Hard no on mayo. 
Sweet. MOAR for the rest of us 
Haven’t heard that in years. In the late 80s I worked for Travelers Insurance. At least once a week somebody would call the office looking to buy travellers checks.
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That’s it, buy it, that guarantees you won’t need it!
I don’t know about buying extra travel insurance. (Was paying the $650 per month one)
In 2005 went alone, no tour, to Morocco. 4th day there was taking a bus to Essaouira and fell getting off (it was high off ground, driver wasn’t assisting). L 1 fracture (back).
Was in 3 different hospitals, had surgery in Casa Blanca but doctor insisted I had to stay in bed 3 months. My daughter was calling begging insurance to medivac me out. Finally I told her to call our Senator’s office (Barbara Boxer). He aide called and scared them, they sent the jet to get me, cost them $80,000 just for the jet. Hospital was only about $25,000.
From then on I’ve always bought extra travel insurance.
By the way, I hated the hospital food, some days only ate bread and water. I hate lamb and the smell of it. I thought if this had happened in Italy I wouldn’t starve, even just plain pasta with butter would have been ok.
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This was my recipe, but I now DOUBLE it – to make six servings.
Carrot,Onion and Potato Casserole Recipe
2 eggs
2 tablespoons olive oil
¼ cup milk
¼ cup of flour or corn meal
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon chili powder or other spices you like
5 potatoes (peeled)
2-3 carrots (peeled)
2-3 onions sliced
1 to 1.5 cups shredded mozzarella Cheese (more or less cheese as you like)
Slice the onions and soak in water with a dash of salt. About 5-10 minutes, then drain & set aside.
Julienne the potatoes and carrots & set aside. (I use a food processor with a shredder disc.)
Mix up eggs, olive oil and milk in a bowl (beat well). Add flour or corn meal, salt and chili powder. Mix well. Now mix in carrots and potatoes & onions (mix/fold well – I use my hands for this part).
Butter up baking dish, pour in half of potato/carrot/onion mixture, then sprinkle on ½ of the cheese, then the rest of the potato/carrot mixture, then the rest of the cheese. Cover with foil, bake at 400 degrees (F) for 45 minutes, uncover, then bake another 20-25 minutes.
Edited to add: My oven hates me and is very inconsistent, so I sometimes have to bake it a few extra minutes. You might have to adjust the baking times, slightly.
Our travel insurance is highway robbery these days. Best part of two grand for the two of us for the annual policy. Combination of age and medical conditions, of course. And, travelling in Europe, they require us to first seek treatment at a public health centre. or hospital (where it’s likely to be free). I suppose we’re really paying for possible medical evacuation home or cancellation (which we had to do once when the FiL died, literally on the day we were due to travel).
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Companion thread to share sales and discounts (other than weekly grocery deals)
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Thanks! This will be on the menu this week. I have all the ingredients.
Believe it or not, the freebie a few weeks ago was two pounds of shredded mozz. I hope my local grocery chain doesn’t cut back on the freebies as prices continue to rise. At least I’ve already laid claim to my free ham and one for the food pantry.
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I think we are in a different situation when imports from specific places are being taxed at published and publicized high rates
Would take some real cognitive dissonance to think, for eg, that the Sri Lankan restaurant’s prices should stay the same if some of their ingredients now cost 44% more.
Not saying that dissonance doesn’t exist among many, though — obviously, given the state of the world we are in at the moment.
Of course it’s also not a direct translation, as what’s imported is only a portion of the total cost, most of it is labor and fresh, local ingredients. But there will have to be some increase.
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If you ever really needed the travel insurance you’d thank god you bought it. I could have had the surgery in USA and wouldn’t have had to stay in bed bored for over a month. But, now I have no back pain.
Wait.
Are you naive, or is a facetious post?
Customers do not care why prices increased; they just know that prices did increase, and will react accordingly.
Unless the demand is highly inelastic, an increase in price (no matter the reason, justified or not, good or bad) will result in a decreased demand.
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Using economic theory to prove a point about anything at the present moment is utterly hilarious
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Actually, everything that is happening currently underscores the validity, and efficacy, of economic theory.
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At Grocery Outlet? I bought three cases of French/Spanish/Italian wines.
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Alas, Traveller’s Cheques are no more, ( looked it up out of curiosity a couple of years ago). It was a rite of passage for trips over the Pond to get you little wallet of them. Wish I had kept one.
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Ironic much?
MIght be worth checking the “formula”.
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Oh, don’t I know it! A thing of days long past.
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When we did trips to other European countries, we got sterling cheques and change them wherever we were visiting. But, for trips across the Pond, it was always advised to get dollar cheques as many small banks didnt have currency exchange facilities
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I never thought of that!!
I keep coming back to my Asian pantry, and will probably add a few extras to it this week.
– Toasted sesame oil (I am down to the bottom of the can, and the price is already 50% higher than when I bought this one a couple of years ago)
– Thai curry pastes, both cans and jars
– Fish sauce, which I resisted on sale last week, but I am down to the last small bottle of Red Boat, so I’m going to reup a bigger bottle of someting else (3 crabs?)
– Soy sauce, both light and dark (which I seem to be using up faster courtesy soy sauce chicken)
– Oyster sauce – an extra to keep in stock
If I make it to the Thai or Malaysian grocery store soon, I’ll get some small packets of laksa and rendang paste too.
I’m good on rice at the moment, though maybe an extra packet of basmati is not a bad idea.
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