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- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 3 days ago:
Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind! I’ve used store bought vegetable broth and/or olive brine in the past.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 3 days ago:
tamalada
I’ve never heard that word before! Looking it up, I see that my family has essentially been having an annual tamalada for probably close to 10 years now. Grandma used to make them all on her own, and since she doesn’t have anything written down, it’s been a joint effort to make sure the recipe lives on. The family recipe is central American, so they’re a bit different than Mexican tamales, but I do enjoy both!
I also did a side project last year to make vegan masa for the few vegan/kosher guests we have, and then I usually do a second traditional batch when I’m back home so I can practice, make notes, and have some to share with my local friends. It’s definitely a lot of work, usually a 2-3 day project, but it does get easier with practice, and 1-3 assistants.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 3 days ago:
My main reasoning is that I just wanted to try making it from scratch at least once, just for the experience. A secondary reason is that I guess I’m technically looking for “manteca de puerco”, which has more pork flavor than the shelf stable lard available at the closest grocery stores, so I have to make a special trip to get the right stuff anyway, and I’m just exploring my options as to how to get a hold of the necessary ingredients.
Where I grew up, there’s multiple huge Mexican grocery stores, so it’s easy to get exactly what I need in one stop, but where I live now, I have to go to multiple stores to get everything, and still have to make do with some minor substitutions (eg. frozen banana leaves instead of fresh).
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 3 days ago:
I did eventually find a store that said they’d have some for me tomorrow, and said they’d put aside about 10lb! I think I only need about 5lb, but depending on what they’re charging, I might just take it all.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 3 days ago:
I’m making tamales, and while I will be buying a big hunk of pork for them, it won’t have enough fat to make enough lard, plus I also wanted to make the lard ahead of time, since it doesn’t need to be super duper fresh. Looking at my notes from last year, I used about 7lb pork shoulder and 2lb lard. The thing is, I asked around about it last year and had multiple butchers say it would be no problem, so I was caught off guard when the staff at those same stotes all said no now. Anyway, I did finally find a butcher that will be saving the fat trimmings for me tomorrow.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 3 days ago:
Wow! I don’t know where you live, but where I live, meats generally have a “sell by” date, not a “use by” date, and I very often see meats that have almost reached their “sell by” date in the discount bin. Also, I was recently visiting a town where crabbing is a popular activity, and some of the grocery stores sell meat that’s past it’s expiration date as crab bait at a significant mark down.
The needless waste is so frustrating. One explanation that I’ve heard is that allowing employees take “waste” merchandise may incentivize employees to create more “waste”, but I’m not sure why donating the “waste” would be a problem.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 3 days ago:
As another commenter mentioned, it may not be truly sent to the landfill, but sent to some sort of scrap processing facility.
After calling around more, at least one other store told me that they use the fat trimmings for other things, such as sausages.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 4 days ago:
That’s awesome!
I did get a small bit of pork lard from another store today, but they basically told me it was a one time thing. I was definitely hoping it would be free since it’s otherwise garbage, but I also wasn’t surprised that they charged a small fee for it. But then again, it’s a national chain, not some small, local shop. The “no code = trash” store is also a national chain, so I’m a little surprised by the differences.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 4 days ago:
Wow, that’s crazy! I actually worked at a Subway for a while, and we definitely had an “extra meat” button, but as long as the manager wasn’t around, we could get away with lots of freebies. I think the only things that were actually inventoried, and therefore had to be paid for, were bread and drink cups.
This meant that we could go crazy with our shift sandwiches. As long as we rang in the “sandwich” part, the add ons didnt matter. We could have all the fountain soda we wanted in our own cups, but if we wanted a paper cup, we had to pay full price for the cup.
I also recall a story where someone’s friend came in with a loaf of bread (French loaf or something from the grocery store next door, basically a mini party sub) in the evening, and the employee made them a free (giant) sandwich.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 4 days ago:
Yeah, I might try again by going in person if I don’t have luck elsewhere. I have a few leads, but found no code = trash to be mildly infuriating.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 4 days ago:
One of the other markets around here said they can offer lots of beef tallow, and suggested I try some of the Asian markets, but the challenge is that most of those are a hassle to get to via public transit. I did find at least one other that says they can provide pork fat on Saturday, and I still have a few other places to call too. Worst case, I make a special trip to the Mexican market to buy rendered lard. Just wanted to try rendering it myself this time, and found it super frustrating that no code = trash.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 4 days ago:
I hope you’re right, but I’m in the US, so I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s only true elsewhere.
I’ve been asking around for a while in order to plan for my holiday cookiing, and got a small amount from another store this morning, but when I asked about getting more another day, they basically said they were doing me a favor and wouldn’t be able to provide more. The reasoning they gave me was that most of the pork they receive now is pretrimmed, but they did say that they could provide lots of beef fat trimmings, if that’s what I wanted. I’m sure that would be close enough (for central American tamales), but I’m already modifying the family recipe a decent amount to work with what I can get locally, so I’m hesitant to make more modifications when I do still have some less convenient options available to acquire the proper ingredients.
- Comment on "You can't have our trash because we don't have a way to charge you for it" 4 days ago:
I specifically asked for the meat department, so it was whoever picked up the phone in the meat department, but they did put me on hold to ask someone else.
