmart this morning for some real food.

I made a trip to a local Farmers Market to get out of the house today. This is located near an Amish & Mennonite community and many but not all the vendors are. Most of the food stands were open with fresh produce, meats and baked goods. Along with the typical Pretzel & French Fry stand thrown in for good measure. The weekly live small animal auction was still scheduled for later in the day.

Anyways they had a lot of produce at cheap prices. 10 Pound Cases of Bananas for $2, Strawberries $1 a box along with Blackberries, Blueberries and Raspberries at $1.50 a box. All were still fresh and by no means out of code. I’m guessing they are buying this stuff cheap because there is just too much in the marketplace without Restaurants buying as much along with no school sales.

You Fuckers will be happy to hear I haven't bought any pounds of meat recently.
Nor have I gone into a grocery store for 4 days.
I haven't shot any bullets into the desert.
I hope you are all happy.

Well, we can all rest a little easier now.

Have you seen the https://www1.movieorca.com/tv/the-time-tunnel-35963 ? It must have been the precursor for the Quantum Leap show.

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Well, we can all rest a little easier now.

Have you seen the https://www1.movieorca.com/tv/the-time-tunnel-35963 ? It must have been the precursor for the Quantum Leap show.

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No but uhhh thanks for the information.
Seems that it was eclipsed by many other shows around it.
Apparently it debuted the same week as Star Trek.
Amazing how I missed this one series as it was in the time of...

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Lost in Space
Land of the Giants.

I suppose since it only lasted one season it got lost in the shuffle.
It does appear that Quantum Leap regurgitated the premise of the Time Tunnel.
Of course you could say the Time Tunnel ripped off the movie The Time Travelers
(also known as Time Trap 1964).

Good information though as the series had 30 episodes.
Guess I haven't seen every TV Show or Movie in America.

At least I seen three versions of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
I wasn't upset about the more modern Hollywood version as I thought it was funny.
Even though they ripped on Christianity pretty hard.

What 7 and a half million years later...
That's right!
They do.
Deep Thought...

Binary = 101010 = 42

M (13th letter of the alphabet)
A (1st)
T (20th)
H (8th)
= 42

2 x 3 x 7 = 42

1/2 + 1/3 + 1/7 + 1/42 = 1

HARSHAD?

International Mathematical Olympiad Perfect Score = 42/42

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aboZctrHfK8

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You Fuckers will be happy to hear I haven't bought any pounds of meat recently.
Nor have I gone into a grocery store for 4 days.
I haven't shot any bullets into the desert.
I hope you are all happy.

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JBS pork processing plant in MN just shut down because they had an outbreak of 17 or 19 confirmed cases now or whatever. That’s after the Smithfield one in Sioux Falls. Better go stock up some more you fuckers! lol. JBS is the exclusive supplier of Costco pork.

As a Brooklyn native, the number 42 relates to one specific individual, Jackie Robinson. Since I try to stay way from politics and we have three inches of snow on the ground, I though I would glance at this Hall of Famer's statistics.

Damn, the virus and snow has caused me to become a hybrid of Monet and LMR (try putting them both together in the same room).

If you take Jackie's: RBI total minus Batting Average minus Home Runs minus Steals of Home (a major league record at the time) minus date of debut divided by number of all star appearances…...what do you get? Number 42

734 - 311 - 137 - 19 - 15 ./. 6 = 42

I showed my wife this equation with enthusiasm. She demanded that I take my first drink of the day.

Got snow? You bet.
https://www.mlive.com/weather/2020/0...peninsula.html

Midwest Player is making a valiant attempt to take away Mickey’s self given “king troll” title.

I knew that there had to be regions of the country that are getting hit harder with snow. The crazy thing here in New England, three inches of snow this morning and 60 degree weather tomorrow. As Roseanne Roseannadanna said, "It's always something.".

We've been getting snow this month. We can always count on snow flurries in the spring. Got about 5 inches a week ago and about an inch two days ago. Melts off fast this time of year though.

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Originally Posted by monet

Binary = 101010 = 42

M (13th letter of the alphabet)
A (1st)
T (20th)
H (8th)
= 42

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I would write it 42 base-ten = 0101010 base-two, with that centered 1.

