Frozen corn beef crock potv

Like the title states, my driver stole my groceries order. I had ordered 10 items. Frozen beef, soup, etc nothing fancy. The store is about 5 min away and I tipped $10. I was feeling a bit under the weather which is why I went through Uber. Like why be an Uber driver if you're just going to steal people stuff. I reported him to Uber and all they said was they'd let their team know so not sure if anything will actually be done. I cha hed the tip to $0 and got refunded for my order thankfully. Just venting essentially.

Had a delightful evening at Delta, a new-ish tasting menu in Athens. It’s housed in a beautiful campus that includes the national library and opera house. The restaurant is gorgeous, with trees in large planters that hang from the ceiling. Service was kind and knowledgeable, and servers seemed excited to share the dishes. It’s a very experimental menu, with both Nordic influences and a lot of tromp l’oeil. The ingredients use mostly local Greek produce and the restaurant highlights their goal of sustainability. All of this leads to major Michelin bait. Good thing is that while some dishes didn’t do it for me, on a whole it was a delicious experience, with some very novel techniques. Even the dishes that weren’t to my taste were interesting and showed reach for the kitchen, and the reasons I didn’t enjoy them came down to mostly personal taste. The dishes that did hit were absolutely delicious and wildly creative.
Courses were as follows:
1) a mushroom and nut tartar flavored with chamomile on a crispy cabbage base: strong start with a tasty amuse that had some deep chamomile flavor that read purely savory 2) Second course was a fake Calla flower filled with confit pigeon leg and topped with bergamot foam- wildly delicious with fresh citrus mingling with savory meat and the “flower” petal acting as a delightful base 3) Grilled deer covering fermented artichoke and fermented blueberry with oxalis flowers- interesting dish with lots of strong flavors- I would have loved it if not for the strong fermented funk that’s not my cup of tea- if you love lactofermented stuff you’ll love this 4) “Leaf” of dehydrated pear filled with grilled iberico pork and sprayed with pine- one of the most delicious things I’ve ever eaten, a textural and flavorful dish of light and meaty happiness- ate like a fresh but still savory delight 5) Grilled corn on fermented buckwheat- another knockout, this ate like the best corn on the cob ever, and the buckwheat base had a meatiness to it, like what seitan should be 6) Bread coarse was shaped like a porcini mushroom and flavored with aged vegetables, blackened apple, a variety of herbs and brushed with aromatics, served with a foamy bone marrow crème anglaise: another stupidly delicious course that was beautiful too- bread was intensely flavored and the bone marrow foam added even more richness, all tempered with this bright green dehydrated gremolata paste hidden underneath the “mushroom” cap. It tasted like the best pizza bagel I’ve ever had 7) Cod made to look like a scallop, with fresh flowers covering the orange “skirt”- the skirt was actually fermented and grilled plums- this was a good dish, very light, with good flavors off the cod, plums, and flowers- but felt like it could use a light more salt on the fish itself . Good but not amazing. 8) Sweetbreads covered with koji inoculated grains to look like a fuzzy bird- a really creative dish that looked amazing but was not to my taste. The mold was my favorite part, but the sweetbreads were way too heavy for me. 9) Possibly the best dish of the night for me- a slowly caramelized and dehydrated apple filled with picanha steak and covered in beef garum and Demi glace. This was mind blowing in that the apple had just as much meatiness as the beef with full apple flavor but no sweetness, so it tasted like a savory apple with just immensely deep umami. 10) Pigeon breast glazed with fermented cherry and berries with endive and a pigeon sauce- a nice final savory dish with good grilled flavor . Not mind blowing but certainly good 11) First dessert was a puffed sugar Mille feuille made to look like a sunflower, filled with a cream flavored with chestnuts, sunflower praline, and caramelized puff pastry- very tasty and a smart dish to use puff pastry to flavor the cream- was very tasty
12) final two desserts (one was a celebratory cake for my special occasion):
12a) the cake was fully edible (even the candle which was made of walnut oil). It was nice but could have had a bit more flavor and diversity of texture 12b) An edible butterfly, this was the best dessert. The wings were crunchy and acidic with a perfect snap and the body was light and creamy with a good acidity- as nice to eat as it was to look at. Was filled with beeswax cream and cherry.
Great meal overall!

