I guess it is no surprise with the current economy that everyone is looking for ways to save money. I know I am finding that among my friends some who never bothered to use coupons before are using them now. Some of this is due to job loss of course but most of it seems to be the realization and an overall understanding that the good times are over.
And there is definitely a trend to eating more at home. I guess some of them are going to have to …

Well you learn something new every day. I did not know it was National Coupon Month but it is. The Daily Commercial has some great trivia on coupons. And who doesn’t like trivia?
As my mother used to say as me, my sister, brother and father would call out the correct answer to some obscure Jeopardy question, “Why do you people know this?” Because it is out there and we just love to know useless facts.
If you like trivia here is more at the Daily Commercial.
Here’ are a few interesting …

I ran out of coffee on Tuesday and ran over to Big Lots in the afternoon to get some more. For those of you that don’t know Big Lots has a great little grocery section that is full of both name brand products and unheard of products. You can get spices and condiments, cereal, chocolate, canned goods, pastas – assorted and rotating goods. You can get some fantastic deals.
That is one drawback – you can get used to a certain product and they stop carrying it. For months I was …

… even though you would like too. Potato Chips. Who doesn’t love potato chips?
A potato chip (American English chips, British English crisps) is a thin slice of potato deep fried or baked until crispy depending on the company it originated from. Potato chips serve as an appetizer, side dish, or snack. Commercial varieties are packaged for sale, usually in bags. The simplest chips of this kind are just cooked and salted, but manufacturers can add a wide variety of flavoring (mostly made using herbs, spices, cheese, artificial additives

I was reading an article about factory food and the new movie Food, Inc. There was a section that really struck a cord with me about paying the real cost of food…
Paying the real price
One of Food, Inc.’s most frustrating scenes follows a family of four to the produce section of the supermarket. Says the mother: “Sometimes you look at a vegetable and say, ‘Okay, well, we can get two hamburgers for the same amount of price.’ ”
As Pollan points out in the film, that’s no accident. “Bad calories” are …