Want to buy fresh vegetables from the produce section

>Want to buy fresh vegetables from the produce section
>Have no idea how
>Look up "how to buy produce"
>Nothing but middle aged female bloggers with hot tips on how to save 3 pennies when buying broccoli

I'm autistic, I need help with the actual purchasing process goddamn it

Do I weigh them? There's a bag station but it's further away, should I still use it for what I want? Do I just toss the vegetables in the bag and the cashier handles it? Why can't they just pre-bag this shit?

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This isn't even autism, this is you actually having an IQ below 80.

yeah the cashier usually handles it. the scales are just for people on a very tight budget because most produce is sold by weight. just put each type of produce in a different bag and your good to go

I have a master's in chemistry I'm just a retard sometimes

>STEM major
Small wonder that you can't figure out the simplest of everyday situations.

Pls no bully

Has nothing to do with IQ, dude has no life experience, which is very much relating to autism.

If you start singing, "Puff the Magic Dragon" someone will show up almost immediately to assist you.

OP, this is your answer.

The cashier will weigh each bag and charge accordingly.

If you're buying many small items (e.g. cherries, brussell sprouts), fill a bag with however many you want. If you're buying a smaller number of items (e.g. two onions/sweet potatoes/peaches, one leek, a single lime), it's fine to just put it in your basket. It's all rung up at the end, though you can use the scales if you'd like to check quantities.

You put it in a bag, each type in a different bag, then when you cash out, the cashier weighs it. Just make sure you know how to tell if it's good and fresh stuff or you will have shitty vegetables/fruits because supermarkets aren't the greatest place all the time at keeping it fresh. At least mine aren't. Also if they have self checkout, do the same and just pick what it is and it weighs it at the cash out for you and adds the price.

friendly reminder that bananas don't need to be in a bag.

>self checkout
it's probably a good idea for a total novice to watch and learn from a checkout chick first. then can advance on to the self checkout and process apples as oranges for maximum savings, if you know what i mean.

Yeah but I didn't want to go that far with it yet because he seems pretty sperg and would turn himself in after doing so or something or just start sweating awful and freaking out and label his apples as ribeye by accident

Carefuly scrutinise each piece of vegetable or fruit that you are buy for imperfections or bruises and give them a lil sniff at the stem or part at which it would have attach to tree to see if it smells is good. Also give it a press for to feel firmness.

like picking out a woman to take home, don't pick out your veggies while drunk.

Pick your fruit/veg.
Get a bag.
Put the fruit/veg in the bag.
Weigh the fruit/veg on the weighstation, if you want. It's not necessary. This is just to give you an idea of how much it might cost you at the til.
Repeat the process for each additional fruit/veg you'd like, only one specific kind to a bag.

Protip: you shouldn't put gala apples, fiji apples and red delicious apples all in the same bag because while they're the same fruit they're not the same specific kind of that fruit. Gala apples in one bag. Fiji apples in another bag. Red delicious apples in a third bag.
And the same will hold true for different specific sorts of beets, turnips, celery etc if your supermarket is a good one and carries several varieties of the same veg.

Now, to pick a good fruit/veg will vary from species to species but, generally speaking, you'll want something that seems heavy for its size and which has few-to-no blemishes and soft spots. Bumps are usually fine. Blemishes generally aren't. Soft spots almost never are.

Hope this helps, my autistic amigo.

You can get the cashier to weigh it, weigh it at the self checkout or use one of those scales that print out a price tag.

>Eating a peel that touched that filthy conveyor belt

No thank you!

>eating a peel
No.

Red, orange, yellow bells, all come up as green on my self-checkouts 9__9

1) since when do people eat banana peels?
2) the belt is probably much cleaner than your hands.

I'm not as bad as OP since I can buy vegetables, which frankly is hard to imagine anyone having a problem with. But I still haven't conquered the butcher counter yet.

I wear gloves, so I don't think so, Tim.

huh?

>But I still haven't conquered the butcher counter yet.

That's also hard to imagine anyone having trouble with. You point and tell them what you want. If you don't see what you want, you ask for it. They tell you if they have it or not. What's hard about that?

>huh?
You don't actually eat banana peels do you?

Yes, they are great sources of fiber, you have to let them brown a bit though.

Some literature to help you, flyover-san.

livestrong.com/article/457082-what-are-the-benefits-of-eating-banana-peels/

Your not supposed to respond to "huh?". It's a shitty meme response.

It's like a buffet. You pay the greeter a flat fee (usually $10) and you can have all the raw vegetables you can eat. Watch out: they get you by charging for drinks.

huh?

