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Pointing Out the Obvious

So, years ago the Pillsbury company decided to make refreigerated biscuits in a can. They came in a roll of 8 biscuits, which meant that each person in a traditional family of two adults and two kids would have 2 biscuits each.

Then they decided to make Grands biscuits in a can. These were a lot bigger than the regular biscuits, and they came 6 to a can, so if you had a larger family, you could buy the Grands biscuits and everyone could have one biscuit. Because they were so much bigger than the regular biscuits, you didn’t need two of them.

So today I was grocery shopping and decided to buy a can of biscuits. I am not a fan of the Grands biscuits because I have been watching my weight and don’t want to eat that much bread. So I was going to get a can of regular biscuits.

EXCEPT – and get this! – the regular biscuits are now called, Mini-Grands.

What? Is that not actually redundant word play or something? They are not Grands, so they are mini Grands? What happened to REGULAR!?!?

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Mac and Cheese

Watched a demonstration of how to make baked macaroni and cheese. She runs a special restaurant downtown and is famous for her cookbooks. So I paid attention to her demonstration and actually learned a few things. She used some words that I am not familiar with – I hate that when a cooking show talks over your head. Would it kill you to use the words “cheese sauce” instead of béchamel?

The main thing I learned – and I tested it later, she was correct – is that a macaroni and cheese needs to use a strong cheese. I usually buy a mild cheddar at the grocery store, but for baked mac and cheese, you are better off getting a sharp cheddar.

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Crazy Shopping Day

Every Saturday I do my grocery shopping. Its not that I like to do it on Saturdays, but most nights after work I am too tired to deal with it. So, reluctant to admit I am becoming a creature of habit, I headed out to the grocery store this morning.

OMG! What a ZOO! I totally forgot that this weekend is the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was four times as many people in that grocery store. I realized how crowded it was and gave up after 10 minutes in the store and hadn’t made it through the produce department yet.

I’ll go back later tonight – I can’t stand crowds and am not willing to spend 2 hours shopping for my groceries today.