We are having fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and green beans for dinner. Donnie asked if we wanted to join them, so I contributed a bag of chicken, and some green beans (I think). Then I asked if we have gravy, could they use my bouillon (Herb Ox, shelf stable granulated bouillon) rather than their Better than Bouillon, to make the gravy.
Why? Because it says right on the freakin' label to *refrigerate after opening*. And Donnie doesn't. Just goes about doing her thing (she ate queso from Qdoba last night that had been sitting out for two days). I asked nicely, and I stated why. And I feel like I kind of got mocked for asking/requesting -- because I was informed that there's "no difference between the two, just the one has more moisture in it, that's why it's a paste, and mine just has had the moisture pulled out of it".
Well, yes. Sort of. But the BtB, after I googled it, contains actual meat within the paste, as well as vegetables. And that is what helps generate the growth of bacteria within the BtB. My HerbOx is dehydrated, and has a bit higher salt content, and it doesn't grow bacteria--there's nothing to help it grow.
I think I have a jar of chicken gravy in the fridge, from when I got a rotisserie chicken at the store a week or two ago. i can use that, if Donnie uses her bacteria farm to make gravy from. Of course, that will probably create all sorts of problems itself, but it's better than getting diarrhea (or worse) that can be prevented. One month, possibly less, before they're gone. Can't wait.
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