Yes, math = 42 with a = 1, etc, to z = 26; but math = 66 with z = 1, etc, to a = 26. In this scheme of things, physics = 99, and 90, respectively.

So, with math, we have 42 = 3*14 = (4 - 1)*14 ---> 4114; with physics, 90 = 45*2 = (4*11 + 1)*sqrt(4) ---> 41114. And, with the counts going the other ways, with math, we have 66 = 6*11 ---> 611; with physics, 99 = 9*11 ---> 911. Incidentally, with your straight-up count, mathematics = 112 = 114 - 2 = 114 - (1 + 1) ---> 11411.

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You Fuckers will be happy to hear I haven't bought any pounds of meat recently.
Nor have I gone into a grocery store for 4 days.
I haven't shot any bullets into the desert.
I hope you are all happy.

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JBS pork processing plant in MN just shut down because they had an outbreak of 17 or 19 confirmed cases now or whatever. That’s after the Smithfield one in Sioux Falls. Better go stock up some more you fuckers! lol. JBS is the exclusive supplier of Costco pork.

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And now a Hormel-owned plant has been shut down:
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020...break/aglaege/

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Originally Posted by monet

You Fuckers will be happy to hear I haven't bought any pounds of meat recently.
Nor have I gone into a grocery store for 4 days.
I haven't shot any bullets into the desert.
I hope you are all happy.

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JBS pork processing plant in MN just shut down because they had an outbreak of 17 or 19 confirmed cases now or whatever. That’s after the Smithfield one in Sioux Falls. Better go stock up some more you fuckers! lol. JBS is the exclusive supplier of Costco pork.

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And now a Hormel-owned plant has been shut down:
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020...break/aglaege/

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Is the appropriate phrase “stock up fuckers” or “buckle up buttercup.” The JBS plant hasn’t actually shut down YET I guess, 20 cases now and ramping up testing other workers. What’s going to happen to all the livestock ready to go if too many of them shut down?

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You Fuckers will be happy to hear I haven't bought any pounds of meat recently.
Nor have I gone into a grocery store for 4 days.
I haven't shot any bullets into the desert.
I hope you are all happy.

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We are the losers here, as no one gets to see pictures of some of your fine cooking, like the soup.

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JBS pork processing plant in MN just shut down because they had an outbreak of 17 or 19 confirmed cases now or whatever. That’s after the Smithfield one in Sioux Falls. Better go stock up some more you fuckers! lol. JBS is the exclusive supplier of Costco pork.

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And now a Hormel-owned plant has been shut down:
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020...break/aglaege/

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Is the appropriate phrase “stock up fuckers” or “buckle up buttercup.” The JBS plant hasn’t actually shut down YET I guess, 20 cases now and ramping up testing other workers. What’s going to happen to all the livestock ready to go if too many of them shut down?

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I guess make sure to freeze them if the packaging doesn't specifically restrict it (otherwise you get separation between the "meat" and flavorings if it's processed).

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As a Brooklyn native, the number 42 relates to one specific individual, Jackie Robinson. Since I try to stay way from politics and we have three inches of snow on the ground, I though I would glance at this Hall of Famer's statistics.

Damn, the virus and snow has caused me to become a hybrid of Monet and LMR (try putting them both together in the same room).

If you take Jackie's: RBI total minus Batting Average minus Home Runs minus Steals of Home (a major league record at the time) minus date of debut divided by number of all star appearances…...what do you get? Number 42

734 - 311 - 137 - 19 - 15 ./. 6 = 42

I showed my wife this equation with enthusiasm. She demanded that I take my first drink of the day.

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Those numbers not including 42 add to 1222 = (1 + 1)*611 ---> 11611; 42 = 6^2 + 6 = 6^(1 + 1) + 6 ---> 6116. This is like the number 611 facing outward, or inward, with overlapping 6's, or 11's.

In other words, you can go from 1222 to 11611, to 6116, to 42.

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We are the losers here, as no one gets to see pictures of some of your fine cooking, like the soup.

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BoSox knows how to use sarcasm to cause pain.
Nicely Done BoSox!