>Your not
>Your

>What's hard about that?
Having to talk to them, having to guess how many pounds I want. Also as soon as I walk up to the display, they immediately ask what I want long before I've had a chance to look what there is first. It would be easier if I could just take what I want myself.

>If you don't see what you want, you ask for it.
I really know very little about different cuts of meats, so this is another problem.

>I'm autistic
ok, at least this is out in the open instead of wanking around about it. normally i'd just post an autism pic and hide this post, but since you actually have this disease (assuming you aren't trolling, 6/10 if this is a troll post) and need help here goes.

most supermarkets have varying ways they sell stuff. some by weight, some by a bunch/bundle/container of whatever it's in. i'm gonna make a safe assumption here and guess you're foreveralone, so you're shopping for one. in general, buy a small amount of whatever you're getting. one or two onions. two or three bananas. one or two tomatoes. one or two peppers. a 1-lb bag of carrots. a couple oranges and apples. unless you're using them in every single meal, this will allow you to use it all before it goes bad.

unless you want to know how much you're buying, you do not need to weigh them. the cashier weighs it.

if it's food with a heavy peel that you're not supposed to eat, you generally don't need to bag it. bagging is for things like tomatoes and cherries where you want to keep them relatively safe from cross-contamination. or for things like onions and garlic that shed.

>Why can't they just pre-bag this shit?
because not everyone wants to buy the same amount. you want to buy one. or maybe even one-half. someone else wants to buy three. putting a bag on each one is wasteful.

>having to guess how many pounds I want.

You don't have to guess. I would assume you know in advance based on your recipe. If you don't know based on your recipe then just ask them. That's what they're there for. They do that every day.
>hi, I need a pork loin roast. I'm cooking for 6 people. How large would you suggest?

>immedietely ask what you want
So what? Just say "I'm just looking right now". Or "I'm still deciding".

>>know very little about different cuts of meat
So ask them. That's what they are there for.
>I want to make beef stew but I'm not sure what cut is best. What would you suggest?"

>Having to talk to them
wew lad.
>having to guess how many pounds I want.
i'm gonna make the same guess i made about OP and assume you're forever alone and shopping for one. here's a few tips. a half pound of meat will make roughly 3 decent, average sized sandwiches. assuming a sandwich every other day or so, you don't want to get more than that at a time, or it will go bad before you can eat it. i generally only want one slice of cheese on my sandwiches, so i simply ask for 3 slices of [insert your preferred cheese here]. it'll be something tiny, like 0.15 of a pound. great, save a buck.
>Also as soon as I walk up to the display, they immediately ask what I want long before I've had a chance to look what there is first.
yea brah, that's called customer service. you are perfectly allowed to say "still looking" and stare at the case/signs.
>I really know very little about different cuts of meats
guess. take a chance. if you like it, buy it again. if you don't then don't buy it again. you're spending at most 5 bucks at a time, so whatever, a few dollars wasted and you'll find new things you never knew you liked. grats.

>he thinks the butcher's is the same thing as dr fothergill's allotment
Do you even /have/ butchers in the US? You just buy frozen "meat" from Wall Mart.

>Do you even /have/ butchers in the US?

Sure. There are private butcher shops, and nearly all supermarkets have a butcher counter.

>>You just buy frozen "meat" from Wall Mart.
I'm sure some people do that. I don't, because Wal mart is a shithole.

Well, user wasn't talking about ordering cheese and things from Dr. Fothergill's allotment. He was talking about getting meat from the butcher's.

>based on your recipe
I don't really go shopping with recipes in mind. Usually I just do a big generalized grocery trip once every 2-3 weeks and get a wide enough variety of stuff so I can decide later on what I want to make on a daily basis. I do see your point, though.
>So ask them. That's what they are there for.
This would work in theory, but I'm really not good at talking with people.

>say "still looking" and stare at the case/signs
I will look like a pissed off turbo-autist if I do that.

>dr fothergill's allotment
I don't get the reference.


Well guys, I do appreciate the advice. I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually.

When they ask what kind of peppers or mushrooms or anything is because cashiers are stupid and don't know what a fucking habanero looks like, tell them the plu # is 4011. This rings them up as bananas which is the cheapest produce by weight. Or if they have self checkout just ring up everything under 4011.

Fellow aspie here.
I just wanted to thank everyone who was kind and actually answered OP's questions.

I'm still trying to figure out how to make a Dr's appointment (haven't been to one in about 10 years), and I'm just too afraid to ask anyone.

Have you ever ordered a steak or a hamburger at a restaurant? Do you remember how many ounces it was? Just convert ounces to pounds and you'll know how much meat you need. I'm a complete sperg and I managed to figure out what size rib roast I needed for 4-5 people just talking to the butcher.

