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Even better, but I can make my own in a pinch, would be Chocolate Covered Cinnamon Bears. I do occasionally give in to the craving and drop $20 for a 5-lb bag on Amazon.com then ration them out to myself a handful at a time for the next few weeks. But it would be so much easier to pick up a little bag now and then at the grocery store... Before giving in to Amazon orders I searched Publix, Kroger, CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Walmart, Target, Dollar Tree, Dollar General - basically every store with a candy counter that I stepped foot in for over a month. No one had ever heard of them. And more than a few looked at me like I was a little nuts claiming there was a bear-shaped candy that tasted like an Atomic Fireball and had the consistency of a Swedish Fish.
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I love this for cooking and the occasional sprinkle on food at the table. The package claims that it tastes different. And, like a lot of people, I thought that was a bogus claim until I did their test and tried a few grains of regular salt on my tongue, big drink of water, and a few grains of Redmond Real Salt on my tongue. It was different. And better. And so pretty with those pink and copper colored mineral inclusions. Also available on Amazon.com... one day I will get some! And then replace the salt in every shaker in the house!!
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Sorry Marie Callendar... I get yours as a substitute once in a great awhile but only because I can't get Claim Jumper's here. That makes me sad, even now, during the much too hot to eat pot pie summertime. Claim Jumper's pot pies just taste so much better to me! Better seasoned filling with more chicken and a flakier crust. And usually a bit cheaper price tag, too... sigh. Baking them is the best, but I usually couldn't make myself wait and microwaved them and that was perfectly acceptable.
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Grandma's Frozen Egg Noodles
Or any frozen home-style noodle, for that
matter. The days last week when it was chilly
and raining so hard I wanted with every fiber of
my being to make a pot of chicken noodle
soup. I didn't do it. And the only reason was
because I'd have to either drag out the pasta
machine and spend half a day making them
first or use those dried egg noodles and that
just sort of ruined the whole appeal of even
making soup.
my being to make a pot of chicken noodle
soup. I didn't do it. And the only reason was
because I'd have to either drag out the pasta
machine and spend half a day making them
first or use those dried egg noodles and that
just sort of ruined the whole appeal of even
making soup.
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As a child I learned that the flavor of honey depended a lot on the food sources available to the bees. Growing up in Shelley, ID the main source of food for those bees was clover. And it made for the absolute best honey in the world!! I admit, I've bought some pretty decent honey here in GA. It works fine on toast, or in tea, or to cook with. Perfectly palatable! But runny honey is just not quite what I'm craving... (And terms like "creamed honey" and "runny honey" get me that questioning raised eyebrow look from the grocery manager!) All I need is money, and I'll be placing an order.
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I just have to say that I expected Grandma Sycamores bread to be there. They do not have that anywhere I travel to on a regular basis. How do you live without that? I am not a huge bread eater but will not buy anything else while at home except sourdough-I like the chewy kind!
Julie, Grandma Sycamore's is great... for bakery bread. It didn't make my list because I don't really miss it. Almost every loaf of bread I've ever bought, unless it was for a special purpose like I had specific plans to make something like bread pudding, has molded long before I could ever eat it. I know I could freeze a few slices together but there's something about the texture after it's been frozen that bugs me so I don't use it. So much goes to waste that I don't bother.
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