The 'Eat Your Food and Like It' Complaint Thread

Richard Haseltine · September 27

SilverGirl said:

Richard Haseltine said:

miladyderyni_173d399f47 said:

Non-complaint (per the puppers): Husband didn't realize I had fed Bear & Gilly supper (& didn't think to ask) so they got Second Supper.

Complaint: Husband found a couple of frozen Korean beef entrees in freezer & cooked them. I only ate a couple bites because it was too spicy for me, and I think the peppers or some other seasoning actually burnt my mouth.

I have found that freezing "enhances" the spiciness

...especially if you fail to label the bag, assuming you'll remember what's in it, and thaw/eat the vegetable soup only to discover that it's actually salsa.

My problem is finding something that will reliably stay written in the frrezer - especially on the pots that have been used multople times, where it may be unfortunate if the crossing out of the old label and writing of a new label rub off leaving only the old label. Or at least, rub off to the point that they are missed until trying to work out what happened to the contents after they have been prepared for eating.

For example.

TSasha Smith · September 27

I opened up my computer. Probably need to hook up the hdd before using the computer. I wanted to see how easy it was to open. Now I need a job to start upgrading parts.

SilverGirl · September 27

Richard Haseltine said:

SilverGirl said:

Richard Haseltine said:

miladyderyni_173d399f47 said:

Non-complaint (per the puppers): Husband didn't realize I had fed Bear & Gilly supper (& didn't think to ask) so they got Second Supper.

Complaint: Husband found a couple of frozen Korean beef entrees in freezer & cooked them. I only ate a couple bites because it was too spicy for me, and I think the peppers or some other seasoning actually burnt my mouth.

I have found that freezing "enhances" the spiciness

...especially if you fail to label the bag, assuming you'll remember what's in it, and thaw/eat the vegetable soup only to discover that it's actually salsa.

My problem is finding something that will reliably stay written in the frrezer - especially on the pots that have been used multople times, where it may be unfortunate if the crossing out of the old label and writing of a new label rub off leaving only the old label. Or at least, rub off to the point that they are missed until trying to work out what happened to the contents after they have been prepared for eating.

My mom used to to use old butter tubs like that; she put Scotch tape on the lid and used a Sharpie marker to write on the tape. As far as I recall, the tape came off easily enough when she washed & reused.

Richard Haseltine · September 27

SilverGirl said:

Richard Haseltine said:

SilverGirl said:

Richard Haseltine said:

miladyderyni_173d399f47 said:

Non-complaint (per the puppers): Husband didn't realize I had fed Bear & Gilly supper (& didn't think to ask) so they got Second Supper.

Complaint: Husband found a couple of frozen Korean beef entrees in freezer & cooked them. I only ate a couple bites because it was too spicy for me, and I think the peppers or some other seasoning actually burnt my mouth.

I have found that freezing "enhances" the spiciness

...especially if you fail to label the bag, assuming you'll remember what's in it, and thaw/eat the vegetable soup only to discover that it's actually salsa.

My problem is finding something that will reliably stay written in the frrezer - especially on the pots that have been used multople times, where it may be unfortunate if the crossing out of the old label and writing of a new label rub off leaving only the old label. Or at least, rub off to the point that they are missed until trying to work out what happened to the contents after they have been prepared for eating.

My mom used to to use old butter tubs like that; she put Scotch tape on the lid and used a Sharpie marker to write on the tape. As far as I recall, the tape came off easily enough when she washed & reused.

Hmm, that is worth tying - though I suspect our puny brands would peel off in the cold (they certainly don't hold up to most of the other elements).

richardandtracy · September 28

Time seriously enhances the power of chili sauce. Our accidental experience is that three months in a freezer turns a mild chili into a 'Detonate your socks off' chili. We don't batch prepare chili as a result. Regards, Richard

SilverGirl · September 28

Richard Haseltine said:

SilverGirl said:

Richard Haseltine said:

My problem is finding something that will reliably stay written in the frrezer - especially on the pots that have been used multople times, where it may be unfortunate if the crossing out of the old label and writing of a new label rub off leaving only the old label. Or at least, rub off to the point that they are missed until trying to work out what happened to the contents after they have been prepared for eating.