So, I grew up going to Disneyland. Often. My grandparents, great aunt and uncle, all their children, and their grandchildren work at Disneyland. I was a pass holder for years and years, literally until I moved out of CA, and could navigate Disneyland with my eyes closed. I’ve always liked Disney, kept up with their new content and enjoyed the whole thing. But, I was never OBSESSED as some are. Didn’t wear merch, have ears, cry over fireworks…. I think maybe because it was just a very normal aspect of my childhood that it never became over the top for me.
A few years back, my mother in law mentioned that she wanted to do a big trip in 2024, to disneyworld. I’d only been once, in 2006 for a choir trip and saw about none of WDW because of the trip requirements etc. I literally had a pretzel and went on pirates of the Caribbean. So, I decided to go head first into planning because I’d heard that WDW was a whole new ballgame. So for the last year, I’ve watched endless Vlogs, TikTok’s, YouTube videos, Pinterest planning charts. I familiarized myself with all the acronyms. I made checklists. Endless checklists. Coordinated the park outfits. Got everyone’s list of their most wanted food, rides, experiences etc. I really took the reins on planning this trip. I kinda felt a little insane about how much I was focused on the ins and outs of making this trip possible and magical for our whole family. It was my mother and father in law, brother in law and his GF, myself, my husband and our 4 children ages 9,7,6,3. My in laws had not been since the late 70s, and my husband and BIL had gone on a sports trip in 2002 for one day in magic kingdom. So this was pretty new for all of us.
Let me just say that we had SUCH a phenomenal experience this week. It truly was a 1000000/10. I honestly have zero genuine complaints and the only thing that bummed me out was that we accidentally walked right past the ice cream/brioche thing in France 😩. I genuinely believe that my obsessive planning and preparedness truly prepped us for the week. I handled 99% of the time spent in the parks. We all stayed at Art of Animation in Cars Suites. We were really happy with this choice. My kids are huge cars fans and they loved the theming. We loved the accessibility to transportation and the large pools. We also had some truly surprisingly delicious food in the cafeteria area. We used Genie + for the trip.
We started in AK, rope dropped FOP and Navi river and used rider swap for FOP. Booked safari and saw so many beautiful animals. We had rhinos soooooo close! It was amazing. Had some really great food, loved the cheeseburger pods and grilled corn. Our favorite part was the Lion King show. That was amazing!
Then we went to MK day 2. Rope dropped and hit everything in Fantasyland, popped around a bit then took a mid-day break. Grandparents kept the kids for the PM so we adults came back in the evening for food and haunted mansion/pirates. So much fun. We left about 10 minutes before fireworks so we skipped that whole mass exodus.
Day 3 we did Epcot and this park surprised me sooooooooo much. I absolutely loved it. We had SO much good food. Like…. Amazing food. Our favorites were: the butter and sugar crepe (France), the chicken satay (china), maple popcorn (Canada), scallops with green beans and honey Cauliflower (these were both flower festival special booths). I was able to get in the 1pm VQ for guardians which we were sooooooo excited about. My 6 year old absolutely loved every second of that ride, I thought my husband was going to barf lol. I was throughly impressed with Ratatoullie, what a fun creative ride. I was definitely unimpressed with Frozen…. Such a short ride for what it’s worth. We rode mostly everything except Mission Space (? I think that’s the name, someone at our hotel said it would make you sick, very spinny). The highlight for my kids was literally running into Asha (from Wish). She was lovely and so kind with my children.
Day 4 we had an off day and did dinner at Ohana which was lovely. My kids love stitch so it was a total hit for them. I loved how much time they spent at the table. Nothing felt rushed. We went to Disney springs but didn’t stay too long. There were lines at most of the popular spots for treats. We basically walked around a bit then went to the Lego store.
Our last day was MK again. We didn’t rope drop, but came in around 10am and man, the Disney gods were on our side. We got on everything by stacking genie and short standby lines. We got in the 1pm VQ for Tron and snacked a bit before going back to the hotel for a pool break. We came back when our group was being called for Tron. That ended up being one of the best rides of the trip. Truly creative and amazing. We capped it off with fireworks and they were truly beautiful.
I truly can’t say enough good about our trip. It went so smoothly and I genuinely feel like my planning paid off. My only “complaints” were: the merch kinda sucked. It was the same everywhere in every store. Also, I know Disney prices are wild but there’s zeroooooooooo reason those spirit jerseys are almost $80. And, I know plastic waste blah blah but a full to the brim slurpee/slush for a kid with zero lid is so annoying. Lots of spills 😞. And last, Epcot needs some kind of shade situation. It was 93 the day we were there and that was really hard. There’s nowhere outdoor to hide. There’s got to be some kind of creative solution.
Things we did that we loved: silicone straws, stroller rental from kingdom strollers (great Homebase for stuff), afternoon pool breaks for MK, cooling towels (4 pack on Amazon), spare socks in a ziplock baggie for dry feet.
Overall, I totally get it now. I totally understand “Disney adults”, I absolutely get the hype. It truly is magical. I’m literally on the drive back home, pricing out a trip back. I’m thinking next Halloween/fall!!

