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[bruceha2000]

Yeah, Costco sells in the "I'm having a BIG PARTY" sizes, 3 bottles of catsup/ketchup or none.

 

[NotAFarm]

Made it back from Costco short trip[ milk, eggs, Tillamook make a aged extra sharp white cheese I love used the last making a scalloped potato so bought more only find it there get three bottles of ketchup good question there is it Catsup or Ketchup ?

I have some Tillamook extra sharp white cheddar in the fridge! love, love, love it!

 

[Beer can]

Ketchup

IMHO, my votes for 'Ketchup'.

 

[Beer can]

My favorite sharp cheddar here is McCadam Adirondack wicked sharp , and Cabot Hunters seriously sharp cheese, both farmer owned. One or both of them don't remember their NY sharp and Vermont sharp are pretty good too, just not as stanky yummy as the really sharp one's.

 

[Beer can]

We're lucky here, have cheese that rivals European cheese (and beer and wine) Tilsit style cheese at a farm near us, not a sharp stanky cheddar like I like but dang good
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...Vaw2WYL5V4y4WQwJoBQfuxeQg&cshid=1571454754772
I've got a couple funny stories about that farm lol.
And another that has sharp cheddar, I see all their super aged cheese is unavailable, must be in high demand now.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...CzAFegQIARBY&usg=AOvVaw0IwPU1Qq5lY26pgFmmSZei
I had a taste of what they called Rip Van Winkle 20 yr old back prob 15yrs ago.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ma ran Cady cheese in Wisconsin you want good cheesethat one burned years ago they built the new one
http://www.cadycheese.com/ rival any in Europe Tillamook is not half bad but Cady is to die for

 

[microchick]

You guys are so lucky. Our local store, part of a regional chain, doesn't offer any really 'good' cheeses. If you can't pull cellophane off of it and slap it on a slice of bologna, you ain't gonna find it there sort of variety.

I can google Tillamook and it claims it's available at Walmart but when I add the local walmart location, it says it's available but not at Kirksville. Very strange.

I grew up eating cheese thanks to my dad who loved really good cheese.Muenster and Pennsylvania Dutch Cup cheese were pretty much standard fare. Our local Amish General Store recently closed down as the owners moved to Iowa, used to sell bulk Muenster.

Hands down it's my favorite, along with a really mild baby Swiss. Luckily, Cheese is one thing that is permitted on my gout diet so I try to eat one meal a day that is cheese based.

 

[ShrekDawg]

@microchick thanks for the advice about the candy. Today I haven’t had any.

And just had scrambled eggs and sautéed spinach for breakfast.

And I went to bed early last night and got up before 8 today.

No much before, only about 9 minutes, but still haha

 

[microchick]

@microchick thanks for the advice about the candy. Today I haven’t had any.

And just had scrambled eggs and sautéed spinach for breakfast.

And I went to bed early last night and got up before 8 today.

No much before, only about 9 minutes, but still haha

No problem. I used to think what I read and heard about metabolism changing as we aged was a bunch of hog wash. I could eat what I wanted and as much as I wanted and as long as I stayed active, my weight stayed at 117 pounds. Around the age of 35 tho, I began to notice that things I liked to eat before, candy, cookies, etc, basic 'junk food' was causing my weight to creep up. It became a race to see if I could stay active enough to burn up the calories and I'd have to get up, start running and run all day to make that happen. It wasn't worth the effort. Giving up the junk food was far easier.

I love chocolate and do indulge in it occasionally. Believe it or not a gout diet allows you to eat chocolate as long as it is dark or semi sweet variety. But I only do that maybe every couple or three months when I buy a bar of the good stuff and share it with DH.

You are young now, but it's never too early to start being aware of what you eat as far eating healthy is concerned. So much is being written about how bad processed foods are for you. You have made a good start by eating what you grow!

 

[ShrekDawg]

No problem. I used to think what I read and heard about metabolism changing as we aged was a bunch of hog wash. I could eat what I wanted and as much as I wanted and as long as I stayed active, my weight stayed at 117 pounds. Around the age of 35 tho, I began to notice that things I liked to eat before, candy, cookies, etc, basic 'junk food' was causing my weight to creep up. It became a race to see if I could stay active enough to burn up the calories and I'd have to get up, start running and run all day to make that happen. It wasn't worth the effort. Giving up the junk food was far easier.

I love chocolate and do indulge in it occasionally. Believe it or not a gout diet allows you to eat chocolate as long as it is dark or semi sweet variety. But I only do that maybe every couple or three months when I buy a bar of the good stuff and share it with DH.

You are young now, but it's never too early to start being aware of what you eat as far eating healthy is concerned. So much is being written about how bad processed foods are for you. You have made a good start by eating what you grow!

Thank you!! This is very helpful.

I definitely need to be better about it.

The funny thing (or I guess maybe not “funny” per se, a bit ridiculous even haha) is that I’ve been pretty aware for a while, I read labels, I’ve read about all sorts of diets and how bad junk food is, but I just don’t change it.

I want to and I’ve tried numerous times but every time, I never last more than a few days if that on it.

Idk why.

I guess I need to have more willpower and/or try harder or something

But I know what you mean about the weight thing too cause I could eat anything in high school and was always skinny as rail despite constantly eating even college I mostly ate what I wanted but suddenly about 4, 5 years ago, my weight started going up, and has been steadily increasing but thankfully I’ve been losing again.

But even a little before that, suddenly I couldn’t eat whatever I wanted anymore ha

And now I still can’t cause now certain foods cause me digestive problems/pain.