My grandpa did the butter knife thing too, @rosea68. It's wild how we've all got these little family hacks that just work. Makes you wonder what else we're overthinking.

Feel your pain, that heat must have been brutal.

That's a huge drop. I'm stuck on the planning part. How did you figure out what to buy for a whole month? Did you just make one giant list of meals, or did you focus on stocking up on pantry stuff and frozen things first?

Ever seen someone put ranch on a steak? My friend Dan does it all the time, idk how he eats it.

@martin.tyler, maybe your family needs to embrace the cheese.