In my defense it wasn't out of character.
I posted a whole months worth of vegetables and jars of juice.
I have posted my plated dinner on here before as well.
I kinda use this place as a personal journal sometimes.
Most likely to get attention as everyone online is trying to garner.

I suppose I should follow the lead of the greatest Forum AP in the History of APing.
As Mr AxelWolf apologized to Alan earlier in the AndrewG thread.
I too would like to apologize to nobody on here for anything I said that may have caused them emotional stress.
I truly am not sorry one iota.

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We are the losers here, as no one gets to see pictures of some of your fine cooking, like the soup.

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BoSox knows how to use sarcasm to cause pain.
Nicely Done BoSox!

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Not one iota of sarcasm on my part, only a compliment.

mcap forced me to post these dinner pictures.
I apologize to everyone else that reads this post or views these pictures.
I slaved in the kitchen cooking, eating and cleaning for 3 hours.
Sucks to be Me!

Pan Fried Salmon in an Iron Skillet.
Red Cabbage with Onions, Garlic and Butternut Squash.
Sauteed and Steamed in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven on the Stove Top.
The kind without the painted enamel!
Ciabatta Bread slathered with Butter and 20 minced Garlic Cloves turned into a paste.
Baked at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes.

The two in the pan were for the Men and the plated variety was for the Mrs.

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mcap forced me to post these dinner pictures.
I apologize to everyone else that reads this post or views these pictures.
I slaved in the kitchen cooking, eating and cleaning for 3 hours.
Sucks to be Me!

Pan Fried Salmon in an Iron Skillet.
Red Cabbage with Onions, Garlic and Butternut Squash.
Sauteed and Steamed in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven on the Stove Top.
The kind without the painted enamel!
Ciabatta Bread slathered with Butter and 20 minced Garlic Cloves turned into a paste.
Baked at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes.

The two in the pan were for the Men and the plated variety was for the Mrs.

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Nicely done. That looks delicious.

Has anyone come across a grocery store that actually has missing meat? It was getting close around here but they had everything.

I don't eat that much meat normally so I pay 0 attention to what it costs. Prices may be up signficantly and I'd have little clue.

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Originally Posted by monet

mcap forced me to post these dinner pictures.
I apologize to everyone else that reads this post or views these pictures.
I slaved in the kitchen cooking, eating and cleaning for 3 hours.
Sucks to be Me!

Pan Fried Salmon in an Iron Skillet.
Red Cabbage with Onions, Garlic and Butternut Squash.
Sauteed and Steamed in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven on the Stove Top.
The kind without the painted enamel!
Ciabatta Bread slathered with Butter and 20 minced Garlic Cloves turned into a paste.
Baked at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes.

The two in the pan were for the Men and the plated variety was for the Mrs.

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Very impressive look's wonderful. Again no sarcasm in my words. Why would there be anyways as it would be very hypocritical of me to critize when I myself do not know how to cook.

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Has anyone come across a grocery store that actually has missing meat? It was getting close around here but they had everything.

I don't eat that much meat normally so I pay 0 attention to what it costs. Prices may be up signficantly and I'd have little clue.

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I was at a Costco in LA yesterday, no beef at all, chix and pork yes. Two weeks ago I bought filet mignon for $10.29 lb. at Costco.

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I was at a Costco in LA yesterday, no beef at all, chix and pork yes. Two weeks ago I bought filet mignon for $10.29 lb. at Costco.

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We'll probably see meat shortages around the country soon. A lot processors are shut down or running low capacity. Since they can't be sold grown cattle and hogs are being euthanized to make room for the younger ones.

Just found a WSJ article on the meat shortage:

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrW...jSQSn0GKRrJ2U-

Local butcher is booked up until September already lol. Retired local butcher let people bring in hogs to show them how to butcher last weekend, did 53 hogs. Local pig farmers have been selling some to neighbors etc due with concerns some having to be euthanized with concern of meat packing facilities shut down. They gotta go somewhere when a plant shuts down for two weeks, new hogs are scheduled to come in roughly every 3-5 days. If they go to another plant they then work overtime but that’s more of a solution for a couple days not several weeks.

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I was at a Costco in LA yesterday, no beef at all, chix and pork yes. Two weeks ago I bought filet mignon for $10.29 lb. at Costco.