My mom used to to use old butter tubs like that; she put Scotch tape on the lid and used a Sharpie marker to write on the tape. As far as I recall, the tape came off easily enough when she washed & reused.

Hmm, that is worth tying - though I suspect our puny brands would peel off in the cold (they certainly don't hold up to most of the other elements).

Hope it works out for you! We were lucky; Dad worked at 3M and could get discounts on the good stuff at the company shop. If there were two things we were never low on, it was Post-It notes and absolutely any kind of tape you could imagine.

TSasha Smith · September 28

I use old whipped cream tubs as I don't use the butter in a tub.

On another note, informed delivery told me a package from this internal something a ruther is being shipped to my home. It could be for my housemate or me. I don't know if it is a complaint or a non complaint or my housemate's business?

edit, my hand itches. Does that mean anythIng? Anything other than Ms Mosquito might love me. (Or my blood?)

LeatherGryphon · September 29

Complaint: A mouse in the house: After my last round of mice, I've had three new traps set and all was quiet on the kitchen front for several weeks. Autumn is upon us and the mice are looking for winter lodging. I check the traps almost every day. Well, I at least glance at them but they are somewhat out of view and in darkish areas, and it doesn't help that this brand of mousetrap has a lifesize mouse printed on the base. Several times I've said "Ah ha, gotcha!", only to discover that it was just the printed image. However, this morning I glanced down next to the stove and just about ignored what I saw because of the lesson learned from "the trap that yelled mouse" too many times. But I reached into the kitchen drawer, pulled out a little flashlight to inspect the trap next to the stove more carefully, and yep! Got me another mouse. And he was neatly laid-out right on top of the printed mouse on the trap. I'd thought that I'd heard a "snap" last night but wasn't sure (I wear headphones a lot around the house). The mouse corpse has been disposed of, but in another day I would have noticed an aromatic difference in the kitchen. And, yes, I've also checked the new mousetrap that I'd set in the silverware drawer and it's still unsprung. (they seem to make my silverware drawer their first stop but so far, haven't visited, or at least havent left any "gifts" in there lately.)

Note: My mouse situation isn't helped by my laziness. I inadvertently left food on the floor for them. A few weeks ago I dropped a pea down between the stove and the sink counter and it rolled under the stove. I haven't moved the stove in 18 years so I wasn't about to do it now, just for a pea, I'll fish it out with a stick "someday".

SilverGirl · September 29

LeatherGryphon said:

Note: My mouse situation isn't helped by my laziness. I inadvertently left food on the floor for them. A few weeks ago I dropped a pea down between the stove and the sink counter and it rolled under the stove. I haven't moved the stove in 18 years so I wasn't about to do it now, just for a pea, I'll fish it out with a stick "someday".

Not sure how your stove is constructed, but for mine all you need to do is take out the drawer and you can see right down to the floor.

DanaTA · September 29

LeatherGryphon said:

Complaint: A mouse in the house: After my last round of mice, I've had three new traps set and all was quiet on the kitchen front for several weeks. Autumn is upon us and the mice are looking for winter lodging. I check the traps almost every day. Well, I at least glance at them but they are somewhat out of view and in darkish areas, and it doesn't help that this brand of mousetrap has a lifesize mouse printed on the base. Several times I've said "Ah ha, gotcha!", only to discover that it was just the printed image. However, this morning I glanced down next to the stove and just about ignored what I saw because of the lesson learned from "the trap that yelled mouse" too many times. But I reached into the kitchen drawer, pulled out a little flashlight to inspect the trap next to the stove more carefully, and yep! Got me another mouse. And he was neatly laid-out right on top of the printed mouse on the trap. I'd thought that I'd heard a "snap" last night but wasn't sure (I wear headphones a lot around the house). The mouse corpse has been disposed of, but in another day I would have noticed an aromatic difference in the kitchen. And, yes, I've also checked the new mousetrap that I'd set in the silverware drawer and it's still unsprung. (they seem to make my silverware drawer their first stop but so far, haven't visited, or at least havent left any "gifts" in there lately.)

