XPost: alt.home.repair, rec.food.baking
From: bowman@montana.com
On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:58:40 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton writes:
>>On 2023-09-29, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Cindy Hamilton writes:
>>>>On 2023-09-29, rbowman wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:02:35 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the moral of that story is: don't eat tilapia. It's nasty
>>>>>> stuff. Spend a little more on fish that doesn't eat poop (when no
>>>>>> other source of nutrition is available).
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you familiar with the dining habits of catfish, crabs, and
>>>>> lobsters? I will admit tilapia and the vague 'rockfish' aren't too
>>>>> tasty without a lot of yellow curry paste and coconut milk.
>>>>
>>>>I don't eat catfish, either. All freshwater fish tastes muddy to me.
>>>
>>> Have you tried walleye? Or good trout?
>>
>>Yep. I can taste the geosmin in all freshwaterfish.
>>
>>
>>>>> 'A little more' is not quite accurate. Halibut, haddock, cod,
>>>>> swordfish, wild salmon and so forth are up in the nosebleed region.
>>>>
>>>>It depends on your standards. I paid either $30 or $40/pound for a
>>>>swordfish steak for my husband last week.
>>>
>>> Wild salmon was $12/lb at Costco last week.
>>
>>Neither of us likes wild salmon.
>>
>>> Farmed atlantic salmon was $11/lb (it used to be about $8
>>> pre-pandemic).
>>
>>Costco doesn't have enough things I want to buy to make it worth paying
>>for the memberhship.
>
> My membership pays for itself, with cash back.
I usually break even and that's good enough for me. If I buy a high ticket
item like a computer I do a little better with the rebate. The depressing
thing is I only use their credit card at CostCo so every month I'm
reminded of how much I ate. I keep telling myself it's really the gas
purchases.
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