I can understand buying in bulk when it makes sense. I just bought a 20 pound bag of California grown long grain brown rice for $16 at the Korean grocery last week. Yeah, its a lot of rice, but it won't go bad, and it sure beats buying the little 2 pound packs for $3/ea. I keep my bread in the fridge. It will go at least a week beyond the date without molding or drying out if tightly sealed. If there's a really good sale on bread I stock up, and keep it in the freezer. When it take it out of the freezer I write the date taken out on the bag w/ a sharpie marker so I know how long its been out of the freezer. I've thought about the vacuum sealers, but I've had good luck just buying what I need and freezing any extra. The korean grocery is only 1 block from my office, and Safeway, Big Lots, and Bottom Dollar are only 1/2 mile from the house. I pass a grocery store every day so if there's something I need I'm not spending any extra gas to go get it.
There's going to be a lot of rice in my future, I just bought a brand new, in the box rice cooker at a thrift store a month ago for $5! Plus, the rice cooker is a lot more efficient in cooking than cooking rice on the stove, and its automatic as well! I was saddened when I couldn't find the lid to my old cooker when I moved out of my old place. I'm sure the lid is somewhere in that kitchen.
Fresh herbs & spices are cheap at the Korean grocery, and produce is as well. I usually buy extra onions, peppers, etc, and just chop & freeze it so its ready the next time I want to cook.
-Jay
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