Note: My mouse situation isn't helped by my laziness. I inadvertently left food on the floor for them. A few weeks ago I dropped a pea down between the stove and the sink counter and it rolled under the stove. I haven't moved the stove in 18 years so I wasn't about to do it now, just for a pea, I'll fish it out with a stick "someday".

They sell things that cover that gap between the range top and the counter, to prevent things from dropping down into the twilight zone. Not too expensive last time I looked. Considering on or two myself.

SilverGirl · September 29

DanaTA said:

They sell things that cover that gap between the range top and the counter, to prevent things from dropping down into the twilight zone. Not too expensive last time I looked. Considering on or two myself.

My house came with those! I completely forgot about that! They were quite handy!

...which has me wondering what on earth happened to them. I guess the ex- took them with him when he left?

richardandtracy · September 29

When we bought our last house we discovered the consequences of an old cat lady having 13 overfed cats in the house. The warming drawer at the bottom of the gas oven had a 2.5" deep layer of mouse droppings spread evenly across the bottom, and the back of the larder (aka 'The understairs cupboard') had a prism shaped heap of mouse droppings 5" high, 8" front to back and the full width of stairs where over the years generations of mice had rolled their droppings down the boards backing the stairs and they heaped up at the most inaccessible point of the larder. Elsewhere we found a mummified family of baby mice in a nest under the floorboards in shreds of newspaper dating to 1948. The house was built 1898, and the old lady whose estate we bought it from was the daughter of the builder. Anyway, we had no trouble with mice there, guarded as it was by my avatar cat 'Albert' while he was in his prime. Regards, Richard.

Richard Haseltine · September 29

With that many mice I am not surprised the cats were overfed. Though I have never known a cat so overfed that it wouldn't add another murine corpse to the day's haul.

SilverGirl · September 30

Complaint: Trying to get Little Dude to go to sleep as I have a dental appointment first thing in the morning. He is currently more interested in jumping on our bed... which would matter less if I wasn't on it, or if I wasn't so prone to get motion sick.

Non-complaint: At least he's jumping on it and laughing. Happy is way better than the alternative.

LeatherGryphon · September 30

Non-complaint: Ah ha! Just got another one tonight! Must'a been the mate. They always seem to come in pairs. My weed garden is turning into quite a mouse cemetery.

LeatherGryphon · September 30

Richard Haseltine said:

With that many mice I am not surprised the cats were overfed. Though I have never known a cat so overfed that it wouldn't add another murine corpse to the day's haul.

Hmmm..., "Murine". Didn't know that word had a real world purpose. I've always heard it in regard to a manufacturer of medical liquids. Mostly for eye drops, but a quick perusal of the Web reveals that they also make ear drops. But apparently it is also a classification of rodents. LSED (Learn Something Every Day). Please don't tell me that there's a connection and Murine's liquids are extracted from corresponding rodent organs.

Addendum: Hmmm..., further Web sniffing revealed the quackery origins of Murine eye drops. SLSED (Still Learning Something Every Day)

richardandtracy · September 30

Richard Haseltine said:

With that many mice I am not surprised the cats were overfed. Though I have never known a cat so overfed that it wouldn't add another murine corpse to the day's haul.

The old lady used to boil up enough fish every day to feed 20 hungry cats, and only had 13. Furthermore the leftover fish was left to rot in the garden. With 13 cats, the internal politics of the cats was apparently more interesting than catching miles.

Regards,

Richard

Richard Haseltine · September 30

richardandtracy said:

Richard Haseltine said:

With that many mice I am not surprised the cats were overfed. Though I have never known a cat so overfed that it wouldn't add another murine corpse to the day's haul.

