Y'all are making me hungry... again!

I remember when my Mom and Dad would take that turkey carcass and make split-pea soup. Then in a day or two we'd have split-pes soup and corn bread for dinner.

Two times a year we'd have split-pea soup; one with turkey after Tanksgiving, the other would be after Easter when we had baked ham.

I liked the one with ham better.

Ham and peas just go together better, IMO.

: rofl:




Same here, they def go together well (imho).

Stopping at Kroger on the way home from a medical appointment last week, I spied Fuji Apples on sale for $0.99lb. That's way less than they've been for years. What's more, these 'looked' good. Looks mean nothing in the end, but for the price I couldn't resist. Turns out they were the best tasting Fuji's I've eating in years! Easily better than what Walmart carries. I don't know that any were old-style 'top tier' Fujis, but now were below 'second tier', and second tier Fuji's are fine apples!

Alas, Kroger's Fuji price was back up to $1.97lb (same as Walmart) when I shopped yesterday. I passed.

At Walmart, what few Fuji's I found looked rancid. However, I spotted an apple new to me, named "Juici", that looked worth a try. At $1.77lb, they were the cheapest apple in stock. I bought enough to last the week. Cut to the chase, I like 'em! The one I had yesterday at supper was indeed 'juici', also crisp and sweet. I 'might' like them as well as all but the best old-style Top Tier Fuji's.

Here's a review of them I found online:

(link) Juici Apple Review - Selective Elective website. (link)

Last night I rewarded myself with one of my favorite diessets Dark Cherry vanilla ice cream with an amaretto sauce.
It's a quick sauce, poured right out of the bottle. None of that melting extra sugar and waiting for it to cool down stuff for me.

Following this morning's dental exam (I aced it) I swung by Kroger to check on Distilled Wawa. It was in stock. Despite it costing more there than Wally World, I played it safe and bought a gallon. It is good that I did. Wally World had tons of Distilled Wawa. But it was that odd stuff with added minerals, rendering it unfit for CPAP machines. I thought about buying apples at Kroger, rancid as most of Wally World's apples are. But, Kroger had no Juicis. I passed, and lucked out again. Wally World had enough Juicis in stock to last me the week.

Now the negative news. I bought a furnace filter at Wally World today. It was my one large single-item expenditure. Returning home, I put away groceries, changed into sweats, logged today's purchases in my ledger, then went to install the filter. Couldn't figure out where I placed it. It finally dawned on me that I couldn't remember bringing it into the house. Checked the car. No filter (except for those filters cars have). I must have left it in my shopping cart in the Wally World parking lot. I then proceeded to call Wally World Customer Service to ask if a furnace filter had been found and turned in. Took me repeated calls and a good 45min before someone finally picked up the phone. I couldn't seem to get whoever I spoke with to understand what I was asking. I was then disconnected. Repeated redials failed to reach anyone.

By this time I wondered if it was even worth the effort. Surely my filter had been pilfered, with no one to blame but myself. In the end, I decided to dress and again drive to Wally World, reasoning that if, by some miracle, I could reclaim it, the price of gas was easily outweighed by the cost of the filter.

Pulling into Wally World parking lot, I drove by the rack I'd left my supposedly empty cart in. Nope, no filter there. I parked and approached a cart collector near the entrance. Sure enough, my filter had been noticed and turned in to Customer Support. Having the sense to bring my receipt with me, I beelined to the CS Counter, presented said receipt, and claimed my filter. All's well that ends well, discounting wasted gas.

The last thing they did for me during my dental exam/cleaning was smear a thick goop over all my teeth. A new treatment, they say, that strengthens teeth. I'm not to brush until bedtime for best effect. However, I can eat normally. I can't bring myself to do so. I skipped lunch altogether. No big deal. I don't normally eat lunch, except for a half-apple, Tue, Thu and Sat. I'll just switch Mon for Tue this week. Problem solved. Now, I don't see doing without both lunch and supper, so will eat the latter, and hope I can keep myself from brushing afterward.

This post has been edited by Decrepit: Dec 20 2021, 09:07 PM

Bad fortune on leaving that filter behind but very nice that you were able to retrace what happened and recover it.

I had Steak and Greens.

Stuffed with chocolate... Eyeing another box now...

Just had rum cake and coffee for breakfast.

Popcorn.

Bowl of chips and some coffee.

A yummy Caeser Salad .

Coffee and a piece of !

No semlas?

Nein. Sister's b-day cake.

Tbh, not a fave by a long shot. She uses only chocolate bases and next to zero whipped cream. Basically it's my anti-cake, but it's still a cake so I'll take some

Mmmm---cake!

I had pickles and water for lunch.

Oops, I forgot that, due to cold weather, I'm currently making my grocery runs in the afternoon. This is a day when I skip launch except for a half-apple and water. Except I'm out of apples until my grocery run. Such is life.

Last Monday, for the first time in years, Walmart stocked Wild Wonder tomatoes. I of course bought a tub. Eating one out of the tub, I decided they aren't as good as Cherubs. But, in salad-suppers I think I like Wild Wonders. Both are fine tomatoes. I'm happy with either, but will buy Wild Wonders if available.