Well, unless you buy in bulk. That same quarter today can buy you ~100g of bulk steel-cut oats. That’s 4g fat, 24g high-quality protein, fifty or sixty-something complex carbs, and several grams of dietary fiber, plus B-vitamins, iron, manganese, and probably half-a-dozen other micronutrients I’m forgetting.
A cup of ramen is is a pittance of simple carbs, some fat, and a blow-out amount of salt.
All of which is to your point. I just wanted to emphasize that buying in bulk doesn’t impose a minimum purchase but rather allows you to buy whatever you can afford.
The marketing and advertising industry has been beating the English language senseless for decades, one word at a time. ‘Artisanal’ is just its most recent victim.
Tonight at 7p (Central) I am hosting a potluck by the community pool I manage. These potlucks are scheduled for every other Sunday, until Halloween, within Austin’s gravitational bubble. PM me if you’re nearby and want to join in. It’s going to be at least 95F here (~35C) and you are definitely going to want to get in the water before eating so bring a towel and a swim-suit-shorts-thing.
Dress: “aggressively casual” (to quote Bruce Sterling re Austin).
Tonight I will be serving potato salad [against the capitalist state] [not that the other diners are likely to get it, but y’all will get it at least].
The potatoes are from the collective drawers about about half the neighborhood, because I am minding their houses while they are all out of town/on vacation/etc.
Since this is an outdoor event, I will be using an olive oil vinaigrette (no mayonnaise because I don’t want anyone to get salmonella). Red peppers and perhaps some peas (on earth) may figure in.
I have some sumac trees here, but since this is not a season where they offer their flowering tops, I will skip that part. Maybe I will add in a little fresh grated lemon zest instead.
I will have some castelvetrano olives (buttery, low acid) on the side.
Doing my best to ‘mash th’ 'tate.
Or cut into bite-size pieces to serve with spring/summer vegetables.
I have a friend (vegetarian) who loves Just Mayo. I need to try it. I have used Vegenaise too. Heard of it? The grapeseed oil one is pretty nice (that the one with the purple top). We are completely out of Vegenaise here and I just made a batch of mayo a week ago (easy to do in the electric blender if you’re not Julia Child or a major mayo snob).
My husband/partner/other brain absolutely hates mayonnaise. Also salad whip aka “Miracle Whip” and even lil’ ol’ Vegenaise.
Thus, in order to cater to the common denominator (there are other mayo haters out there, it’s probably even separate-thread-worthy), it’s going to have to be a vinaigrette on this potato salad.
My opinion: I think Just Mayo is head-and-shoulders above Vegenaise and other vegan options, and even better than the current version of Hellman’s. My children could never understand why I wanted to use mayonnaise in recipes or on sandwiches until they tried Just Mayo.