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We'll probably see meat shortages around the country soon. A lot processors are shut down or running low capacity. Since they can't be sold grown cattle and hogs are being euthanized to make room for the younger ones.

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Just like the humans under Adolf Cuomo et al.

The other day our Costco had no pork at all - no chops, ribs, Boston butts, ect. Chicken and Beef stocks seemed a little thin, but not bad.

I called the local packer to place an order and he hung up on me. "Sorry, we are too busy." Click.

At the local store beef prices are way up: chuck roast $7.19/lb, cube steaks $8.49/lb - about 40% higher than usual.

I thought I was getting dizzy from lack of sleep.
Turns out it was another Earthquake in Vegas around 4:05 AM.
Guess it hit 212 miles away near Tonopah!
I'm getting real tired of feeling Earthquakes.

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I thought I was getting dizzy from lack of sleep.
Turns out it was another Earthquake in Vegas around 4:05 AM.
Guess it hit 212 miles away near Tonopah!
I'm getting real tired of feeling Earthquakes.

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Thanks for the grocery store update!

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I thought I was getting dizzy from lack of sleep.
Turns out it was another Earthquake in Vegas around 4:05 AM.
Guess it hit 212 miles away near Tonopah!
I'm getting real tired of feeling Earthquakes.

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Thanks for the grocery store update!

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Give him a break, he was dizzy from lack of sleep.

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I thought I was getting dizzy from lack of sleep.
Turns out it was another Earthquake in Vegas around 4:05 AM.
Guess it hit 212 miles away near Tonopah!
I'm getting real tired of feeling Earthquakes.

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Thanks for the grocery store update!

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Give him a break, he was dizzy from lack of sleep.

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I apologize.

I was talking about how many pounds of meat I buy and how much I love to slurp noodles long before this Chinese Virus hit.
As you can see with this quote of one of my posts in the Juice Fast thread in 2018...

https://vegascasinotalk.com/forum/sh...ice-Fast/page4

Day 19 Update

I am in the process of making the family pulled pork in a crock pot.
For some reason Albertsons had Pork Sirloin on sale at 97 cents a pound.
My uncle loves that trash. I bought 16 pounds and froze most of it.
I will have to make him some Potato Salad to go with it and I suppose some baked beans.
Yesterday I went to the Asian Market and bought a bunch of stuff for Pho.
I ended up making that and it turned out great for my wife for her lunch.
She likes the Sliced Rib Eye with Fat on it and Beef Tendon.
I prefer just the lean sliced Beef. You can find it sliced and frozen just like in the soup houses.
I watched her eating it thinking how it is my favorite dish.
You save about 5 dollars... maybe 4 dollars per bowl but it is a lot of work compared to just ordering.
The good thing is you can control the no msg and choice of salt content.
I would of gave the Uncle some but I made Pad Thai for them the day before and he had leftovers.
The noodles broke on me because I am an idiot.
I added the plain broken rice noodles to the dog food that I have stored in the fridge/freezer.
Anyways, second batch of noodles came out perfect and he can have some when he finishes the left overs.

Around my part of the world I have yet to actually see meat products not available. I don't know if pricing differences made it so poor people quit buying meat. I don't pay attention to prices because I'm single and make many times over my living expenses, so perhaps the prices have "corrected" the demand.

HOWEVER, the whole yogurt section was empty. There was a sign up about limits on cream cheese !? Cream cheese?! I almost took a picture of it. They had a guy disinfecting the area, so I wonder if they do that every night and hadn't done whatever job they need to do..

The grocery stores around here are not a national chain and I've been quite impressed by them and their efforts.

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Around my part of the world I have yet to actually see meat products not available. I don't know if pricing differences made it so poor people quit buying meat. I don't pay attention to prices because I'm single and make many times over my living expenses, so perhaps the prices have "corrected" the demand.

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Since you live at home with your parents do you ever buy and cook them a cheeseburger once in a while? Or possibly chip in for rent periodically? Maybe all your extra money goes to smoking weed.

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Around my part of the world I have yet to actually see meat products not available. I don't know if pricing differences made it so poor people quit buying meat. I don't pay attention to prices because I'm single and make many times over my living expenses, so perhaps the prices have "corrected" the demand.