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- Comment on We need a new Amazon 4 days ago:
Those are getting harder and harder to find. I’ve had a number of occasions now where I went directly to a brand’s website or even their physical store in an attempt to avoid Amazon, only to receive the product in an Amazon box delivered by an Amazon courier anyway.
The most recent physical store was shoes: I found a size/style that fit well, but wanted a different color. I ordered the preferred color through the in store salesperson, but it was still fulfilled by Amazon.
- Comment on How do you voice chat without bothering roommates? 5 days ago:
Have you considered talking to your roommates about it? Maybe let them know that you want to make sure you’re not disturbing them and asking them to send you a text or knock on your door if it’s too loud? They might have ideas on how to minimize the sounds and/or agree on “quiet hours”.
- Comment on What are examples of things that would get you banned on reddit, but is okay on most major instances of Lemmy? 1 week ago:
They kinda sorta reversed course on that.
Following a discussion in our team we want to clarify that we are no longer requesting moderators to remove content relating to jury nullification in the context of violent crimes when the crime in question already happened. We will still consider suggestions of jury nullification for crimes that have not (yet) happened as advocation for violence, which is violating our terms of service.
- Comment on What good thing just happened in your life? 5 weeks ago:
My employer offered me a modest severance package, and set my last day to be the first working day of the month, meaning my health care benefits are valid for almost a full month after my last day.
Tell me you’re American without telling me you’re American
- Comment on The g spot is in the ear canal 1 month ago:
I use shampoo maybe once per month, usually only when necessary to remove products such as bleach/dye. Just rinsing it with water is usually enough, but when my hair starts feeling more greasy (maybe once per week), I just use conditioner to help loosen up the dirt. If you’re curious, look up “cowashing” and “no poo” for more information.
- Comment on Asian Beauty 2 months ago:
Sorry, lol, that was definitely not my intention! I’ve definitely heard about the “no tattoos” thing before, especially for those following Judaism, but I’d never read the relevant text before, so it definitely surprised me. I may have to ask my sister about it, since that’s definitely her area of study.
- Comment on Asian Beauty 2 months ago:
Reading through various translations, the first part seems to say "don’t cut/gash your body in honor/memory/mourning of the dead, but most of the translations leave it somewhat ambiguous (at least to me) as to whether it means “don’t tattoo yourself in honor/memory/mourning of the dead” or just, “don’t tattoo yourself at all”. Also, it sounds as though cutting/gashing yourself for other reasons is isn’t breaking any rules.
- Comment on There's no rule saying dogs can't bowl 2 months ago:
That’s actually something that varies from country to country.
the American style places commas and periods inside the quotation marks, even if they are not in the original material. British style (more sensibly) places unquoted periods and commas outside the quotation marks. For all other punctuation, the British and American styles are in agreement: unless the punctuation is part of the quoted material, it goes outside the quotation marks.
- Comment on Starbucks’ new CEO faces backlash over 1,000-mile commute to Seattle office 3 months ago:
I’m pretty sure that you’re talking about applies when an employee lives in one state full time, but receives a paycheck from a company in a different state. They may live near the state line and commute across the border, or they may be fully remote, but either way, their work is consistently happening in the same location.
In this case, he’s working part time in California, and part time in Washington. The exact laws vary by state… in some states, your tax liability begins on the day you start working there, while others have a certain threshold, but I’m pretty sure he’s crossing whatever threshold there might be. So for the days that he’s working in Washington for a company based in Washington, Washington income taxes apply, and for the days he works from California, California income taxes apply.
Since Washington doesn’t have an income tax, and California does, he will still definitely have to file in California.
- Comment on Starbucks’ new CEO faces backlash over 1,000-mile commute to Seattle office 3 months ago:
Well, there’s no income tax in Washington, but I think technically you’re supposed to pay based on where you physically work. So, if he’s only working 3/5 days in Washington, that’s only 60% of his salary that falls under Washington’s rules.
- Comment on Alignment Chart Shitpost 5 months ago:
I am very much “lawful good” to “lawful neutral” in general, but when I’m fostering kittens, the TP has to go in the cabinet above the toilet. Where does that land?
- Comment on Loyalty 5 months ago:
I think you mean less viscous? Isn’t more viscosity = more thickness?
- Comment on Anon wants cigarette money 5 months ago:
There’s got to be some sort of “wholesome” community around here, right? I like this. I want to see more of this.
- Comment on What the fuck 5 months ago:
I absolutely agree, but it was already posted there 6 days ago: reddthat.com/post/20943545
- Comment on Mythbusters 5 months ago:
I could be completely wrong, but my life experience so far suggests that the best way to get better at something is to put yourself into situations where you have to actually practice the skill. I’ve been fostering cats and kittens for a few years, and I think it has really pushed me to learn how to manage my emotions better.
- Comment on Ironing 5 months ago:
Yep. The dry cycle also takes about twice as long, but supposedly it’s more gentle on fabrics. It’s a pretty nifty option for small spaces without a way to properly vent the dryer, but I can see why they’re not more popular. The machine came with the place, so I didn’t exactly choose it, but I hang dry most stuff anyway, and definitely prefer it over dealing with shared, coin operated machines.