Peapod still doesn't serve my area. Hurrumph!
Carol Ashland [email protected] Sent from my BrailleNote Touch+On Aug 2, 2020 12:55 PM, Immigrant via Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> wrote: > > I always steer away from contactless delivery because I live in an apartment. > I don't want a shopper or delivery person to drop my bags in the lobby or, > worse yet, at the entrance of my building. I filled a cart on peapod.com a > couple of weeks ago, but when I went to check out and realized the > contactless delivery checkbox cannot be unchecked, I emptied the cart, > cancelled the whole process and logged into Instacart instead. They also > currently do mostly contactless deliveries, but I am almost sure their > shoppers will drop the bags by my apartment door and ring the bell. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2020 3:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] Shopping Angel or Instacart > > Instacart will do a no-contact delivery. We have it set up where they leave > the groceries on the porch and knock. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2020 2:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Linda S. <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Shopping Angel or Instacart > > Well, in talking about being so dependent on my husband, before this corrona > virus hit, I loved going to the store myself and doing the grocery shopping. > Now it's just not safe as we both have compromised health issues, and I'm > almost 70 years old! Ug!But since I'm stuck at home, you all have given me > something to do, and something to look forward to. Thanks! (smile) > > On 8/2/2020 9:11 AM, Tiffany H. Jessen via Cookinginthedark wrote: > > And, if you don't feel you have good enough skills to use the instacart app > > or are finding it tedious, there is always the Gogo Grandparent service. > > This service was previously known for being a third-party service you could > > call and they would set up your Oober rides for you if you din't have the > > skills or even if you dind't have a smart phone at all. Now you can call > > the same number, and they will do an instacart order for you. Yes, there is > > a third party service fee, as well as the instacart one for the delivery > > itself, but the option is there. I personally don't use either Gogo > > Grandparent or Instacart, so can't speak of first-hand experience. Sorry. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > > Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2020 11:31 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] > > 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 <[email protected]> On > > Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > > Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 9:46 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: Linda S. <[email protected]> > > 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 <[email protected]> On > >> Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > >> Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 8:45 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Cc: Linda S. <[email protected]> > >> 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 <[email protected]> On > >>> Behalf Of Linda S. via Cookinginthedark > >>> Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 7:39 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Cc: Linda S. <[email protected]> > >>> 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 <[email protected]> On > >>>> Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark > >>>> Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2020 1:19 PM > >>>> To: [email protected] > >>>> Cc: Deborah Armstrong <[email protected]> > >>>> 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 > >>>> ¼ 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 > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Cookinginthedark mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Cookinginthedark mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