The old lady used to boil up enough fish every day to feed 20 hungry cats, and only had 13. Furthermore the leftover fish was left to rot in the garden. With 13 cats, the internal politics of the cats was apparently more interesting than catching miles.

Regards,

Richard

Was there a Catiline plotting a coup?

SilverGirl · September 30

non-complaint: No new cavities for me! Apparently my dental care routine is fabulous, as I impressed the hygenist with how little maintenance I needed in spite of having not been in since January of 2020.

complaint: ...which means apparently the issue with that traitor tooth is that the nerve has finally had enough of the filling that got put in ten years ago and is flipping me off (I guess this is common), so I need a root canal. Me = not pleased, especially since this means 1. the issue isn't solved today, and 2. I now get two extra appointments to wrangle, on top of the logistics of getting the kids and I our annual flu/covid shots (which involves three separate trips because Reasons).

TSasha Smith · September 30

I ordered some magnets from CVS for a dollar each. I just picked my prints order from CVS. The magnet order was just pictures no magnets. However looking at the receipt, I was not charged for those prints without the magnets.

nonesuch00 · October 1

SilverGirl said:

non-complaint: No new cavities for me! Apparently my dental care routine is fabulous, as I impressed the hygenist with how little maintenance I needed in spite of having not been in since January of 2020.

complaint: ...which means apparently the issue with that traitor tooth is that the nerve has finally had enough of the filling that got put in ten years ago and is flipping me off (I guess this is common), so I need a root canal. Me = not pleased, especially since this means 1. the issue isn't solved today, and 2. I now get two extra appointments to wrangle, on top of the logistics of getting the kids and I our annual flu/covid shots (which involves three separate trips because Reasons).

This is how my local dentist got me. They won't do root canals. They put such a tooth on "watch". The cavity is hidden under a prior filling. It doesn't show up in the cleanings or x-rays but eventually the inner pulp is reached and killed by infection. The lucky ones avoid excruciating pain and just tolerable but still very unpleasant pain. I couldn't find a dentist within a 2 hour drive, called over a half dozen. No. No. No. No. No. & No! Finally found one and my jaws have not felt my jaws feel so well in 10 years! I feel like that story where a lion that has had a thorn pulled out of it's paw.

butterflyfish · October 1

nonesuch00 said:

SilverGirl said:

non-complaint: No new cavities for me! Apparently my dental care routine is fabulous, as I impressed the hygenist with how little maintenance I needed in spite of having not been in since January of 2020.

complaint: ...which means apparently the issue with that traitor tooth is that the nerve has finally had enough of the filling that got put in ten years ago and is flipping me off (I guess this is common), so I need a root canal. Me = not pleased, especially since this means 1. the issue isn't solved today, and 2. I now get two extra appointments to wrangle, on top of the logistics of getting the kids and I our annual flu/covid shots (which involves three separate trips because Reasons).

This is how my local dentist got me. They won't do root canals. They put such a tooth on "watch". The cavity is hidden under a prior filling. It doesn't show up in the cleanings or x-rays but eventually the inner pulp is reached and killed by infection. The lucky ones avoid excruciating pain and just tolerable but still very unpleasant pain. I couldn't find a dentist within a 2 hour drive, called over a half dozen. No. No. No. No. No. & No! Finally found one and my jaws have not felt my jaws feel so well in 10 years! I feel like that story where a lion that has had a thorn pulled out of it's paw.

My insurance wouldn't pay for root canals when I needed 3 of them (about 7 years ago). I ended up having the teeth pulled, because that was all it would pay for.

