I love going to the restaurant supply store.

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 12/10/2019 at 15:59 • Filed to: kitchenlopnik

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Now that I have my own kitchen for the first time I keep running into things that I don’t have. Turns out  the restaurant supply store has better prices than the local home store so I’ve been in and out of it a bunch and I tell ya I’m like a kid in a candy shop.

Lol 7.5 gallon mixing bowl

That’s almost enough fluff for one fluffernutter.

Do I need 7lbs of pudding or many dozen stuffed grape leaves? No. Do I want them? Yes.

Sweet it’s those takeout containers the Chinese restaurants use. Those are going in the cart.

Majestic indeed. It’s like a can of diabetes.

Today’s haul: a year’s supply of a few spices, some utensils, a large cutting board (they had ones up to 36"!), dish towels, those takeway containers, and for just $7 a 50ct stack of those tubs that delis use for potato salad.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2019 at 16:16

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Those faux Chinese takeout containers are the beans. I have like 50 of them I use as either meal prep or they work great for dredging stations. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 12/10/2019 at 16:24

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They're AWESOME for meal prep. You can lay out a whole plate in them. I'd have preferred the round ones but they didn't carry them.

MoCamino > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2019 at 16:27

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When I was five or six (which feels like eons ago), my parents ran a restaurant in a partnership with my grandma. Now and then I’d go to the restaurant supply store with my mom when she made a supply run. That was a long time ago, so I don’t remember a lot about it - except that I was in AWE of the shelves and shelves and shelves full of more candy than I’d ever seen before (or since).  I loved making that run with Mom.  Thanks for activating the right neurons for that happy memory.  :)

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > MoCamino 12/10/2019 at 16:30

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We don’t have Costco or anything like that here so seeing all the bulk containers is a novelty that makes me giggle. Can I interest you in a gallon of m ayo or some tiny hotel soaps?

MoCamino > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2019 at 16:36

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HA!  We have two(!) Sam’s Club locations within about 20 minutes of us now.  If my wife would allow it, I’d be a frequent visitor to the candy aisle there...and would weigh about twice what I do now.  

i86hotdogs > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2019 at 16:44

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I understand “Light Mayo”, due to them wanting to reduce the fat content. But taking that logic, does that mean “Extra Heavy Mayo” has....more fat in it?!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > i86hotdogs 12/10/2019 at 16:48

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I imagine it just means it's a bit thicker/stiffer.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2019 at 18:05

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Thar sounds like me and peanut butter. I know that I'm going to use it so I buy it 6 lbs at a time. A bargain compared to regular retail at less than $12 for this beast.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2019 at 18:36

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I’ve started going to a restaurant supply store for beef. I can get steak for hamburger prices. And damned good steak at that. Some disassembly required.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 12/10/2019 at 18:46

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Ours isn't large enough to have a butcher shop but I can buy a bag of six frozen pizzas for like $20

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2019 at 18:54

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It’s not a butcher shop at all. It’s literally how the meat comes in the cases. Want boneless ribeye? You buy a 15 LB/6 kg section that is vacuum packed. But it’s $7.38 /lb instead of $9 at costco or $11 at the grocery store. New york? $4.15 /lb vs $7 and $9 respectively.

Jim Spanfeller > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2019 at 18:57

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Many years ago, my parents bought a big jar of crushed red peppers which was intended for restaurant use. Little did they know that they had just bought a lifetime supply of the stuff. My sister and I have grown up with that jar of peppers. It’s one of the few things that has remained constant throughout the course of our lives, and we still use it all the time. What’s crazy is that in all this time, we’ve used less than a third of the peppers, so m y sister and I sometimes debate over who should eventually inherit the pepper jar.

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/10/2019 at 23:14

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Twice, in college, myself and three buddies bought the 7 lb can of pudding from Sam’s Club. We’re guys in college, we can eat anything, and lots of it. The four of us are going to put this can away in one night.

Both times, we were defeated. We heaped the stuff in to cereal bowls, probably 6-7 snakpak’s worth at a time. None of us ever made it to a fourth bowl.

I should challenge Matt Stonie.

Stef Schrader > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 12/13/2019 at 09:44

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Heh, we bought the trays for that Prius Prime review at a restaurant supply store. We’re not going to steal from Whataburger as Whataburger is a national treasure here, but we did have to get orange ones out of principle. Fun times.

I’m always interested in the giant tubs of mayonnaise, but then I got gifted one and I ultimately donated it to a group that works to feed the homeless and anyone who’s experiencing food insecurity. I love mayonnaise, but there’s no way even I can go through a five gallon tub by myself.