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Oct. 1st, 2011
Bulk shopping
Oct. 1st, 2011 05:57 pmI just bought a freezer and a membership to one of the bulk shopping centers.
When I was young, the freezer was an essential for the family. I have four brothers and three sisters, and three of the boys were teenagers at the same time. The amount of food they could shovel in would shame a hog.
We lived in an area that did a lot of farming, what they used to call truck farming. They did grown bulk crops like rye and corn, but they often grew collards (for the non-Southern US folks out there, this is a kind of leafy green like spinach), corn , tomatoes, green peppers, and the like. Most were sold at the local farmer's market. They also had orchards-I worked part time in the summers with the peaches. When a field was 'picked out' for the season, the farmers would often tell people, my parents included, that they could get what was left before the field was plowed for the next crop.
We also had a large vegetable garden, and most years, Dad would" buy a a cow" and have it processed once a year. Mom bought as much as she was allowed when stores had sales. This meant that a freezer was essential, because all the meat and most of the vegetable were frozen for use at later dates.
I got a small freezer, because I am sick and tired of missing out on bargains because my fridge freezer is full. I am a magnet for bargains; I don't know how many times my boys asked me why I got something new, and the answer was, "It was on sale." I almost never buy meat at full price (the price of meat nowadays is outrageous and at times I consider being a vegetarian) and I am more than will to buy bread and freeze it.
The membership club I am a little more dubious about. I trudged through, and while the prices are good, I don't know if I'll be able to buy enough to make it worth my while. I suppose I'll find out soon enough.
Well, time will tell if I get my money back eventually.
When I was young, the freezer was an essential for the family. I have four brothers and three sisters, and three of the boys were teenagers at the same time. The amount of food they could shovel in would shame a hog.
We lived in an area that did a lot of farming, what they used to call truck farming. They did grown bulk crops like rye and corn, but they often grew collards (for the non-Southern US folks out there, this is a kind of leafy green like spinach), corn , tomatoes, green peppers, and the like. Most were sold at the local farmer's market. They also had orchards-I worked part time in the summers with the peaches. When a field was 'picked out' for the season, the farmers would often tell people, my parents included, that they could get what was left before the field was plowed for the next crop.
We also had a large vegetable garden, and most years, Dad would" buy a a cow" and have it processed once a year. Mom bought as much as she was allowed when stores had sales. This meant that a freezer was essential, because all the meat and most of the vegetable were frozen for use at later dates.
I got a small freezer, because I am sick and tired of missing out on bargains because my fridge freezer is full. I am a magnet for bargains; I don't know how many times my boys asked me why I got something new, and the answer was, "It was on sale." I almost never buy meat at full price (the price of meat nowadays is outrageous and at times I consider being a vegetarian) and I am more than will to buy bread and freeze it.
The membership club I am a little more dubious about. I trudged through, and while the prices are good, I don't know if I'll be able to buy enough to make it worth my while. I suppose I'll find out soon enough.
Well, time will tell if I get my money back eventually.
