The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Songbird76]

Does anyone know if the characters are at any of the character dining experiences?

I only know Topolino Terrace does, according to TRs, and it's Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Daisy, I think. They don't come to your table, just walk through the restaurant and you can get pictures from a distance. Someone said in their TR that you have to be quick. They don't stop very long.

 

[MinnieM123]

got 2 gallons of milk in the freezer,

This caught my attention -- I never heard before (except now also, from Songbird76) that milk can be frozen for use later. Do you freeze it in plastic cartons? Does it thaw in the regular refrigerator section overnight, if you want to use it in the morning? How long (weeks, months) can you keep it frozen, before you have to use it?

When I was a kid, my mother sometimes bought powdered milk, which I thought tasted gross. Occasionally, she'd mix up some and do a half and half portion with regular milk, to help stretch the family's food budget (family of 6). (The half and half solution wasn't quite as bad tasting, as drinking it by itself.) Eventually, she gave up on the powedered version, but did use it for baking, if milk was included in the ingredients. With it cooked in something, you wouldn't taste any difference.

 

[MinnieM123]

Launch is currently scheduled for 7:27 pm

Yup, this was a blast!

After 3 p.m. yesterday, I had the TV on in the background for a few hours, and was watching some of it on the Science Channel. Then I logged in to the NASA live stream as it got closer to lift-off. It was really fun to watch, and lord knows, we need an exciting diversion these days.

Funny thing was that the live stream on my phone did not have the 1-2 second delay, that was on one of the regular TV channels. So, I could see the "live" moment of lift-off on the phone first, and then see if again (not quite so "live") about a second later, on TV!

 

[Figgy1]

I found several brands at Walgreens. Got my Angel Soft which lives in my bathroom and no one else may take.

 

[Figgy1]

Gotta love them double posts

 

[Figgy1]

This caught my attention -- I never heard before (except now also, from Songbird76) that milk can be frozen for use later. Do you freeze it in plastic cartons? Does it thaw in the regular refrigerator section overnight, if you want to use it in the morning? How long (weeks, months) can you keep it frozen, before you have to use it?

When I was a kid, my mother sometimes bought powdered milk, which I thought tasted gross. Occasionally, she'd mix up some and do a half and half portion with regular milk, to help stretch the family's food budget (family of 6). (The half and half solution wasn't quite as bad tasting, as drinking it by itself.) Eventually, she gave up on the powedered version, but did use it for baking, if milk was included in the ingredients. With it cooked in something, you wouldn't taste any difference.

Good morning! Milk can be frozen on plastic containers but take a bit out before freezing because it expands when frozen. I pulled it out 2 days before needing it

 

[Figgy1]

Yesterday was all about the turkey. When I placed the order I said between 15 and 16 pounds what we got was closer to 18. oh well the boys are happy and it was contactless The boys watched some Alton Thanksgiving shows and no we're not getting out a ladder and frying the bird and no I didn't get a duck to make turducken. That all makes sense but then they watched Free Birds

 

[Figgy1]

Pics aren't loading so the daily silliness will get up later

 

[Goofyernmost]

Do you also repackage the milk into smaller bottles? Or just the meat? My ex's parents live in the middle of nowhere, 70 miles from the closest grocery store, on a pretty bad road. So they would go to the store once a month and stock up on everything and put it in the freezer.

We only lived 40 miles from the big grocery stores. There was a grocery store in our town, but it had awful produce and everything was overpriced, so we only bought the daily necessities like milk and bread there, or emergency supplies in a pinch....like, blizzard is coming, better get some canned goods and things that don't have to be cooked in case the power goes out. But the rest, we got once every 2 weeks or so. Mom always bought meat in bulk and redistributed it into smaller packages in freezer paper and froze them. And we only had fresh produce when we got into "town" to the bigger stores. Most of the time we had canned or frozen. But we didn't repackage milk.

