Shipt cannot be used without subscription, but you can use Instacart without a yearly subscription. I have used the service occasionally in the past, and I have been using it a lot for the last few months.
-----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2020 11:31 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: meward1...@gmail.com Subject: [CnD] Shopping Angel or Instacart Linda: I can't help you much with the angel. I had a fantasy about using Aira for shopping, so I tried it once. But the reality is that if you are not paying for a rather substantial number of minutes, that may not work out very well. But there are shopping services, like Instacart and Shipt, that are as close as it comes. I love using Instacart. I have spent hours and hours just browsing the store's offerings. You can search for a product, or you can just pick an aisle and look at everything. I wouldn't have believed that there were so many things to buy. I didn't even know that some of them existed. If you are not sure you want to use the service, you could set up an account without paying for a yearly membership. Setting up the account will allow them to show you the stores available in your area. Then you could just pick a store and look at the shelves to your heart's content. I have to admit that joining Instacart caused me to spend a little more money at first because I was trying so many new things, things I never would have known about at all. It frees you from the so-called "sighted filter", where somebody else decides for you what is important or what you want. Nobody is going to tell you absolutely everything on the grocery store shelves unless you pay them by the hour, but Instacart will. I looked up and down the shelves in almost every single aisle at Costco. Except the automotive, of course. There are drawbacks, of course. I'm not going to go into them here. The app and the web site are accessible, requiring what I would call intermediate skill. You need to know your way around, but don't have to be a power user. So if that's you, you might try it. Shipt might be the same. I have not used them, but there are blind people who have. -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:46 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. <lindahoney...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CnD] Microwave tuna caserole Oh, I love everything with corn; tortillas, pollenta etc. One of my dreams/fantasies is to have a little angel on my shoulder so we could just go aisle by aisle in the grocery store, and the little angel would tell me everything that is there. (smile) On 8/1/2020 6:25 PM, diane.fann7--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Hi, > > No interest in polenta, otherwise known in the South as cornmeal mush. > (smile) I am really interested in the pasta. Happy to know gemelli is > included. I'll be looking for them. Thanks. > > Diane > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On > Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:45 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Linda S. <lindahoney...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Microwave tuna caserole > > Hi Dianne: > > > So, I gave you a little misinformation. The pollenta we bought isn't > microwavable, however, there are three types of pasta you can microwave. > Rotini, elb ow mac, and/r gemmelly. Gimelly is like a twisty pasta. You only > microwave them for one minute. Hope this helps. > > Sorry for the misinformation. > > On 8/1/2020 4:57 PM, diane.fann7--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >> Linda, >> >> I have had microwave rice in a pouch. I heard about pasta, but, didn't know >> where to look for it. Is all that other stuff you mentioned in pouches like >> the rice? Thanks. >> >> Diane >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >> Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:39 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Linda S. <lindahoney...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Microwave tuna caserole >> >> There are so many things you can buy now that can be microwaved. You can buy >> quinoa, rigatoni, instant rice, brown and white, basmadi and jasmine and >> even pollenta. Amazing, especially on these hot days when you don't want to >> heat up the house. >> >> >> Linda >> >> On 8/1/2020 3:58 PM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: >>> You could also use canned salmon instead of the tuna. >>> >>> I didn't know you could do Mac and Cheese this way. I am one of >>> those people who thinks that the microwave is for reheating >>> leftovers and warming coffee. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On >>> Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark >>> Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 1:19 PM >>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>> Cc: Deborah Armstrong <armstrongdebo...@fhda.edu> >>> Subject: [CnD] Microwave tuna caserole >>> >>> My Husband's favorite: I invented this recipe because it uses stuff >>> I can stock up on and I can make it in a half-hour after a busy day >>> or before a busy evening. >>> >>> For a change, try some of those flavored tuna in packets. >>> >>> 1 box Kraft macaroni and cheese >>> 2 cups hot water >>> 1/4 cup hot milk >>> ΒΌ cup butter >>> 2 cans about 10 oz tuna packed in water >>> 1 pkg highly flavored tuna (2-3 ounces optional) >>> 1 can peas >>> 1 can Pringles or equivalent amount of chips >>> >>> Microwave the macaroni in 2 cups water in a greased, covered dish >>> for four minutes. Stir, turn and microwave another 4 minutes. DO NOT drain! >>> >>> Stir in the sauce packet and hot milk. Stir in the optional butter, >>> preferably melted. >>> >>> Add the drained tuna and stir. Add the drained peas and stir. >>> >>> Crumble the chips in a zip-lock bag. Sprinkle on top and press down. >>> >>> Microwave now uncovered, for 4 minutes. >>> >>> Notes: If you use another brand of boxed mac and cheese such as >>> Cracker barrel, you may need to reduce the liquid, especially if the >>> sauce packet is gel and not powder. >>> >>> --Debee >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
