Stores seem pretty well stocked

The Minnesota legislature is talking about increasing the tax on beer! I might need to stock up! An Aldi near me had clearance prices on some of my favorite items. Deluxe kipper (fish) snacks in sauces were marked down from something like $1.69 to twenty-five cents I bought them out, it must be at least fourty. Also they had chunk chicken in barbecue sauce or lemon pepper sauce. Ten ounce cans figure two standard tuna fish can size. Marked down from something like $2.00 to fifty cents. I bought them out, something like sixty cans total. I bought fifty or so cans at a different Aldi when marked down to one dollar a can. The label says a can is 250/300 calories total per can lemon/barbecue with 50/60 calories in each of the five servings in each can. A can is a good "meal foundation" for two people. With cooked pasta it is a bit "different" but not bad. With steamed or even canned potatos it it good and like gravy it works well over bread, an easy main dish.

At Aldi I noticed that the 12 ounce canned Mackerel fish are not selling well so I'm watching that I bought a few cans before and like them. Aldi, also had marked down some specialty pasta and turkey stuffing that didn't sell. Overall, I must have spent $45, mostly on canned goods. For now, look for bargains on canned goods, stock up and "rotate".

So far the "hybrid flu" seems mostly a "dust up". I believe it was a real threat, the "hybrid" is new. I talked someone into not meeting me at a bar that has a lot of Mexican legals and illegals at closing. The Mexicans are nice people, I never had any problems but it gets very crowded at bar closing. Fortunately I have networked broadband Internet in my house. My friend (hint: female) is watching a DVD, surfing the net and calling people in Peurto Rico for free on my majicjack.com phone and drinking my $8.69 a case Mountain Crest Beer That is more cost effective than the bar anyway.

The downside of canned goods is the salt content. Basically, a salt shaker lasts a year for me. It's nice for certain fresh fruits and vegetables but I rarely salt anything.