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Since you live at home with your parents do you ever buy and cook them a cheeseburger once in a while? Or possibly chip in for rent periodically? Maybe all your extra money goes to smoking weed.

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yawn. I stopped posting in the other forum. This is actually an interesting subject for many. Save your lame shit for others, please. Aren't you the one who takes pictures of the beer they drink? okey dokey. Aren't you supposedly a successful person? Seems like a successful person have better shit to do.

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Around my part of the world I have yet to actually see meat products not available. I don't know if pricing differences made it so poor people quit buying meat. I don't pay attention to prices because I'm single and make many times over my living expenses, so perhaps the prices have "corrected" the demand.

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Since you live at home with your parents do you ever buy and cook them a cheeseburger once in a while? Or possibly chip in for rent periodically? Maybe all your extra money goes to smoking weed.

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yawn. I stopped posting in the other forum. This is actually an interesting subject for many. Save your lame shit for others, please. Aren't you the one who takes pictures of the beer they drink? okey dokey. Aren't you supposedly a successful person? Seems like a successful person have better shit to do.

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I don’t think Bosox was the person with the beer pictures. But at any rate, when we’re in lockdown mode due to liberal policies, making fun of liberals on forums is about the only thing to do, unless you want to watch tv all day.

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I don’t think Bosox was the person with the beer pictures. But at any rate, when we’re in lockdown mode due to liberal policies, making fun of liberals on forums is about the only thing to do, unless you want to watch tv all day.

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You could do other things like look up some pictures.
I found these on Ivan Ramen's Slurp Shop Walls in New York City.
Do you find them offensive?
Do you think Slant Eyed People find them offensive??
Obviously not, as it took the Chinese Virus to actually shut them down.
lol The Art of the Slurp.
They have a Menu that has instructions on how to go about Slurping!

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Since you live at home with your parents do you ever buy and cook them a cheeseburger once in a while? Or possibly chip in for rent periodically? Maybe all your extra money goes to smoking weed.

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yawn. I stopped posting in the other forum. This is actually an interesting subject for many. Save your lame shit for others, please. Aren't you the one who takes pictures of the beer they drink? okey dokey. Aren't you supposedly a successful person? Seems like a successful person have better shit to do.

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I don’t think Bosox was the person with the beer pictures. But at any rate, when we’re in lockdown mode due to liberal policies, making fun of liberals on forums is about the only thing to do, unless you want to watch tv all day.

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Bob, anyone that accountinquestion reflects upon about some previous posts or situations is never the right person he is talking about. He is always a week late "must be strong weed he smokes". Reminds me of that cellar-dweller Biden. Come to think of it don't both of these guys live in a cellar.

How to Level Up!

I'd slurp this all day long!

https://i.imgur.com/jkastkX.jpg

I went to the market in the OP picture yesterday evening.
I've been Cooking Pho all night.
Be ready in about 30 minutes.
I went a more traditional route and youtube has a good video.
However, the video below is far more entertaining.
You figure out.
You smart!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCaGOQLpTt0

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I was at a Costco in LA yesterday, no beef at all, chix and pork yes. Two weeks ago I bought filet mignon for $10.29 lb. at Costco.

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Some Costco’s don’t have enough chicken for their $4.99 Rotisserie specials.

I was at a Costco yesterday and Rib-eye steaks were sold out. Guy in meat department was getting me to buy T-bones and saying how lucky they were to get the meat. I walked away because Costco prides itself on “Prime” grade beef. The T-bones were “Choice” grade.

Prices of beef have gone up significantly at just about every supermarket. You can find rib-eyes (“Choice” grade) but it’s not cheap. I have been making good money trading options in the market so I am okay but the average Americans have got to be suffering.

The sad part is most people never saw this coming. I was warning about food shortages and food riots when the shut down started. You currently have a situation where 37 million Americans (DUE TO NO FAULTS ON THEIR OWN) had to file for unemployment benefits and food prices going through the roof. This cannot be a good situation.

Factory farming that resulted in cheap meat is going to change as well. Buffets are changing (for starters, they won’t be so cheap anymore) and fast food joints that depend on factory farming to keep low prices have to adapt or they will die.

