Amazon buys 430 B&M locations

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by issybird

Cooking wine is vile stuff that's sold as a grocery and while it's already unpalatable, the addition of salt makes it unpotable.

In my state wine is a grocery anyway, so there's no need to sink to those depths.

As Chef Justin use to say, "Never cook with something you won't drink (glug, glug, glug)". [Justin Wilson, that is. He was the Cajun chef who use to have a show on the cooking channel. Died in 2001. Look his shows up on youtube, they are great.]

[Lady Stardust]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

I thought Shaoxing was traditionally drunk before the meal, never tried mirin.

Nobody drinks mirin in Japan, it's only for cooking. Less alcohol and more sugar than sake. There is cooking sake also, but nobody drinks it.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

I thought Shaoxing was traditionally drunk before the meal, never tried mirin.

You don't need grapes, in the UK we make wine the way the french make food - if it can't get out of the bucket, it's fair game.

Dandelion, Nettle & Elderberry are popular homebrews, a mate of mine used to make Rhubarb wine, well, Rhubarb paint stripper.

We have everything you mentioned except maybe Nettle wine. I am not sure it is the same on both sides of the pond. Ok same nettle. I found several links to Nettle tea.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

As Chef Justin use to say, "Never cook with something you won't drink (glug, glug, glug)". [Justin Wilson, that is. He was the Cajun chef who use to have a show on the cooking channel. Died in 2001. Look his shows up on youtube, they are great.]

He was originally on PBS. Long before they had actual cooking channels. I remember watching him as a kid. Before, anyone asks yes I have his cookbooks.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

He was originally on PBS. Long before they had actual cooking channels. I remember watching him as a kid. Before, anyone asks yes I have his cookbooks.

yep. I have one of his cookbooks as well. He cooked the way my grandmother cooked. I don't think she owned a measuring cup or measuring spoons. She always went with "that looks about right".

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

yep. I have one of his cookbooks as well. He cooked the way my grandmother cooked. I don't think she owned a measuring cup or measuring spoons. She always went with "that looks about right".

I guar an tee it was good. Sorry, hard to type a Cajun accent.

[frahse]

Originally Posted by Apache

When I cook with wine I use a wine that tastes good to me. If I do not like the taste of a wine I am drinking, why would I enjoy it cooked into my food?
Apache

Ah, there speaks the real "craftsman." He knows his tools' purposes, and he knows his own purpose.



Confucius: “He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."

[Apache]

Originally Posted by frahse

Ah, there speaks the real "craftsman." He knows his tools' purposes, and he knows his own purpose.



Confucius: “He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."

Don't get me started on tools. I am a bench jeweler and love and horde tools. I also will make a tool if I need one and do not have it.
Apache

[Alohamora]

Lockers, some lower prices and Prime discounts coming to Whole foods.

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazo...iscount-2017-8

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I guar an tee it was good. Sorry, hard to type a Cajun accent.

I'm pretty sure Cajuns speak with hyphens already inserted.

[John F]

Originally Posted by Alohamora

Lockers, some lower prices and Prime discounts coming to Whole foods.

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazo...iscount-2017-8

A nice glass-is-half-full article.

Some half empty ones:

"Whole Foods' New Store That Sells Cheap Food Will Probably Be Killed by Amazon"

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/2d8e4c2b...tore-that.html

"How Amazon Might Crush the Lives of Most Whole Foods Employees"

https://www.thestreet.com/story/1428...employees.html

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by John F

A nice glass-is-half-full article.

Some half empty ones:

"Whole Foods' New Store That Sells Cheap Food Will Probably Be Killed by Amazon"

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/2d8e4c2b...tore-that.html

"How Amazon Might Crush the Lives of Most Whole Foods Employees"

https://www.thestreet.com/story/1428...employees.html

"MIGHT" and "COULD" aren't "WILL". All employees of any company that is sold face this problem. I've faced it, and I'm sure others have too.

[4691mls]

Am I the only one who misread the topic as Amazon buys 430 B&N"? I thought this was going to be a thread about Amazon taking over Barnes & Noble stores.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

"MIGHT" and "COULD" aren't "WILL". All employees of any company that is sold face this problem. I've faced it, and I'm sure others have too.

Been there done that 3 times.
The funny ones to me are "we are being bought out, must quit now because it won't be the same."

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by 4691mls

Am I the only one who misread the topic as Amazon buys 430 B&N"? I thought this was going to be a thread about Amazon taking over Barnes & Noble stores.

Well, personally, I think any move Amazon makes is a valid topic for General discussions forum. They are such a major player in media, that the Whole Foods purchase may well have an effect on how eBooks (and readers) get marketed, not to mention other media products and services. The typical young, well heeled, tech savvy consumer that uses Whole Foods market, just might find it convenient to do business with Amazon via Whole Foods at a Kiosk.