#tips to save foods

[shoccolat]

AU where nishiki becomes a host and kiryu is his manager

[heydrangeas]

hey. hey. did you know if you buy a rotisserie chicken ($5-10 depending on where you get it) you can dig into it like a rat, then strip and save the rest of the meat, then make as much stock as you can fit in your largest pot by simply simmering the bones with herbs and veggies or veggie scraps for 6-8 hours, thereby easily doubling the value of your purchase and making the best soup base ever?

[alwaysbewoke]

[totally-not-peter-parker]

how are you finding gotham so far? did you end up trying batburger?

Gotham is. Very loud, and it smells soooo bad ;^; I got a sensitive sniffer, man! I do love the architecture though, convenient for taking some nice pics :D

[starsinthenigth]

★giant cookie or carrot cake with chocolate? Erm you- you decide !!★

[sjonni33]

this is like. super embarrassing but yeah :/ i ripped my only pair of jeans today, which really sucks :( disability support has until nov 8 to decide over my case and until then i have 0 income except from the tiny bits i scrap by. uhm if anyone could like, spare a euro maybe? i'd be very grateful. i also have things listed in my shop, some are only 1 cent (or whatever you want to pay for it), i also have some stickers here, here and here. some prints here and here . shipping is as low as it can be <3 and i also offer discount codes (use RATASSES for 5% off!!) you can also commission me!!

i'd appreciate any help, even just in the form of sharing this post or reblogging/sharing my art!!

GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!

[hellyeahsickaf]

I'm so glad my pinned post is getting the traction that it is. If it helps even one person, I'm happy

[nowoyas]

I just don't understand the urge to be mean, man. There's a couple of homeless people that live in the woods behind my work. They don't cause trouble, they aren't panhandling or anything, they just sit back there. I think they stay there because there's some work being done nearby and they have access to a port-a-potty so they can use the restroom without being hassled.

A customer asked about them yesterday. I was personally immediately a little defensive—I said I don't know who she's talking about, etc. because I expected her to complain, ask if we were trying to get rid of them, etc. but a coworker said yeah, they live back there and the police come back all the time to tall to them.

While we were making the customer's order, one of them came in, politely bought a Gatorade, paid in cash. (I tried to just let them take it, but my coworkers were right there and they've complained about them in the past so I had a weird feeling I'd end up being punished if I did, and if I lose this job I won't be far behind them.) The woman threw two more subs onto her order, bought them to take out to them. I quietly engineered the order a little to knock a couple bucks off—rang two small subs up as one cheaper, larger one, threw on a discount I didn't need a manager code for and could later argue she did actually get if for some reason it came back to me. Slid a 3 pack of cookies into the bag for free because I know it's generally preferred to just give homeless people money so they can get food they trust and enjoy, but at least the cookies are sealed so they had something nice that they could trust hadn't been messed with.

Why did, the second that woman left to give them the food, my coworkers immediately start going off about how she was so much nicer than them and they would NEVER give a homeless person ANYTHING. They talked about it for like, half an hour. My coworker and I watched her give the food to them—me because part of me didn't trust that the woman was actually giving them the bag after I discounted her order for her and threw in free stuff, and apparently my coworker to glare at the entire exchange before he went on a tirade about it.

I just... don't get it. I don't understand why I'm supposed to have been mad about this exchange, about this random woman doing nice things for two random people who are just trying to live. Especially after we just had a massive storm, where everything's fucked up, there's lots of standing water so the mosquitos are massive, and, you know, these people just had to be outside for all of it and cold and soaked through whatever clothes they have. They were probably in this location because it's close to a lot of things, and now they can't get to most of it because the storm knocked out several of our bridges and they have to be repaired. Why can we not approach that with compassion?

[thestudentfarmer]

Hello and Good Day everyone!

I hope everyone has been well and has been able to work in their garden or towards any of their sustainable, self-sufficient or homestead journey this week :)

We've started getting what might be monsoon weather coming in. (Mostly just wind though. Some dirt. No rain though :'( )

The carrots I left to grow seed did some toppling.

They were about 5+ ft tall (almost as tall as me!). Kind looks like someone sat down in between 'em and pushed em over lol

I've done a bit of doctoring to raise them up a bit. But not everyone was save-able. I knew a few weren't gonna make it, so i Figured I'd take the opportunity to show different stages of carrot flowers real close :)

This is one of the unfortunate carrots I couldn't save. I was working on propping and heard it snap in the soil.

Check out that fat taproot! My soils isn't too deep (pipe concerns.) So I'm pretty sure it woulda been fine if the soil was deeper. I plan on cutting this open to show the different inner parts later :) I will not be eating this carrot, but instead will be giving it to my chickens.

This is the stem, it was about an inch round and at full height was about 4 ft tall.