TSasha Smith · October 1

I'm officially off birth control. I don't need it. Complaint apparently getting off it causes hot flashes. A preview of what to expect in 10 or more years if I guess correctly. Glad I'm off the birth control.

miladyderyni_173d399f47 · October 1

Non-complaint #1: This is Terrible Manager Trainee's final week after she gave notice and everyone is quietly rejoicing. AND I don't have any more shifts with her. YAY!! Highlights of her two weeks' notice: 2 crying &/or screaming meltdowns (in front of customers), refusing to allow breaks, name calling, saying she was going to no show/call out her last shifts, refusing to do tasks to her boss's face, insulting coworkers, and generally behaving like a "Karen." And this, folks is just what I've witnessed or been told about. No, I don't know why she wasn't fired first. Maybe because our boss, the General Manager, is new to that position, doesn't have a clue how to do her job, & also thinks screaming is professional behavior?

Non-complaint 2: I have been looking for HAL's successor, which won't be the Latest & Greatest computer, due to microscopic budget & no time to save up. I have found a few laptops with better processors than HAL's, not too hard given it was 10 years old.

Complaint: reading up on GPUs & CPUs so I can compare them is even more boring than looking up car specs, but it has to be done. But now I know the answers to things like "What are cores and threads?" I admit it, I'm the Jon Snow of computer hardware. I prefer to leave that to Husband the Tech

SilverGirl · October 1

nonesuch00 said:

SilverGirl said:

non-complaint: No new cavities for me! Apparently my dental care routine is fabulous, as I impressed the hygenist with how little maintenance I needed in spite of having not been in since January of 2020.

complaint: ...which means apparently the issue with that traitor tooth is that the nerve has finally had enough of the filling that got put in ten years ago and is flipping me off (I guess this is common), so I need a root canal. Me = not pleased, especially since this means 1. the issue isn't solved today, and 2. I now get two extra appointments to wrangle, on top of the logistics of getting the kids and I our annual flu/covid shots (which involves three separate trips because Reasons).

This is how my local dentist got me. They won't do root canals. They put such a tooth on "watch". The cavity is hidden under a prior filling. It doesn't show up in the cleanings or x-rays but eventually the inner pulp is reached and killed by infection. The lucky ones avoid excruciating pain and just tolerable but still very unpleasant pain. I couldn't find a dentist within a 2 hour drive, called over a half dozen. No. No. No. No. No. & No! Finally found one and my jaws have not felt my jaws feel so well in 10 years! I feel like that story where a lion that has had a thorn pulled out of it's paw.

Ugh, I'm sorry you had such troubles! I'm fortuante that I'm at the "tolerable but unpleasant" point, still, and there's an endodontist in a reasonable drive that takes my insurance. Probably more options if I was willing to drive into Minneapolis, but I'd rather not if I can avoid it. I'm way more comfortable navigating in the suburbs.

Definitely no complaints about my dentist, though. I totally respect if something is outside her specialty, and she's great to work with, honest, and everything is very informed consent over there. She never pressures for a particular choice.

LeatherGryphon · October 1

Complaint: I've just found the most disgusting pre-packaged meal of Mac & Cheese. I've tried other products in their line of minute microwave, ready-to-serve meals and they're OK, but this mac & cheese makes me think it's some contaminated chemical concoction shipped from the middle of China by way of horsecart during summer five years ago. It looks like lumpy, brown mustard colored slime. 2/3 slime, 1/3 lump. The taste isn't mac & cheesy either. More of a cross between butterscotch pudding and bleached peas with a dash of kerosine. I'd say the name of the company but TOS is hanging over my head. But they make a long famous, damn good can of beef stew. Unfortunately I bought a package of 7 of these mac & cheese disasters. I'm thinking of shipping the remaining 6 back to Amazon, or better yet back to the company that made them along with a McGuyver length rant describing my true feelings about their product. I'm not a gourmet but this stuff is beyond even my ken. Maybe I'll get my money back.

