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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Daniel Neman

Daniel Neman: Aw, nuts! Expired grocery purchases signal bigger problem

Is it starting to feel to you like we as a society are starting to lose all control? As if we are spinning in ever-widening circles, like a falcon that can’t hear its falconer. As if everything is falling apart?

I am speaking, of course, about nuts. Well, nuts and crackers. But also about what nuts and crackers portend as part of the bigger picture.

I recently had the occasion to make some cookies with macadamia nuts (and chunks of white chocolate — I know, right?). I bought three small bags of macadamias, a cup and a half of the sweet, deliciously fatty nuts. It cost me almost 10 bucks.

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