The circled part I believe is called an intercalary node, the link below has more in depth info if you are curious and want to look up or know more :)

https://www.biologyonline.com/dictionary/intercalary-meristem

This pic has a few different flowering stages.

Some quick info,

A carrot flower is called an umbel and is a type of compound flower.

Each flower on the tip of the umbrella shaped structure has 5 petals and are white in color. (Thes petals fall off when they begin developing seeds)

The kinda scraggly looking umbell in the center is losing its flower petals and seed is starting to come in! 🥳 as seed develops id suggest getting some organza bags or similar to keep them from falling to the ground. I still need to get some myself.

They, to me don't have much scent but are very pretty! And the variety of pollinators in the area love them.

Plenty of bees, unfortunatly I haven't been able to catch pics of the butterflies yet!

And flies! I had to look it up but flies are pollinators species. Guess no fly traps in the garden for now.

And one last pic for today, this one's not a carrot but chard! I've not yet seen chard go to seed so this will be a fun learning experience :)

Definitely bolting action going on.

Bolting is when the weather changes too fast (usually seen when it gets too hot) and the plant panics and tries to seed as fast as it can.

I'll be keeping and eye on it and posting as it changes :)

That's it for now everyone, I hope you all ahve an amazing weekend!

🌱🥕Happy Seed saving! 🥕🌱

5 4 2023

[natureisthegreatestartist]

Bet you can't guess the identity of these pretty yellow flowers. Give up? They're flowers from lettuce plants. The flowers will turn into seeds, which will be used to plant my next lettuce crop.

[wildrungarden]

6/27/24 ~ lil guys workin’ hard 🐝

finally a cloudy day here! hoping for rain after yesterdays 97 degrees 😅🤞🏻

[sweaterkittensahoy]

If you ever need to thaw something quickly, put a cup under it.

[seilon]

look i live in california i know damn well the price of groceries is absurd. but whenever i see someone say “i buy hellofresh because it’s wayyy cheaper than groceries” i wince. you people just dont know how to fucking shop

[hearthandheathenry]

The Real Cost Of Convenience

The other day I went through my weekly flyers, did some online snooping, and made a list of all my local deals that would help feed my family healthy fresh foods on the limited budget we have. We've been trying to feed our family of 3 whole foods and proteins for less than $100 a week. What started as a simple hunt for sales to stock up, ended up turning into a huge eye-opening lesson on convenience and our health. Please let our family's shopping trip and findings not only inspire you to eat healthier at a lower cost, but also open your eyes on the real cost of convenience on our health and wallets.

To summarize my findings, it turns out that we could buy over TWO TIMES the amount of vegetables that would feed us for a month (or more) STILL for less than opting for convenient, already-prepped frozen veggie alternatives. I spent $33.61 on fresh veggies to chop up and freeze, and after some research, the cheapest alternatives listed online equaled out to $75.64 for a nearly identical amount of frozen veggies (I accounted for the veggie waste difference). Which means I am cutting my vegetable grocery bill in half! That is absolutely insane. Keep in mind this amount of veggies would feed my family of 3 for a month at the price and amount I've already spent. Which means I could get about 2 months of food for my family for the price of 1 month of convenient, frozen options. This leaves us so much more room to invest in quality grass-fed red meat and pasture-raised poultry, so we can elevate our health and diet without spending more out of pocket. So, if you would like more affordable and healthy options for food in your house, I highly recommend looking for deals on fresh vegetables and stocking up when you are able to, rather than opting for the easy to grab and prepare option off the shelves. Eating healthy does not have to be expensive and is actually really affordable for families. Your health and wallet will thank you.

I plan to do more cost comparison and snooping around to see what else I can uncover and tips that I can give you all to elevate your lives in the future, but for now, here is a breakdown of where I shopped and what I spent, versus the cost of the cheapest convenient, frozen options of similar poundage online (after processing to account for veggie waste):

[narcan-necromancer]

Cheapskate tip to Uber eats, Postmates etc- claim that your food was stale or that's something was missing from your order. You will usually have to post a photo, I'm sure you can figure that out. If you don't immediately get an email with a confirmation of your refund, contact support and if you didn't already get a full refund you will get a full refund if you request a refund receipt via email. Don't do this to locally owned restaurants, keep it to chains.

Cheapskate Amazon tip - if you order food on Amazon, they cannot accept returns. For instance, I used to order two 24 packs of monster every few weeks. If you claim that one or both were damaged, they will refund you. If you ordered them at the same time, they will refund both of them. This also applies to EBT purchases. EBT purchases that are refunded will automatically be refunded to the EBT card. They can also refund cosmetics, although I'm not sure if that applies to expensive cosmetics like tatcha.

Thank you. This has been Kira's how to be a cheap and broke bitch show.