A question for people who have done Denali late May/June.
We are flying into Anchorage on the 26th of May, hoping to be on the mountain on the 28th. I'm planning on cooking then freezing some ground beef and chicken in Talkeetna then using with pasta etc for meals. I know the temperature can vary wildly but I was wondering if anyone had luck with keeping portioned food frozen during the ascent. The first few days are what worry me. We obviously have freeze dried food for above 14,000.
I will be vacuum packing it into portions so I can wrap it in parkas for insulation.
As a bonus, any recommendations for meals, or things that didn't work?

I followed a vegetarian diet for about 4 years from ages 10-14. I was then on a cooked carnivore diet for about 10 months and slowly transitioned to a raw diet that I now have been on for 3 weeks. I am 16 now. I have a lot of severe things wrong with me:

1. My lower legs are full of eczema. They're extremely dry and have many red scabs that I can literally pick off.
2. My upper legs are extremely dry and have pretty bad ichthyosis (fish scales). I literally could sit there for hours picking off huge flakes of scaly, dry dead skin.
3. My upper arms/torso is full of peeling off scaly skin.
4. My scalp is dry, yet oily at the same time. Large pieces of dry flakes fall out just like on my upper torso.
5. My lower arms are fucked up. Ingrown hairs, random red bumps everywhere, extremely dry, some red eczema scabs, peeling off skin. Literally everything wrong everywhere else is on my lower arms.
6. The right side of my right hand has the worst eczema/psoriasis/skin rash that is extremely dry and itchy. It's gotten so bad it doesn't even look like a hand anymore.
7. The last ring of my fingertips's skin is not even there. It's so dry and cracked all over my fingertips.
8. Overall, extremely dry skin everywhere. I'd tell you other things wrong with my body but everything else gets ignored because my bad skin is far more prevalent. (gyno, lack of motivation, body odor, a persistent chalazion on my right eye, etc).

The majority of my issues went away in only about 1-2 months going cooked carnivore last summer 10 months ago but never fully went away. Then winter came around (I live in Illinois) and everything came back full fashion and it hasn't really healed much since.
I currently eat 80/20 raw ground beef (grain fed but fresh and never frozen), raw pasture raised eggs, raw milk (whole), and some bananas. Ground beef I usually eat around 1-1.4 pounds per day of with about 10-12 eggs. Raw milk I'm all over the place with but multiple glasses a day as it is my only source of hydration and I'm thirsty if I don't drink it (literally I'll have to buy a melon if I'm out because I need it for hydration). Bananas I usually only eat one a day with some milk as it tastes pretty good. Lately I somehow created a yogurt like consistency with one of my older raw milks and will eat my banana with that like yogurt (it's just soured raw milk that clumped up a bit). I understand some of my portions may be small but it's just my father and I and we aren't the wealthiest.
Fresh raw milk I notice does make my stomach upset but drinking soured, older raw milk is fine. Although fresh milk is fine as long as it eat it with some raw beef/eggs.
I pass gas throughout the day and randomly will get cramps in my stomach. I got some extreme and frequent diarrhea after a week on raw for about 4-5 days and have no clue where that came from. Ever since then i still will get cramps in my stomach.
I'm pretty fucked up overall and I need genuine advice. I am trying to find raw honey but it's not easy. Plus, I don't want to be told I need to incorporate all these different fancy things in order to get healed. If this diet really is the real deal, then it shouldn't be able to be failed. You can't make the same excuse as the vegans and say "you didn't do it correctly".
Please help.