Bying TP periodically is a smart move. I always buy the 40 roll packs when they are on sale, and I had just bought 2 of them when corona hit, so we were ok until things settled a bit and there was no shortage anymore. And I just bought 2 more a week or so ago when it was on sale again, because we were getting low. It makes me wonder what other people do. Apparently most don't keep a stash?

That's unreal to me. 70 miles to only 40 miles? Wow! I guess I shouldn't feel shorted when I figured that there are 7 full sized grocery stores within 3 miles of where I live (one is only about 500 yards away) That 3 miles includes a Walmart Super Store, a BJ's and a Costco within that same radius. There is also another smaller Walmart with a grocery section just 4 miles away.

 

[Figgy1]

Just out of curiosity Do you want me to attempt to get some Thanksgiving food pics next week?

 

[93boomer]

I found several brands at Walgreens. Got my Angel Soft which lives in my bathroom and no one else may take.

White Cloud is good too

 

[93boomer]

This caught my attention -- I never heard before (except now also, from Songbird76) that milk can be frozen for use later. Do you freeze it in plastic cartons? Does it thaw in the regular refrigerator section overnight, if you want to use it in the morning? How long (weeks, months) can you keep it frozen, before you have to use it?

When I was a kid, my mother sometimes bought powdered milk, which I thought tasted gross. Occasionally, she'd mix up some and do a half and half portion with regular milk, to help stretch the family's food budget (family of 6). (The half and half solution wasn't quite as bad tasting, as drinking it by itself.) Eventually, she gave up on the powedered version, but did use it for baking, if milk was included in the ingredients. With it cooked in something, you wouldn't taste any difference.

My Mom used p milk in our milk too.

 

[93boomer]

Just out of curiosity Do you want me to attempt to get some Thanksgiving food pics next week?

Yes please!

 

[Goofyernmost]

This caught my attention -- I never heard before (except now also, from Songbird76) that milk can be frozen for use later. Do you freeze it in plastic cartons? Does it thaw in the regular refrigerator section overnight, if you want to use it in the morning? How long (weeks, months) can you keep it frozen, before you have to use it?

When I was a kid, my mother sometimes bought powdered milk, which I thought tasted gross. Occasionally, she'd mix up some and do a half and half portion with regular milk, to help stretch the family's food budget (family of 6). (The half and half solution wasn't quite as bad tasting, as drinking it by itself.) Eventually, she gave up on the powedered version, but did use it for baking, if milk was included in the ingredients. With it cooked in something, you wouldn't taste any difference.

You thought it tasted gross, because it did taste gross. It also had a habit of clumping and not completely dissolving in the water so you got those disgusting chunks of milk. Another thing my Mother used to use was "Dream Whip", early days issue. That was terrible. It still exists so I can only assume it is better now, but I don't have any desire to try it to find out. I can attest to the fact that instant potatoes are far better then they were when they first came out. Speaking of old time stuff, whatever happened to Root Beer Kool-Aid. I used to love that stuff.

 

[93boomer]

You thought it tasted gross, because it did taste gross. It also had a habit of clumping and not completely dissolving in the water so you got those disgusting chunks of milk. Another thing my Mother used to use was "Dream Whip", early days issue. That was terrible. It still exists so I can only assume it is better now, but I don't have any desire to try it to find out. I can attest to the fact that instant potatoes are far better then they were when they first came out. Speaking of old time stuff, whatever happened to Root Beer Kool-Aid. I used to love that stuff.

I agree! Yum root beer Kool-Aid! The only ones I hated were the green (lime?) and orange.

 

[Songbird76]

That's unreal to me. 70 miles to only 40 miles? Wow! I guess I shouldn't feel shorted when I figured that there are 7 full sized grocery stores within 3 miles of where I live (one is only about 500 yards away) That 3 miles includes a Walmart Super Store, a BJ's and a Costco within that same radius. There is also another smaller Walmart with a grocery section just 4 miles away.

