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rpf1007
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| cruelshoes wrote: | | How expensive is the Schar pasta? I am OK with Trader Joe's pasta, and it's pretty inexpensive. I am almost afraid to try a more expensive brand. What if I really like and I can't afford to buy it? |
This happened to me with pretzels- I got totally hooked and they are terribly expensive. I honestly can't remember how much the schar pasta was...TJ's will definitely be the cheapest though. I'll look next time I'm over there.
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I think it was $4ish a package. Seemed reasonable compared to the other's I like. I don't eat Tinkyada or TJs...they both just sit in my gut like a lead balloon.
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| cruelshoes wrote: | | How expensive is the Schar pasta? I am OK with Trader Joe's pasta, and it's pretty inexpensive. I am almost afraid to try a more expensive brand. What if I really like and I can't afford to buy it? |
This happens with me and pretzels as well. I could inhale an entire bag of pretzels without thinking. I made myself a deal. I only buy pretzels if:
1. We happen to be in the area. It's a 30-45 minute drive to get pretzels.
2. It's something special, like my birthday.
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I haven't had the pretzels in about a year. I just can't justify $7 for a bag. I look at them every time I go to the HFS, but I haven't felt "worthy" enough in quite a while. 
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There's a new one...Pretzel Worthy... 
How 'bout getting a smaller bag - the ones that around 2.00 per bag?
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We all deserve $7 pretzels every once in awhile.
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| aklap wrote: | There's a new one...Pretzel Worthy...
How 'bout getting a smaller bag - the ones that around 2.00 per bag? |
Kinda like Spongeworthy?
I know I could buy the smaller bag, but then I get all wrapped around the axle that the bigger bag is so much cheaper per ounce. The I feel bad for buying the smaller bag! This cheapskate thing really is a problem sometimes.
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Flygal
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Maybe someone will come up with a recipe for making our own! Think of all the money we'd save then. 
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We've got a recipe from Thrive to make soft pretzels. We've been dying to try it - just waaaay to busy. 
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| cruelshoes wrote: | | aklap wrote: | There's a new one...Pretzel Worthy...
How 'bout getting a smaller bag - the ones that around 2.00 per bag? |
Kinda like Spongeworthy? |
Exactomundo!
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| aklap wrote: | | We've got a recipe from Thrive to make soft pretzels. We've been dying to try it - just waaaay to busy. |
There is one in the CIA cookbook that I got for Christmas. I really want to try it, but we seem to both have that no time disease.
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| cruelshoes wrote: | | ...but we seem to both have that no time disease. |
Yeah. Sux.
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Flygal
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Hey! I made shrimp salad tonight with Schar pasta. It wasn't as soft as I would have liked initially, but after I mixed it up and it sat in the fridge for a while, it was great. DH even commented that it tasted like "real pasta"!
I would cook it a few minutes longer than directions say. It's definitely keeper.
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rpf1007
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Thanks Judy...I think I'll try it next week! Looking forward to it now.
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| Colleen wrote: | | There is one in the CIA cookbook that I got for Christmas. I really want to try it, but we seem to both have that no time disease. |
The kicker for me with that cookbook is that there are 5 flour blends you have to make up to use in their recipes. I just don't have the courage to do that yet, but I really want to make the pretzels and a few other recipes from the book. I'm beginning to think we need to add a new room on the house to store all the flours and flour blends...
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