Hi! I’ve spent most of the week cooking and nurturing this batch of ragu with short rib and pork butt. The meat is flaky and the sauce is beefy just like I wanted but it still tastes flat. At this point I have ~9 pints in my freezer and one in the fridge. I don’t know what I was expecting but I know this isn’t it. What can I do to punch it up? I know the obvious ones, salt, fish sauce, etc, but is there something else I’m missing? I feel like this keeps happening.
And when I say I’ve been cooking this shit all week, I mean it. She sat on the stove for 6+ hours on Monday. Tuesday I went to reheat and found burnt flakes popping up from the bottom so I decided to switch pots but didn’t have one big enough. Soooo... I strained the meat from the “broth” cooked that on the stove for a bit and put the meat in a slow cooker for about 6 hours (after going through it by the spoonful and cleaning out the burnt shit). The next day, I pulled out all the orange fat, cleaned up the meat because both cuts still had some fat/connective tissue and merged the two back together.
So now I have a ragu with more hours of labor than an Italian restaurant and I still don’t quite like it. It tastes like tomato and beef but that’s it. It’s not ‘saucy’ more thicker like … jeeze idk
Any ideas on what I can do? I definitely have enough for experimenting cause I can’t give this shit to the neighbors.
Editing: I deglazed the pan at one point with red wine that I had frozen. I do think y’all might be right about the acid though.

[2004] Three Young Bloods enter the Solar system ready to hunt Xenomorphs. An alarm rings out. One of the hunters rushes to a screen. The screen shows Earth. Several scans of the planet are made before the compiled data is revealed. Radiation levels have risen significantly since the last hunter was here. Human numbers have dwindled significantly. Scans show the population of living humans in minuscule clusters around the planet. All screens on the ship now show the planet with a red letters. Off limits! Prey endangered! Planet status changed from hunting grounds to preserve.
This information is sent to their superiors. A message returns, “State of Temple?”
The response, “Buried, active not activated.”
“Destroy the temple and return.” A red beam emanates from the ship and strikes earth destroying a temple deep under the ice. The ship then turns and warps away from the system.
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[39??] Almost 2 centuries later a yautja ship enters Earth’s orbit. A scan of the planet shows human life signs have greatly multiplied. The cloaked ship landed on a forested mountain near a cluster of human life signs. The hunter exited the ship with only their cloak and wrist blades. Excited about his mission the hunter jumped from tree to tree until he came to a vast field of tall yellow grass. He moved in silently on the life signs. There before him stood a lone, solitary tree. He climbed and looked ahead.
Humans. Just as he was told. They were half naked and feasting on raw freshly picked corn. They grumbled and grunted at each other. This was no language. These were not the creatures he was told to expect. They were little more than animals. One stopped eating and looked at the predator. Then another, then another. The hunter knew they couldn’t see through his cloak but somehow they sensed him and knew he was there. Fear rippled through the crowd. All were looking in the tree but no one moved. Not even the Hunter. The crowd calmed and resumed eating. The hunter watched. None were a threat in the least. He was told of the hunts on this planet long ago. Two claiming the lives of the hunters. These creatures were not what they used to be. The humans stood and looked to the forest frozen in terror. A horn sounded and the humans ran.
The hunter watched as unknown bipedal creatures rode towards the humans on horseback. He watched as they killed and caught humans by the dozen. He saw their guns, their primitive weapons, their traps and strategies. Under his mask his mandibles chittered with excitement for the hunt.

[2004] Three Young Bloods enter the Solar system ready to hunt Xenomorphs. An alarm rings out. One of the hunters rushes to a screen. The screen shows Earth. Several scans of the planet are made before the compiled data is revealed. Radiation levels have risen significantly since the last hunter was here. Human numbers have dwindled significantly. Scans show the population of living humans in minuscule clusters around the planet. All screens on the ship now show the planet with a red letters. Off limits! Prey endangered! Planet status changed from hunting grounds to preserve.
This information is sent to their superiors. A message returns, “State of Temple?”
The response, “Buried, active not activated.”
“Destroy the temple and return.” A red beam emanates from the ship and strikes earth destroying a temple deep under the ice. The ship then turns and warps away from the system.
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[39??] Almost 2 centuries later a yautja ship enters Earth’s orbit. A scan of the planet shows human life signs have greatly multiplied. The cloaked ship landed on a forested mountain near a cluster of human life signs. The hunter exited the ship with only their cloak and wrist blades. Excited about his mission the hunter jumped from tree to tree until he came to a vast field of tall yellow grass. He moved in silently on the life signs. There before him stood a lone, solitary tree. He climbed and looked ahead.
Humans. Just as he was told. They were half naked and feasting on raw freshly picked corn. They grumbled and grunted at each other. This was no language. These were not the creatures he was told to expect. They were little more than animals. One stopped eating and looked at the predator. Then another, then another. The hunter knew they couldn’t see through his cloak but somehow they sensed him and knew he was there. Fear rippled through the crowd. All were looking in the tree but no one moved. Not even the Hunter. The crowd calmed and resumed eating. The hunter watched. None were a threat in the least. He was told of the hunts on this planet long ago. Two claiming the lives of the hunters. These creatures were not what they used to be. The humans stood and looked to the forest frozen in terror. A horn sounded and the humans ran.
The hunter watched as unknown bipedal creatures rode towards the humans on horseback. He watched as they killed and caught humans by the dozen. He saw their guns, their primitive weapons, their traps and strategies. Under his mask his mandibles chittered with excitement for the hunt.