Well, that's Wyoming for you. The biggest "city" has a population of something like 50,000 people. Towns are small, and in some cases quite distant from each other. The "town" where my ex's parents lived isn't really a town at all...it's a highway camp for the Dept. of Transportation workers in that area. Population 18, no grocery store, just a gas station and some trailer houses. So that 70 miles is to the closest real town. That road is a KILLER to get stuck on, because it's not traveled much. My brother and I got a flat tire there in -20 degree weather, snowing, when we were on our way to see our mom in the hospital. We had to travel that whole road on a "donut" in a snowstorm. UGH. We called ahead to the Sams club in that town to ask how late their tire service was open, explained that we were on our way to the hospital in a different town where our mom had been admitted, and the woman there kept the tire service open late just for us so we could get to mom. She was awesome! But that's part of living in Wyoming. That's why you always have to be prepared there....we always kept sleeping bags, a snow shovel, sand or kitty litter, and non-perishable foods and drinking water in the trunk of the car. If you break down somewhere on a rural road, you could be there for a while. And where you have to travel to have access to basic necessities like food, the likelihood that you will at some point have car trouble on one of those roads is pretty great. You learn. It was soooo weird for me when I first moved here, that I could walk to the grocery store, and go 3 times a day if I forgot something. I think I take it for granted now, having lived here for 18 years. I'd have a hard time moving back, I think.

 

[Songbird76]

I love how nerdy my daughter is. She comes home all excited about learning about elastic energy today and decided to calculate the spring constant of her hair when she took it out of the little knots she had. I have no idea what any of it means, but I love that she does, and she's excited by it.

 

[Rista1313]

Do you also repackage the milk into smaller bottles? Or just the meat? My ex's parents live in the middle of nowhere, 70 miles from the closest grocery store, on a pretty bad road. So they would go to the store once a month and stock up on everything and put it in the freezer.

We only lived 40 miles from the big grocery stores. There was a grocery store in our town, but it had awful produce and everything was overpriced, so we only bought the daily necessities like milk and bread there, or emergency supplies in a pinch....like, blizzard is coming, better get some canned goods and things that don't have to be cooked in case the power goes out. But the rest, we got once every 2 weeks or so. Mom always bought meat in bulk and redistributed it into smaller packages in freezer paper and froze them. And we only had fresh produce when we got into "town" to the bigger stores. Most of the time we had canned or frozen. But we didn't repackage milk.

Bying TP periodically is a smart move. I always buy the 40 roll packs when they are on sale, and I had just bought 2 of them when corona hit, so we were ok until things settled a bit and there was no shortage anymore. And I just bought 2 more a week or so ago when it was on sale again, because we were getting low. It makes me wonder what other people do. Apparently most don't keep a stash?

No, I just put the whole gallon straight into the freezer..... I can see people repackaging it thought if they usually buy a half gallon, and the gallon was on sale, and you knew you weren't going to drink it before it went bad.

I don't normally keep a stash of TP... but now I will! I also got some new shelves for the basement this spring, so I have a place to store my extra TP now.

 

[Rista1313]

This caught my attention -- I never heard before (except now also, from Songbird76) that milk can be frozen for use later. Do you freeze it in plastic cartons? Does it thaw in the regular refrigerator section overnight, if you want to use it in the morning? How long (weeks, months) can you keep it frozen, before you have to use it?

When I was a kid, my mother sometimes bought powdered milk, which I thought tasted gross. Occasionally, she'd mix up some and do a half and half portion with regular milk, to help stretch the family's food budget (family of 6). (The half and half solution wasn't quite as bad tasting, as drinking it by itself.) Eventually, she gave up on the powedered version, but did use it for baking, if milk was included in the ingredients. With it cooked in something, you wouldn't taste any difference.

According to the internets... 6 months is the max. My fridge runs cold, so I don't think my milk would thaw overnight... I usually take it out in the morning, set it in the sink because of all the condensation, and just keep checking it throughout the day. I had a friend whose family made powdered milk to drink... I had to choke it down one time when i was at their house, and unfortunately, it also came back up.

 

[Figgy1]