Posts by Free Rider

The reason I prefer a wholesaler to food service is that places like Costco have too much pre-made stuff. I'm looking for the odd things that chefs use. Costco doesn't have great deals on a pound of yeast, for example. They do have...

Hmm... can't sleep? I suggest taking said eggs to the nearest hot tub, balance them carefully on the edge, slide yourself into the steamy water and, by the time the eggs are done steaming, you'll be ready for a nap at least. Hope...

I asked this question before and I think everyone thought it answered when it wasn't, so I'm asking again. I like Smart and Final, but they're only on the west coast and I am now on the east coast. I'm looking for a place like Smart...

Bringing this to the top so that I can hopefully get an answer to my question.

But I don't have a food business. I like to produce for my friends and family and found that Smart and Final was a good place for what I needed. I'd like to find something similar here in N. VA. One that doesn't requre some sort of...

I really like Smart and Final, but it's only in the western part of the US and in Mexico. Is there a similar foodservice/restaurant supply store or chain store in Northern Virginia? I'm not talking about Costco or other such places,...

Hmm... not entirely true. An economist would cite negative externalities. A negative externality is something that is a product of a transaction that was not accounted for or paid for in that transaction and ends up affecting people...

I think this is a great idea. I also use my Food Saver a lot. Don't know how I lived without it. Got one of those crockpot things that is supposed to be for heating dips at parties and use it to heat my vacuum-sealed food (I take it out...

Ah yes, those folks living in urban areas (most of us) should just start a vegetable garden in the living room. Sorry, but we've got large tract houses on almost no land in subdivisions named after the farms they obliterated and large...

Quite right. Spinach, tomato, jalapeño... what's next. Oh yes, only eat processed food. Hooray for McDonalds! (note sarcasm).