Return Return Return is all that's going through my mind today as I remember all the stuff I have to send back to Amazon. I totally and completely LOVE their two day delivery. Sadly, it takes seven days or MORE to get that refund from the dumb things I purchase.
The latest and greatest is egg bite molds. Those are the things Starbucks sells for a small fortune. They are great for breakfast, or so I hear. With my newest Instant Pot, I should be able to cook at least a dozen at a time.
I was quite taken aback when I received them with a huge sticker on top ... MADE IN CHINA. I probably could have gotten past that part, except they were so small, you couldn't even crack an egg into the mold without it running over. Then there's the cancer I'm sure to get down the road from using them, because who knows what they are really made of. I don't have time for this .... Return Return Return.
As I sat by the fireplace one morning, my feet were so cold I decided a nice pair of cushy slippers would be wonderful. The Amazon bug bit me again. It's Christmas, right ... so they were on sale. What could be better?
I'll tell you ... any other pair would probably have been better. They were perfect in length, but half the width of my foot. RATS!!! Return return return! Now I have to make a SECOND trip to the UPS Store to send them back.
With all the talk about SELECT meat, I forgot to let you know how that $5.99 prime hamburger turned out. I made a meatloaf with it, baked in the oven for 40 minutes. It was the best meatloaf I've had in ages!! OH MY GOSH!! It actually had the taste and texture of meat in year's past.
You can bet I'll be buying more of THIS in the future, mostly because I really can't afford the $12-a-pound fillet mignon which is in the SELECT section, so probably isn't worth the price anyway. The best part? I didn't have to head out to my cemetery and dig a hole for the two cups of grease that usually result from baking. That's a big WIN in my book.
I'm off to Costco this morning. I'm going to ask them where THEIR meat comes from and what grade they sell. This should be fun!!
That is the only problem when shopping On-Line having to do returns.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for the Meat Class.
Be Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
I never buy clothing on-line because it always goes back. Seems that's creeping into everything else!
DeleteWe will be returning an item to Best Buy..it got stuck in transit so they ordered another and then this one showed up. Now we have 2 and don't want to be charged for 2! Luckily we can just go to the store (of course it's 70 miles away) LOL. Oh my gosh your meatloaf looks incredible! Now I want meat loaf!
ReplyDeleteYikes!!! I think I would tell Best Buy to come pick it up. Especially with the snow and all!
DeleteCould you please post the recipe for the meatloaf?
ReplyDeleteCostco in Tucson labels their meat as Choice. Sometimes they have Prime. I have yet to see Prime hamburger anywhere. Costco's filets (choice) are not terrible. We have to cut them in half vertically because they cut them too thick; that of course make them thinner than we would have liked.
I just went to Costco here to check out their meat. I was rather surprised. You might look at Dickman's Meat and Deli in Tucson. It may be a little too far for you. They have the best steaks!!
DeleteThank you for the meat grading tutorial. I can see that before we spend our money we need to be asking more questions. We recently bought steak on sale from the glass counter and it was tough and the taste was not the best. Really good information.
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad, most people don't know anything about there being different grades of meat. It pretty much all looks the same!!
DeleteSeems that I have to buy a longer size shoe to make up for the width...I have always had wide feet. Hope you caught my posting today on yesterday's blog about grades of meat...
ReplyDeleteI got your post ... so sorry you're stuck here, but sounds like you are making the best of it. It's fate ... maybe there is a big storm coming you would have been caught up in.
DeleteTypically throwing away 2 cups of grease means you actually got more meat per pound this time!
ReplyDeleteEXACTLY! Lots more meat per pound and it was much tastier.
DeleteToo bad about the returns but many times you luck out too.
ReplyDeleteThe meat loaf looks awesome. We'll be ready for some soon although with Select or Standard beef that's in the freezer. :0
If you cook it in your instant pot, you probably won't notice the difference. That will tenderize most anything!!
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