Yeah fer real, dude, you read that garlic is antibacterial but you don't really grok it until you discover that garlic salt gives you half the rise of... salt. It being the only variable in a well-controlled process, I gotta lean into the garlic salt. 1tsp of garlic salt will totally inhibit 1TBSP of yeast. Proofing it 10 minutes before you adding everything else doesn't matter, the garlic salt flattens it.

Fred Meyer used to be an Oregon concern that mixed groceries with home improvement and electronics and jewelry and stuff. It was the kind of place you could buy a sandwich and a Front Line Assembly CD. When my long-term girlfriend dumped me in 2001 I went to Fred Meyer and bought a 27" TV, a claw hammer, a box of condoms and a party sub. It was pretty rad.

It's Kroger now, and every single employee has Kroger eyes. They also got rid of... everything and replaced it with... nothing.

The straw that broke the camel's back was when I went in there right on the verge of the mask requirements and there was a manager insisting that a Somali dude buy a mask to continue shopping who didn't do a thing about the white couple right next to him. When I called to say "thanks for doing the mask stuff but maybe do it more evenly" they tried real hard to pry the name of the manager out of me because apparently they weren't supposed to do mask stuff at all for another two days and they wanted to punish her.

It's just Walmart now, except the money goes to fucking Ohio instead of fucking Arkansas.