I still have trouble telling how ripe I should get produce though. My family gets all their fruit stone hard and leaves it in the fridge for a month which has to be the most unpleasant way of eating fruit.

He said butcher, not deli. Faggot

>keeping fruit in the fridge

What insurance do you have? Call the appointment number and the assistant will ask some questions to set you up with the right doctor, or you can ask them to help you pick a GP. Once you have a GP you can ask for appointments online/through the app usually.

>doesn't know what dr. fothergill's allotment is
It's what Bongs call the deli.

>I'm still trying to figure out how to make a Dr's appointment

Seriously? Call the doctor on the phone. A receptionist or secretary will answer. Tell them you want to set up an appointment. They'll ask when you're free and will give you a list of options. Then you pick one. Simple as that.

Not if he's in USica and/or doesn't wanna pay outta pocket. Different insurances use different procedures for making appointments.
Mine, for example, I can see any specialist I want at any time without a referral, but I have to make appointments at a particular lab to get blood work done, which makes no fucking sense to me. Why that one lab? Why not the hospital lab? It's goddamn weird is what it is.
With other insurances, labs are walk-in anywhere that accepts your insurance, no appointment needed. All you have to do is have the orders with you so they know which tests to run. However, you'll need referrals from your PCP/GP to see an allergist, rheumatologist or nephrologist.
Yet others, you need to have your PCP/GP's name on your insurance card as well as your eye-doctor and dentist and can't see any others without paying out of pocket, so if you want to see a different doctor from those three, you have to call your insurance up to change the information on your account to reflect the change in care. Specialists typically need referrals and labs need appointments, but for people who don't get lots of blood work done and/or don't see doctors often, this is the cheapest option.

The system here is very, very odd.

Same here. But one time my local supermarket had a huge stockpile of red ones and they were selling for about a quarter of the price of the green ones so I grabbed about a dozen of them because they were so cheap. Then I finished the rest of my shop and got the checkout and automatically processed them as greens out of habit and then walked out of the store realising the monumantal fuck up that I just did.
What goes around comes around, I guess. I pretty much just paid for every one that I 'stole' in the past. :(

>Why don;t they just prebag this shit

Most veggies and fruits have prebagged options. But you pay extra for the worst passable specimens on the conveyor belt in the factory.

Producefag here OP, got a few tips for you if you feel inexperienced buying fruit/veggies

1. The scales in the produce area are purely for you to weigh loose stuff that isn't pre-packaged or has a barcode. Registers all have scales built into them, forget self-serve if you're a noob at buying loose produce.

2. generally go for loose produce (i.e don't buy a packed kilo of apples when you can grab a kilo loose because if you get a shitty apple in the package, you won't find it until it's too late and fucks up all the good produce quicker.
2. Avoid organic produce, it's the same shit but more expensive due to its meme status
3. Always look for clearance/reduced to clear sales. basically where I work we take all the shitty produce that can still be sold and used within 1-2 days, always a good way to get exposed to different vegetables but not ideal for long-term storage
4. Please for the love of fuck try to get enough produce to last 3-5 days don't hoard shit for weeks thinking it will be fine (with the exception of stuff like apples, potatoes, citrus, nuts etc...)
5. Don't feel like a complete idiot if you don't know something about produce, ask someone working in produce and learn stuff like how to pick a good avocado. They should know if they aren't basic bitches.
6. Always wash your vegetables (except mushrooms and also stick your mushrooms in a paper bag always, shit gets slimy if moisture gets trapped in a plastic bag

Believe me i prefer having people ask me stuff they don't know rather than idiots who assume shit based on their shitty opinion.

It all depends on which vegetables you want to get. When my parents immigrated from Israel they were dumbfounded that in America "fresh" meant "not frozen" and the produce is about a million years old. There are different things to look for in each kind of produce to see if it's still good or not, but in general check to see if there's wax on it, if it's wilting, if it has any kind of bruises on it. Pick up the produce and look at it from all angles; smell it to see if it smells okay; if it's fruit gently press on it to see if it gives (really important with avocado). If it's watermelon, hold your ear to it and give it a thump with your thumb - it should sound hollow and have a nice ring to it. Getting produce from the grocery store is pretty fraught with peril actually because the veg and fruit can be treated with all sorts of chemicals and pesticides before and after it reaches the store, so I'd go for only organic. Good tier is always the farmer's market, better tier is roadside stands, and best tier is growing your own or getting it from a neighbor. For everyday purposes if you have a roadside stand raid the shit out of it (if they aren't too slap-happy with pesticides). They're awesome.