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My first ever batch of cookies. I used a basic drop cookie recipe off the Internet with 2 cups of dark chocolate chips added. The brown sugar made them a little crispy around the edges. Made 2 dozen. Gone in 24 hours which equals one cookie per hour.

gorgeous and I’m so happy for you!!!!
we all have boosted our cooking and baking.

At my closeout grocer, whole briskets were $19.99 this weekend regardless of size, so I bought one which is at least 11 lbs. I know that as I went to Aldi after and saw a 3# brisket flat @ $4.99/lb and I have something three times as large.

I'll smoke this one before July 4 as my brother and his savage family will drop the kids off with their mutt on the Wednesday before.

Grocery Outlet? That’s a great price.

I’m unclear how hosting savage people (as you typed) is a good idea.

Can the kibblers and I come and visit that weekend? :D

Not a Grocery Outlet. Central Florida has a few grocers who sell discounted merchandise. I call my niece and nephew "Savages" because their parents are not very good at teaching them manners. "Yes" and "No" aren't said, just "Yea".
Plus, they seem not to eat chicken or pork when dining with others, just asking for beef. Savages.
PM two weeks from now if you make a run to the Tampa Bay area. I will hook you up.

Today my college kid was about to make another frozen meal for his lunch. So I suggested we whip up some Caesar dressing, make some quick croutons, and build a salad. He said “this is the best salad I’ve ever had”. The best part is that we had all the basics we needed.
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It’s really sweet of you to host them.
sometimes I’ll see discounted products at Safeway; I really only know grocery outlet for actual stores with discounted groceries although I’m sure that Big Lots and other dollar stores also have groceries. I’ve passed Big Lots often in car (they’re a mile from home) and foot (they’re near the Japanese curry place I loved and my local dispensary which I last visited in February) and I’ve yet to enter Big Lots.

Go to Big Lots..it's fun to find treasures and yes they have a lot of brand name food but I don't think it is considerably cheaper.

even pre/Covid I never entered Big Lots! It’s been there for decades. The past 2 years, I’ve literally walked past it when parking the saab convertible and walking to the Japanese curry, the sushi/ramen combo, the Mediterranean chicken, Pizza Hacker, and the dispensary. I love all of these places and now go to none of them during Covid although I’ll return to the dispensary at some point. I’ve even parked by parking meters literally next to Big Lots but of course they have a parking lot and their door entrance faces their parking lot and not the street.

Even my closest Safeway (where I went today at 8:45a and among other things, got 6 Haagen daaz 14-Ozers for $8.25!) is across the street and two doors down from Big Lots and I still haven’t ever entered. Now that I know that their groceries aren’t on sale, I’ll never have an excuse to enter. It is EV- to go into any public business unless I have a very specific purpose - other than groceries, post office, and bank, I’ve only entered or stood at the doorway for total of four pickups at a restaurant, 2 times to susiecakes, and one hardware store since Shelter on 3/17/2020!

:D It's only a 14 hour drive from me. :D

Scallops on scallops on scallops.
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And don’t forget, scallops!

Your thumb looks a little banged up.

oops I thought that the thumb was part of the meal! Ugh. So no cannibalism?

The thumb is taking the abuse of fishing every day.