SNL skit on what is available; groceries no one wants to buy
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- 6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago2ManyDiversions thanked sleevendog (5a NY 6aNYC NL CA)
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What is the best dog food available in the grocery store?
Comments (69)My Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a retired show dog and was raised on Orijen and other pricey brands. She was a very picky eater when I got her and had issues with runny stools occasionally. When I was "dog-sitting" a friend's dog, she stole a taste of the food he feeds his dog - Rachel Ray's "Zero Grain" - and gobbled it down. I switched her over to that and the runny poop problem disappeared like magic. She's at a good weight, has the shiniest coat she's ever had, and now begs for her food. I give her 1/2 cup twice a day with a chopped up hard-boiled egg, and some frozen veggies mixed in. (She prefers Bird's Eye California Blend - broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots.) She gobbles it up and is healthy, happy and has a glorious coat. Sometimes the premium dog foods have way too much protein in them and give dogs runny stools because they can't tolerate the extra protein. There is no one "best" dog food for all dogs, despite what surveys and well-meaning people say. You have to experiment with different ones and see what works best for your own dog. "Expensive" doesn't always mean the best. What is best for your dog may not be best for another dog or breed. If your dog likes it and it doesn't give your dog runny stools or constipation issues, and the dog's coat is glossy, not dry, and the dog is neither gaining excess weight or losing weight, then that's probably the best food for him/her....See MoreWhat do you spend on groceries?
Comments (31)In addition to looking at the costs, look at what you are buying, and how much may be excess volume, or just not good for you. Do you throw out a lot of food? Do you eat too much, or too much unhealthy 'food'? What part of your grocery bill goes for snacks? I don't enter the grocery aisle with the flavored water, just-plain-water, carbonated water, sugar-water. Instead, we drink our delicious tap water -- and iced tea in summer. I don't go down the aisle with the salt-laden and fried grain mush products (AKA chips and crackers). We have two favorite crackers that we buy in bulk at Costco; they are packaged in smaller sleeves so they don't get stale before we eat them. I never visit the deli counter, and I don't buy pre-packaged sliced meats or cheese unless it is cheaper per pound than a hunk of ham or cheese. (So...NEVER!) DH came home with a package of sliced ham last week that he said was 'cheaper' . Yes, the *package* was cheaper -- because it was only six ounces. (Would you pay $8/lb. for boiled ham if you knew you'd eat -- or could freeze -- a larger amount that's $5/lb., and better quality?) I won't buy pork products at our local Jewel because they only sell Hormel -- all injected, to make it 'tender'. Yuck. My pay grade isn't high enough to keep me from buying in bulk and spending time freezing two-person portions of chops, chicken parts, muffins, whatever. I used to buy, cook and serve way too much meat. We are not (and do not want to be) still 'growing', nor do we do manual labor. Eight ounces of beef is twice what we need per serving. Same with sweets. DH and I had 'middle aged spread' until we readjusted portions -- and I started skipping those aisles with the poison food and drink. We still have *some* sweets -- in small amounts. We eat less sugar, salt, high-fat and cured meat, and bakery products. Can you circle all the non-essentials in your store tallies and consider where to start your family's 'weaning'? You might eliminate some things, or just limit the amounts....See MoreSNL -- Farrow & Ball paint
Comments (3)Anglo, you might enjoy perusing Little Greene's colors as well. And in the fantastical paint color naming sweepstakes, Rita Konig's beloved Cuisse de Nymphe Emue, from Edward Bulmer Paint, is surely a contender ;-) Farrow & Ball is American owned and has a huge marketing budget. Little Greene and Edward Bulmer are smaller and worth a look. I see them referenced often in UK magazines....See MoreConversations with checkers at grocery stores
Comments (149)I'm not sure what's happening here any more, but I am not getting any notifications from Houzz, except for ones that I signed up for. I would like to add, however, that I have known a few people who take casual conversations with strangers a bit too far, and this includes my father and maternal grandmother, who were very much alike and therefore hated each other. Both of them would talk way too much with (or to) people that they did not know and share way more information than the innocent victim wanted to hear. I do not feel that I am like either of them, and I like to keep conversations mutual. I am as interested in hearing what the other person wants to say as I am in sharing information with that person. For me, sharing is a two-way street, and I am not interested in creating traffic jams. OTOH, I have also been the victim of people who want to share too much information, especially when stuck next to someone on a plane. Sometimes this can be excruciating but other times it can be entertaining. I've heard some very funny stories from people on planes, as well as some very boring ones....See More- 6 years ago
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