Hey guys,
I hope everyone’s having a good long weekend so far. I’m hoping to go out for dinner tonight with my boyfriend and I want to go to a place with food that’s cooked fresh and not cooked from frozen. I enjoy home foods like Mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, corn bread, bbq chicken things like that. If anyone has any suggestions I’d be happy to hear!

I have a large 3 pound beef roast I want to make into a large stew. Instead of a normal stew I want to make something unique. I have barley, green lentils, Italian Farro, brown rice, and quinoa that I'd like to add a couple of those to the stew. On top of that I have some frozen veggies I'd like to add.
I've never made any of those grains before, any recommendations? Can I just add them all into the crock pot with the roast and let them cook together?

Hi all. Does anyone know of a Eugene/Springfield bakery that makes a good marbled rye bread. I'm making my first attempt at corned beef, so there are reubens in my future. My sauerkraut has already come out really good. Thanks.

Over the last few months of going to the Food Bank, I have received many packages of frozen corn (in the yellow bags), all off the cob.
I don't dislike corn, though it can be hard to digest...but I have 10 to 12 bags of this corn; every time I go to the Food Bank (once a month or bi-monthly depending), I receive at least 2 to 4 bags of it. We don't get any choice in what we get, or how much.
Other than making Shepherd's Pie, a Casserole, or Salad; using corn in soups, stews, or stirfries; grilling or frying it, or using corn as straight from the bag to the stove to plate plain side dish...I don't know how to use all this corn up sooner rather than later.
What are some meals, side dishes, and recipes I can create to use up all these frozen bags of corn!?

I work at a center where people can come and spend time so they're not stuck at home (to keep it vague.) People (6-12 is usual to max) come to have snacks and coffee in the morning and then I make and serve lunch.
We rely on our local food bank for our supplies, which has been fruitful, but limiting. We can bring our own items to use to cook though. An example would be that we had participants make fresh salsa and we bought those ingredients.
Now, the problem is, I can only feed them spaghetti with cut up smoked sausage in it so many times before they lose their appetites. (/hj, these folks are so kind about our cooking.)
Currently, we have tons of ground beef, chicken thighs, and mild smoked sausage links. We have rice and noodles, canned veggies, all sorts of seasonings. I'm currently torn on how to use these meats, but especially the sausage links because of their distinct flavor.
Along with that, I also have tons of garlic (I am not confiting it, for one I only get 2 hours to cook and two I don't want the entire center to smell of baked garlic.), onion, tomato, and so, so many limes. (Chock this up to multiple people buying supplies for 12 people to make salsa.)
I have a wealth of things to cook, I just don't have many ideas to cook them with.
Some other ingredients we have plenty of:
pork & beans
Garbanzo beans (canned & dry)
Bread crumbs
Cream of (soup)
Celery! We got... A whole box... From the food bank. (Grateful, I like to make mire poux ? With tour mandolin and freeze it.)
Bread (we get baked goods sometimes and the bread gets frozen. I like to make croutons.)
Chicken bouillon (I rely on this for most of my broths)
I'll comment more if I think of any more but I'm running low on time.
I'm asking for short (or easy to shorten/two day prep) recipe or food ideas. I'm happy to bounce around ideas.

Probably drank a good 16 ounces of it throughout the day. It REALLY helped sugar cravings and feeling energized verses only beef and eggs.
I do worry that drinking a whole cup of it a day will stall my shredding.l, but it’s free at work. Any tips? Should I switch to drinking raw milk instead? Give it up completely? My budget doesn’t allow for super fatty meats at the moment so frozen beef patties and eggs with hot sauce or buffalo sauce and butter have been it up until this addition. Almost three weeks in!
Thanks guys.