Waiting to see if I get sick tonight.

nonesuch00 · October 2

butterflyfish said:

nonesuch00 said:

SilverGirl said:

non-complaint: No new cavities for me! Apparently my dental care routine is fabulous, as I impressed the hygenist with how little maintenance I needed in spite of having not been in since January of 2020.

complaint: ...which means apparently the issue with that traitor tooth is that the nerve has finally had enough of the filling that got put in ten years ago and is flipping me off (I guess this is common), so I need a root canal. Me = not pleased, especially since this means 1. the issue isn't solved today, and 2. I now get two extra appointments to wrangle, on top of the logistics of getting the kids and I our annual flu/covid shots (which involves three separate trips because Reasons).

This is how my local dentist got me. They won't do root canals. They put such a tooth on "watch". The cavity is hidden under a prior filling. It doesn't show up in the cleanings or x-rays but eventually the inner pulp is reached and killed by infection. The lucky ones avoid excruciating pain and just tolerable but still very unpleasant pain. I couldn't find a dentist within a 2 hour drive, called over a half dozen. No. No. No. No. No. & No! Finally found one and my jaws have not felt my jaws feel so well in 10 years! I feel like that story where a lion that has had a thorn pulled out of it's paw.

My insurance wouldn't pay for root canals when I needed 3 of them (about 7 years ago). I ended up having the teeth pulled, because that was all it would pay for.

That's what my local dentists I tried were telling me but I refused to let them, except for the one causing excruciating pain. Ask if your dentist will refer you to a dentistry school to help train students next time if such is available. The insurance still must pay but becvause they are training students they are more willing to wrestle with the insurance company to get the needed preauths, something normal dentists often refuse to do.

If it happens again, a 2 Tylenol with 1 Advil (2 x 200mg Tylenol & 1 x 500 Advil) no more than three times a day is about as effective pain relieve you can get. It works 2 different pain pathways. It's only meant though for occasional short term pain relief, not habitual relief.

nonesuch00 · October 2

SilverGirl said:

nonesuch00 said:

SilverGirl said:

non-complaint: No new cavities for me! Apparently my dental care routine is fabulous, as I impressed the hygenist with how little maintenance I needed in spite of having not been in since January of 2020.

complaint: ...which means apparently the issue with that traitor tooth is that the nerve has finally had enough of the filling that got put in ten years ago and is flipping me off (I guess this is common), so I need a root canal. Me = not pleased, especially since this means 1. the issue isn't solved today, and 2. I now get two extra appointments to wrangle, on top of the logistics of getting the kids and I our annual flu/covid shots (which involves three separate trips because Reasons).

This is how my local dentist got me. They won't do root canals. They put such a tooth on "watch". The cavity is hidden under a prior filling. It doesn't show up in the cleanings or x-rays but eventually the inner pulp is reached and killed by infection. The lucky ones avoid excruciating pain and just tolerable but still very unpleasant pain. I couldn't find a dentist within a 2 hour drive, called over a half dozen. No. No. No. No. No. & No! Finally found one and my jaws have not felt my jaws feel so well in 10 years! I feel like that story where a lion that has had a thorn pulled out of it's paw.

Ugh, I'm sorry you had such troubles! I'm fortuante that I'm at the "tolerable but unpleasant" point, still, and there's an endodontist in a reasonable drive that takes my insurance. Probably more options if I was willing to drive into Minneapolis, but I'd rather not if I can avoid it. I'm way more comfortable navigating in the suburbs.

Definitely no complaints about my dentist, though. I totally respect if something is outside her specialty, and she's great to work with, honest, and everything is very informed consent over there. She never pressures for a particular choice.

Good Luck!

TSasha Smith · October 2

I just remembered it is October and I have free Daz character bundle.

NylonGirl · October 3

nonesuch00 said:

If it happens again, a 2 Tylenol with 1 Advil (2 x 200mg Tylenol & 1 x 500 Advil) no more than three times a day is about as effective pain relieve you can get. It works 2 different pain pathways. It's only meant though for occasional short term pain relief, not habitual relief.

And since you've typed it in the forum, people will be able to ask the DAZ AI for medical advice about painkillers.

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