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What Do Your Grocery Lists Look Like?

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lwknives

May 6, 2012
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#1
So, I'm moving out on my own for the first time and need to buy some groceries.

Here is my question: If you had to start from scratch and fill your cabinets and fridge, what would your grocery list look like?

I have a good idea what I need to get for the food I normally cook but it would be cool to see what other people are eating. :)
 
#2
Eh. I'd be a bad example to follow. I eat like a pensioner. Or so i've been told.

though I changed my habits recently cause I was having too many digestion problems. whereas i used to eat too much prepared crap, now I eat plain fruits and vegetables...generally unprepared, or in sandwiches. that and eggs to get some proteins (since I eat next to no meat). I like food but hate cooking (and also am very poor). Which is a shame since my whole family are pretty much master cooks and I was pretty much raised in an environment where there was very little prepared foods...i'm a real disgrace to my family that way.

but if you do cook or bake or both, you'll want to have the essentials (meaning stuff like various spices, flour, sugar, baking soda, etc, things like that). Though if you did do these things...I don't think i'd need to tell you what to buy.

Sounds like mom and dad should have made you part of the grocery shopping experience before you moved out....
 
#4
Milk said:
Sounds like mom and dad should have made you part of the grocery shopping experience before you moved out....
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If you read the last sentence in my post you might see that I stated that I had a good idea what I needed to get for the things I normally cook.

lwknives said:
I have a good idea what I need to get for the food I normally cook but it would be cool to see what other people are eating. :)
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Im not really looking for advice, Im curious what other people are eating.
 
#8
I use a post-it note stuck to the handle on the cart and write in code so if people see it, they are either confused, amused, or both.

Lil' Ho = Little Debbie
Morsels = Crunchy cat food
Doom Wheels = Totino's frozen pizza
Eyeballs = Visine
Cyril = Cereal
Easy Crack = Easy Mac
Nudes = Ramen type stuff
Lips & Anuses = Hot Dogs
Mata Hornigas = Ant Spray

Etc
 
#10
Immigrant said:
I use a post-it note stuck to the handle on the cart and write in code so if people see it, they are either confused, amused, or both.

Lil' Ho = Little Debbie
Morsels = Crunchy cat food
Doom Wheels = Totino's frozen pizza
Eyeballs = Visine
Cyril = Cereal
Easy Crack = Easy Mac
Nudes = Ramen type stuff
Lips & Anuses = Hot Dogs
Mata Hornigas = Ant Spray

Etc
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...or frightened.
 
#11
Immigrant said:
I use a post-it note stuck to the handle on the cart and write in code so if people see it, they are either confused, amused, or both.

Lil' Ho = Little Debbie
Morsels = Crunchy cat food
Doom Wheels = Totino's frozen pizza
Eyeballs = Visine
Cyril = Cereal
Easy Crack = Easy Mac
Nudes = Ramen type stuff
Lips & Anuses = Hot Dogs
Mata Hornigas = Ant Spray

Etc
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HAHA, I love it! :hyper:
 
#13
lwknives said:
So, I'm moving out on my own for the first time and need to buy some groceries.

Here is my question: If you had to start from scratch and fill your cabinets and fridge, what would your grocery list look like?
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Cooking oil
Salt
Pepper
Dried herbs and spices(whatever you use the most, buy first, get others later)
Big bag of rice
Fresh fruits and veggies( again, whatever you use the most/ like to eat)
Dried beans
Bread
Cheese
Eggs
Drinks(water, juice, milk, whatever you like)
Noodles/pasta
Soy sauce
Hot sauce
Fish sauce
Oyster sauce
Chili paste
Vinegar
Some kind of meat, whatever's cheap and on sale.
 
#18
Don't forget non-edibles like toilet paper, toothpaste, and soap.

As for edible items, I like to have my spices in order.....a few kinds of pepper, cumin, turmeric, saffron, paprika, etc., and a healthy supply of pastas and oatmeal. We're not meat eaters in our house, so we stock up on veggies, beans, quinoa, and the like.

The wife and I use an app called Pepper Plate to keep track of what we need to buy at the grocery store.

-Mike
 
#19
bassinplace said:
You need produce, my good man! Don't ignore the carrots! :D Seriously though, get some stuff to make a good chopped veggie salad and/or soup. Greens, cauliflower, beans, broccoli, carrots, onions, mushrooms, etc. Just mix and match your faves. :bassist:
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Assuming that was directed at me, I do like and do eat most any fruit and vegetable in its raw form. Start cooking the vegetables and the list shrinks considerably.

Cooked fruit = pie....yum. :) .
 
#20
I use to make a list but I kept forgetting to bring it I even tried an app but that was more work than it was worth so now I just grab stuff and throw it in the cart like I'm on some game show when the carts full I checkout sometimes I'm amazed at the stuff I end up with :)
 

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