People don’t understand baby chicks reach slaughter weight at about 7 weeks under factory farming. That is a lot of chickens that have to be processed and if the slaughter houses now become the bottlenecks for production, the whole system collapses. It was the fast food joints that wanted standardized meat products that lead to consolidation of the slaughter houses that lead to greater factory farming.

To repeat the message: 37 million Americans are hard pressed to buy food since they lost their jobs. That is a lot of consumers not buying meat. Then you have slaughter houses where workers are being infected. Then you have the wheels of the factory farming system coming off. You have a situation where the farmers are euthanizing millions of chickens and pigs because they cannot be processed thus creating a shortage and thus resulting in high meat prices.

You have a demand side problem (37 million unemployed). You have a production problem (slaughter houses closures). You have farmers losing money euthanizing their stock. And if a number of these farmers go bankrupt due to high fixed costs of factory farming, then you now got a supply problem. Fun times. And the punchline is most people never saw it coming.

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Originally Posted by jpfromla

I was at a Costco in LA yesterday, no beef at all, chix and pork yes. Two weeks ago I bought filet mignon for $10.29 lb. at Costco.

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Some Costco’s don’t have enough chicken for their $4.99 Rotisserie specials.

I was at a Costco yesterday and Rib-eye steaks were sold out. Guy in meat department was getting me to buy T-bones and saying how lucky they were to get the meat. I walked away because Costco prides itself on “Prime” grade beef. The T-bones were “Choice” grade.

Prices of beef have gone up significantly at just about every supermarket. You can find rib-eyes (“Choice” grade) but it’s not cheap. I have been making good money trading options in the market so I am okay but the average Americans have got to be suffering.

The sad part is most people never saw this coming. I was warning about food shortages and food riots when the shut down started. You currently have a situation where 37 million Americans (DUE TO NO FAULTS ON THEIR OWN) had to file for unemployment benefits and food prices going through the roof. This cannot be a good situation.

Factory farming that resulted in cheap meat is going to change as well. Buffets are changing (for starters, they won’t be so cheap anymore) and fast food joints that depend on factory farming to keep low prices have to adapt or they will die.

People don’t understand baby chicks reach slaughter weight at about 7 weeks under factory farming. That is a lot of chickens that have to be processed and if the slaughter houses now become the bottlenecks for production, the whole system collapses. It was the fast food joints that wanted standardized meat products that lead to consolidation of the slaughter houses that lead to greater factory farming.

To repeat the message: 37 million Americans are hard pressed to buy food since they lost their jobs. That is a lot of consumers not buying meat. Then you have slaughter houses where workers are being infected. Then you have the wheels of the factory farming system coming off. You have a situation where the farmers are euthanizing millions of chickens and pigs because they cannot be processed thus creating a shortage and thus resulting in high meat prices.

You have a demand side problem (37 million unemployed). You have a production problem (slaughter houses closures). You have farmers losing money euthanizing their stock. And if a number of these farmers go bankrupt due to high fixed costs of factory farming, then you now got a supply problem. Fun times. And the punchline is most people never saw it coming.

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You’d have more of a point on the unemployment thing if the CARES act wasn’t throwing on what is essentially a complete low skilled workers normal wages on top of normal unemployment benefits.

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Originally Posted by jpfromla

I was at a Costco in LA yesterday, no beef at all, chix and pork yes. Two weeks ago I bought filet mignon for $10.29 lb. at Costco.

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Some Costco’s don’t have enough chicken for their $4.99 Rotisserie specials.

I was at a Costco yesterday and Rib-eye steaks were sold out. Guy in meat department was getting me to buy T-bones and saying how lucky they were to get the meat. I walked away because Costco prides itself on “Prime” grade beef. The T-bones were “Choice” grade.

Prices of beef have gone up significantly at just about every supermarket. You can find rib-eyes (“Choice” grade) but it’s not cheap. I have been making good money trading options in the market so I am okay but the average Americans have got to be suffering.

The sad part is most people never saw this coming. I was warning about food shortages and food riots when the shut down started. You currently have a situation where 37 million Americans (DUE TO NO FAULTS ON THEIR OWN) had to file for unemployment benefits and food prices going through the roof. This cannot be a good situation.

