Thanks for the additional info. FOAS, when I read your post it reminded me of an incident that occured at a mexican restaurant when my kids were very small. We don't usually get dessert out, but we had a gift card or coupon or something, and we ordered 2 servings of fried ice cream to share, which came out with the plates flaming. My husband & I were eating ours & we thought it was very good, but our kids weren't eating theirs & we didn't know why. Well, finally we tasted theirs, and we had the wrong plate! Theirs had the alcohol on the dessert, while ours had it in a larger surrounding plate so it would still flame. The kids are teens now, but still not of drinking age. Your suggestion sounds very good. We're in for a blizzard - maybe we can make some snow ice cream! (I have the saurbraten marinating, but there is still some mulled wine left over.)

I got the same notice, but just ordered in mid-October when they had a similar "stock-up" sale when I purchased by-the-case and got 15% off. The nice thing about Honeyville is they only charge $4.49 for your entire order no matter how much, or how little, you get. I'm going to order more Hi-Maize Resistant Starch because I seem to be going through it faster than I originally thought I would. I'll purchase 50# during this sale and split it with a friend so we both can save some money over buying the 5# bags. I also purchase large quantities of vital wheat gluten from them for making "fake" meat. Another must have are powdered whole eggs. I use powdered whole eggs when they are less expensive per egg than fresh shell eggs for cooking and baking, and keep several cans in my long-term storage. Powdered eggs also work great for homemade "convenience foods" (mixes). We also use the freeze-dried fruits and vegetables. I no longer purchase canned veggies at all since using freeze-dried. It's so convenient for people who only require small amounts. If I want to add 2 T. peas and 2 T. corn to some leftover cooked rice, it rehydrates in 5-minutes in hot water. I like them MUCH better than frozen. I'm going to use freeze-dried raspberries I got from Honeyville in the center of chocolate truffles for the holidays. We'll see how that works.... ;-) -Grainlady

Redcurls, that's silly. There is no cost involved for the store. The stores actually make out quite well on coupons. They not only get the full price back for the coupon (ie. if the coupon is for $1.00, they get that back from the manufacturer) but they also receive 8.5 % on top of that. That's why some places give you a credit on the full amount of the coupon if the item you're buying is less than the coupon is worth. They receive the full amount regardless. We definitely could be considered "extreme couponers" although I do not have any type of stock pile. I just donated 60 boxes of pasta, 20 bottles of baby formula and 30 bottles of shampoo to our local Rescue Mission. I donate about every month. I assure everyone, I'm not a hoarder or someone with OCD (Trust me, I know the symptoms, I'm a nurse.) I purchase the coupons through an online clipping service and the cost of the coupons are part of what I am willing to pay to be able to donate to the needy. The above mentioned products cost me approximately 11 dollars with the cost of the coupons. I'm proud of what I'm able to do to help others. I work full time and go to school fulltime, so I devote approximately 2 hours a week to figuring out what is on sale.

I love my old garage fridge and separate freezer. DH hunts and fishes and we do a lot of berry picking/freezing, and blanching/freezing veggies. I also freeze fresh spinach, kale, collards, romaine and such for smoothies. And I do a fair amount of doubling a recipe to freezer half for a later dinner. Between all that, both freezers are needed. The fridge section is great for when we entertain for getting serving trays of food ready early in the day or the day before. I don't have to wait until the last minute to get ready. And there are some things that I like to make a day before because I like them better if flavors have had time to meld together like potato/rice/pasta salads, for example. It's especially nice to not have it in the kitchen fridge while melding if I'm making a big batch for a gathering. We also keep things like cheese sticks and other snack-sized items that should be refrigerated in there so we can grab it and pop it into our packs and go when going on a hike or bike trip. If we kept them in the kitchen fridge, we'd munch on them instead of just cutting a piece of cheese and since they're more expensive to buy in individual packs, I like keeping them separated. I make DH salads in a jar to take to work for lunch, quart-size canning jars, so they go in the garage fridge so they don't take up space in the kitchen fridge and he can grab one when leaving each morning. I thaw turkeys, large roasts, and hams in it. And, of course, the beer for when we're working in the yard on a hot day. I don't think I could live without it. In fact, I've created a beverage center in my laundry/pantry room with a small, undercounter fridge. I keep the coffee beans in the freezer, milk for lattes (we rarely drink milk as a beverage) and such in there. And we feed our dog in that room. She eats a raw food diet with meats, veggies, supplements mixed together. I can mix up several days at a time and store it in there without the big container taking up space in my kitchen fridge. I know I pay more to run all these but we live in an area with low electric rates and don't live where it's hot, rooms stay cool without AC year-round, and the extra expense is very worth it to me. I respectfully disagree with Fori that a kitchen isn't well-planned if it doesn't allow for a big enough fridge for all of the ways I use a fridge. I like my smaller fridge in the kitchen which isn't filled with all this excess stuff that really doesn't need to be in the kitchen. If I had a huge kitchen fridge with room for all of this in it, it would drive me crazy and I would be sure to lose stuff stored behind other things only to find a science experiment later. And this way some things are stored at point-of-use while other things are stored out of the way until needed and this just works much better for me. And my kitchen wouldn't look as nice as there would be no room for a bigger fridge in my kitchen without it blocking window views.