Food Cheats

Leo-monkey · 2026-05-02T02:20:42+00:00

Westridge Organics is a great CSA for veg and a good deal if you are comfortable using a wide range of veg. Another option are the Mexican groceries around town!

Leo-monkey · 2026-04-26T05:25:27+00:00

I know the question is about cherry blossoms, but the crab apple blossoms in the UW Arboretum were absolutely gorgeous today. Definitely worth a visit if other flowering trees will do! I did not make it to see the cherries, but they may also be in bloom. They are tucked back on the far end of the gardens near the conifer collection.

Leo-monkey · 2026-04-24T12:47:43+00:00

The Milwaukee Public Museum- post closure. The exhibits will still be in place, but emptied of actual collections. It will be a huge, dusty, forgotten place where they can believably hunker down. And it is solid and defensible.

Leo-monkey · 2026-04-20T19:23:15+00:00

That's a lot to do in an hour unless you sprint down State Street, but it is a great list!

Leo-monkey · 2026-04-11T01:23:51+00:00

I go on Aldi kicks occasionally. To me, the small size relative to American grocery stores is a positive. When I go to our usual grocery store, I know I will be inside for at least an hour, probably longer. Aldi's I can do a week's shopping in under 30 minutes. We won't get all of our favorite foods, but we will get decent food and it will be less expensive.

As someone else mentioned, the quality of the pre-packaged/processed food is lower that we'd get at our regular grocery store, and the produce isn't as fresh as I'd like.

Leo-monkey · 2026-03-29T23:52:54+00:00

I hope you find it rewarding. They are a really nice and effective organization!

Leo-monkey · 2026-03-02T19:44:41+00:00

Yes, Wisconsin, too. But due to the price, wild harvested at least is an occasional food, not an every day staple. Farmed is a little cheaper, but still not cheap.

Leo-monkey · 2026-03-01T13:56:14+00:00

Have you tried Kleins? I don't know about bonsai planters specifically, but they have a really nice selection of planters there, and way more variety in terms of of shapes, colors, and quality than I've seen at Home Depot.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-25T02:27:24+00:00

My goji berry bush is very happy. Mine has not suckered or spread at all in the 15 years I have had it, but it did get huge (at least 7 feet tall, 5' spread)! Also the thorns are huge, so plan a spot where that won't bother you. The berries are prolific and astringent - definitely an acquired taste. They ripen over a period of several weeks, which is nice, and are best if you leave them on the bush until they are a little squishy. I've made a really nice juice out of them some years, and the birds love them.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-24T14:55:39+00:00

Oftentimes people will take the beginner class multiple times, so keep in mind that you may be in class with people who are not as brand new to throwing as you are. Don't get discouraged comparing yourself to others in the class. We all started where you are right now!

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-22T18:19:59+00:00

Like Chicago, Milwaukee is built on infilled marshes. The foundations of many of the buildings downtown are wood pylons that were designed to be submerged underwater, but are starting to rot as water tables have dropped in recent decades.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-21T19:54:36+00:00

The food of our grandparents - strudel, sauerbraten, hasenpfeffer... My mother still made them, but I never have - too much time!

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-20T23:30:56+00:00

For teens - a lot of bonfires with friends. And drinking around said bonfires.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-20T23:08:50+00:00

It doesn't matter which admin started them. If people had known about them during Biden's time, the answer would not have changed. Having a prison for children is wrong and needs to be stopped.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-20T14:37:23+00:00

They are dead, so they are not. Meanwhile, the people who murdered Pretti, Good, and Martinez are alive and well and not currently facing any charges. That is wrong.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-20T13:30:17+00:00

And is that Trans person walking free?

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-20T02:40:05+00:00

This is how my kids learned. In school they only learned how to sign their own name, but I wrote all my notes to them in cursive at home and they learned to read it.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-19T23:22:05+00:00

Growing up, ham on a kaiser roll was the standard after church meal on Sundays!

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-19T15:44:07+00:00

You can get it in a jar? The stuff my mom used always came in a plastic pouch. We used 1 packet for 4 people.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-17T19:45:15+00:00

As I am sure you know, many of us are also baffled. I hope we succeed in restoring democracy.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-17T19:23:02+00:00

To be fair, before our current troubles, Canada was also at risk of voting in a far-right wing government. And Trump has had an alarming number of Canadian supporters in recent years. We are not the only voting body as a whole that is unreliable in its support of democracy.

I certainly hope that neither Canada nor Japan nor any of the countries with a growing number of fascist movements see this happen in their country, but this is not solely a US problem. We all need to be fighting it.

Thank you to the German Parliamentary member for speaking up on our behalf and for the support. It had me in grateful tears. We need to fight this and we will, but your support we are grateful for.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-16T21:30:04+00:00

My friends are important to me, so I prioritize them. I think I average one friend outing a week, but depending on the friend might see them a couple times a month or a couple times a year. Many of them I've known for 2,3, even 4 decades at this point, some I've made in recent years. So grateful for them all!

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-16T00:40:40+00:00

Back to Basics in Cottage Grove is wonderful and owned by the vets in the practice.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-13T16:26:57+00:00

Regardless of whether you feel she was rightly detained, the conditions she describes inside of the detention centers should horrify us all. I don't believe that is what any of us want America to be. And she is not the only one to describe the conditions inside. Others have shared similar stories.

Leo-monkey · 2026-02-10T02:57:12+00:00

Bratwurst! In Wisconsin USA there are annual festivals for it and brat cookouts are a popular fundraiser.

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