Factory farming that resulted in cheap meat is going to change as well. Buffets are changing (for starters, they won’t be so cheap anymore) and fast food joints that depend on factory farming to keep low prices have to adapt or they will die.

People don’t understand baby chicks reach slaughter weight at about 7 weeks under factory farming. That is a lot of chickens that have to be processed and if the slaughter houses now become the bottlenecks for production, the whole system collapses. It was the fast food joints that wanted standardized meat products that lead to consolidation of the slaughter houses that lead to greater factory farming.

To repeat the message: 37 million Americans are hard pressed to buy food since they lost their jobs. That is a lot of consumers not buying meat. Then you have slaughter houses where workers are being infected. Then you have the wheels of the factory farming system coming off. You have a situation where the farmers are euthanizing millions of chickens and pigs because they cannot be processed thus creating a shortage and thus resulting in high meat prices.

You have a demand side problem (37 million unemployed). You have a production problem (slaughter houses closures). You have farmers losing money euthanizing their stock. And if a number of these farmers go bankrupt due to high fixed costs of factory farming, then you now got a supply problem. Fun times. And the punchline is most people never saw it coming.

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Thats nothing compared to the hundreds of thousands of kids around the third world dying from the residual effects of extreme poverty which has been caused by the shutdown.

I thought this was a grocery store thread?
I got bitched slapped and had to move my Earthquake Talk to a new thread?
Life Sucks!

Went to Albertsons today and yesterday never wearing a mask.
I didn't see too many shoppers wearing them.
The virus is dead in Vegas.

Yesterday I made Jambalaya with Chicken and Sausage.
As usual I made too much roux as I was trying to double or triple the recipe.
I ended up with 4 Pyrex Glass Containers full of Rice.
For some reason, I am always cooking for a party of 20 but only have 3 at the dinner table.

Today I bought some shrimp and made a quick butter, wine, garlic and lemon sauce.
The dishes turned out looking like something EvenBob makes every day.
Just a glob of one color.
I needed some green onions or parsley to brighten it up but was too lazy for that.
Whatever, the taste is there but I need to work on the plating.
I just hope I didn't break some sort of rule with this post or mcap will be back in here bitching up a storm.

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Went to Albertsons today and yesterday never wearing a mask.
I didn't see too many shoppers wearing them.
The virus is dead in Vegas.

Yesterday I made Jambalaya with Chicken and Sausage.
As usual I made too much roux as I was trying to double or triple the recipe.
I ended up with 4 Pyrex Glass Containers full of Rice.
For some reason, I am always cooking for a party of 20 but only have 3 at the dinner table.

Today I bought some shrimp and made a quick butter, wine, garlic and lemon sauce.
The dishes turned out looking like something EvenBob makes every day.
Just a glob of one color.
I needed some green onions or parsley to brighten it up but was too lazy for that.
Whatever, the taste is there but I need to work on the plating.
I just hope I didn't break some sort of rule with this post or mcap will be back in here bitching up a storm.

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The virus isn’t dead, it was never a thing. It was a media creation that many fell for including Trump. Sadly many fell for it and will never recover, mostly small business owners. Others, like in any situation, found a way to profit from it. With no regards for others but not my place to judge them.

Yes many died from it based on some questionable decisions but it still comes down to most of us 99+% of us were never at risk of dying. And had a better chance of dying in a car crash going to the grocery store.

That all said, it just took one rogue cop and thousands of opportunistic looters to take it out of the news. You can never argue the media doesn’t control the narrative in the country.

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The virus isn’t dead, it was never a thing. It was a media creation that many fell for including Trump. Sadly many fell for it and will never recover, mostly small business owners. Others, like in any situation, found a way to profit from it. With no regards for others but not my place to judge them.

Yes many died from it based on some questionable decisions but it still comes down to most of us 99+% of us were never at risk of dying. And had a better chance of dying in a car crash going to the grocery store.

That all said, it just took one rogue cop and thousands of opportunistic looters to take it out of the news. You can never argue the media doesn’t control the narrative in the country.

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They even weaved the Chinese Flu into George Floyd.
Of course he was asymptomatic with no lung damage.
I like how this George Floyd went from Sinner to Saint because of his death.
Down with whitey I suppose!
The Dow Jones is back up over 26,000 points so not sure how Trump can lose?

