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i concur. very strange

one time, i put some really good beef broth, shimeji mushrooms, some light chicken sausage and some canned diced tomatoes in the microwave and cooked it for a while. poured it on pasta. it was really good and relatively low in fat. it was kind of a leftovers pasta.

vivetique is also an insanely shady company. I went to their "showroom" to check out their mattresses and couldn't believe the state it was in. Hard to imagine someplace so grimy looking would take a lot of care in making sure their mattresses follow a certain standard of "eco-ness". I ended up buying my mattress elsewhere but placed an order for a wool duvet, that basically NEVER CAME (4 weeks moved to 6 to 8 etc etc). i made them refund my money but still lost some deposit $ (i think this may have been my vendor's fault) but either way, i would never recommend this company.

you can also use shredded paper as ribbon and to make a pretty cool "bow". I make a shredded paper snowball, squish it tight (not too tight), then tape an "X" on the bottom of the ball to hold most of the paper together. Then attach a loop (or double sided tape) to stick it on the package. The bits and pieces come loose so it looks more festive. It looks really great w butcher paper and even betten when you have multicolored paper shreds.

cocoa powder.

the fruit isn't overripe at the farmers market but you're meant to eat it soon after purchase. Leaving things for a week on your counter is too long. Honestly, i'd prefer fruit that tastes like fruit than not. i don't buy as much as i used to and frequent the farmers markets more instead.

Any mushrooms you can get at the farmers market....like oyster mushrooms or even fancier chanterelles (when you can find them) cook up really fast (like 2 minutes) with a drop of oil, some garlic, mushrooms with a bit of broth (or water). Throw this on brown rice, salad, pasta, eggs. Amazing and totally filling.

i have to admit, i also eat ALOT of frozen foods but stick with Amy's and various trader joe's creations.

If you notice the toilet running for a long time, then it's an old toilet. when i moved into my apt, i swear the toilet took 5 whole minutes to refill. now i keep a 2 liter soda bottle in the tank and it save some water. and, as gross as it may be, i try not to flush the toilet unless "necessary".

i'm kind of not impressed. it's like they saved their old design rejects for target.

does anyone have any ideas of methods for removing the either paper labels or ones on the jars?