Ahh, got to get out post-hurricane, take the GT for a ride up to Mellow Mushroom, had a terrific pie (the Great White + bacon 😀), awesome beers (Cryptocurrency NE style IPA, wow ...), a touch hot, but still awesome, top down, the whole crew (all three of us 🙂), first drive in a few days, first time up in town when I wasn't trying to find some kind of storm supply!
We were discussing major storms like that the other night. Somehow the topic evolved into preparing for one which we do when we get heavy heavy heavy (yes triple heavy) rains. It dawned on both of us that if we were faced with something like that (we live on higher ground), I'd probably clean out Costco with a box truck.
In this state, I can drive a vehicle up to 26,000 lb gross without special licensing. This is one of the reasons I like my GL. I've been playing foodstuffs and supplies Tetris for years. I've even helped out complete strangers fit everything into their smaller cars.
The staff know me by name at two of our closest Costcos, and the management knows me at a third, just not the floor people. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
Our Costcos carry a significant amount of organic products, probably because people here want that, so it's nice. I forget the name, but the carry a brand of organic brown rice that's one of the best I've had. The organic white quinoa is great, too. Cheap but as I've said before, I'm concerned about the ecological problems over farming cause. Organic flax and chia seed are great deals, too. Organic breads, preserves, jams, jellies, etc. SRF meats, etc.
Earlier this year I was somewhat successful mimicking their chocolate chip muffin recipe from the 1990s before they began using oat flour which gives it that weird flavor most people don't like. I used a little Guinness for fluid from the can, too. I opted for a higher quality chip that gave it a fudgy consistency.
Barely ate it since I was still dealing with a nasty cough. Everyone else approved. Just need to find the recipe I came up with.
Edit: I should note that I have been a Costco shareholder for over 20 years, but I stand by their selection.