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The virus isn’t dead, it was never a thing. It was a media creation that many fell for including Trump. Sadly many fell for it and will never recover, mostly small business owners. Others, like in any situation, found a way to profit from it. With no regards for others but not my place to judge them.

Yes many died from it based on some questionable decisions but it still comes down to most of us 99+% of us were never at risk of dying. And had a better chance of dying in a car crash going to the grocery store.

That all said, it just took one rogue cop and thousands of opportunistic looters to take it out of the news. You can never argue the media doesn’t control the narrative in the country.

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They even weaved the Chinese Flu into George Floyd.
Of course he was asymptomatic with no lung damage.
I like how this George Floyd went from Sinner to Saint because of his death.
Down with whitey I suppose!
The Dow Jones is back up over 26,000 points so not sure how Trump can lose?

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He shouldn’t based on the numbers, and I believe this is only making his supporters stronger in their beliefs. Will still come down to 4-5 states and with the right ads, he should be able to squeeze by.

And debates with the senile old man can only help.

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He shouldn’t based on the numbers, and I believe this is only making his supporters stronger in their beliefs. Will still come down to 4-5 states and with the right ads, he should be able to squeeze by.

And debates with the senile old man can only help.

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We all heard the numbers back in 2016 and those numbers were wrong?
It really doesn't matter to me who wins.
With Trump or Biden in the White House it is going to be entertaining either way.

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Trump's goose is cooked. Dow down over 1,800 points today, and this is just the beginning.

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Trump's goose is cooked. Dow down over 1,800 points today, and this is just the beginning.

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The Dow Jones was around 17,000 points when Trump took office.

I enjoyed some homemade Việt Cộng Breakfast with my slant eyed wife this morning!
I simmered the Pho Broth for about 20 hours this time.
I tried not to slurp but she has no Western Manners as she slurped the most and the loudest.

Your food looks a lot better than EB's on that weenie forum.

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Nice of you to say.
I went to mcap's favorite today, El Super.
No mask to me but I'd say 85/90% of the people were masked up.
I was surprised that my cashier had no mask on.
I guess it isn't mandatory for them.
Not sure what happened because a month or so ago they forced you to wear a mask in that store?
Anyways...
Bought a bunch of stuff for today's cookout and the freezer.
You'd be surprised of the amount of work I put in just to make 3 dishes.
Here is a couple pictures as these bowls have been chilling for the last few hours.
Chipotle Sweet Potato Salad and Chilled Avocado Soup.
I decided to add Red Onion, Red Pepper, Celery and Parsley to the Salad.
I modified the soup and going to mix in diced cucumber when serving.
I'm getting ready to fire up the chimney and grill.
It's only 108 F today so yeah :)

The soup looks more like a dip. I never saw a thick soup like that. Then again I don't think I've ever had a cold soup before.

That pho looks amazing.

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The soup looks more like a dip. I never saw a thick soup like that. Then again I don't think I've ever had a cold soup before.

That pho looks amazing.

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You make a good point.
I think I needed to thin it out more.
It had great cooling effect when the palate got too spicy.
The diced cucumbers helped as well.
I forgot how fun it is to grill with lump charcoal.
The Chicken came out great.
Probably was a shame to hide it inside of quesadillas.
I also grilled up some corn on the cob and peaches.
The Sweet Potato Salad was good but kinda odd.
I think I prefer using Red Potatoes or Yukon Gold.
All I can do is keep trying.
Below is my picture and a comparison of 4 professional Avocado Soup pictures.
Yup, not thinned out enough.
Probably could of used some milk or buttermilk to lighten it up.
Mine looks like shit.
Come to think of it so does the picture of the Quesadillas and Sweet Potato Salad.
Fuck... I need more practice.
Interesting note that Gazpacho Chilled Soup tastes like Salsa and this Chilled Avocado Soup tastes like Guacamole Yogurt.
Bah, whatever, time to do the dishes because I'm domesticated and whipped!

I could eat that Pho Nguyen, everyday for a month no problem!

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I could eat that Pho Nguyen, everyday for a month no problem!

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Ditto.