Tuesday Tips

 Here are a couple pandemic tips:

1. Buy individually wrapped disposable masks and stash a few in every vehicle glovebox, backpack and purse in case you forgot to bring one when you need it.  I've needed mine 4 times already.
   
   
   
2. Setup Apple pay or Google Pay on your phone in case you get to the counter without your wallet.  Since you no longer carry a wallet around the house since you never leave, and when you do it's the last thing on your mind because your not even sure you still know how to drive.  Apple Pay saved me twice so far. 
   
   
   
3. Muster up an attitude of gratitude because it will make you and everyone around you feel a bit better even (and especially) during a pandemic.  If you can't think of anything, be thankful this is not the 1918 pandemic, or that your family is not off fighting a war, or that Netflix still works.

The 2020 Black Bean Scandal

 I like black beans. I like Wegman's Organic Black Beans. I buy 6 cans at a time. I don’t like the recent change of only filling the cans 1/2 full of beans.  

The can indicates it holds 3.5 half cup servings which totals 1.75 cups.  I confirmed the can indeed holds 1.75 cups of product.  However, I only got 1 cup of beans with .75 cups of water.  There is always some water, you know the kind of black sludgy water that recipes warn to rinse off so your whole dish is not a black gross looking mess...well no worries with these new cans, the water is almost clear and the beans are completely clean from sloshing around in the black bean spa in all their travels.  The cost is far fewer beans.

I will inquire about the bean drowning program with Wegman's officials and report back.