My supermarket experiences in the US

[pregnant wiv baby boy]

On Mar 26, 5:47?pm, The Cook wrote:
Different meaning for different regions of the country. Here a curb
market is a small store to run in and buy a pack of cigarettes, coke,
cup of cooffe,chips, etc. In years past a person would drive up and
the clerk would run out and take your order.

[mand13]

Giusi wrote:




That works, however I have found it easier to first do the slitting
maneuver I describe above, then rinse them when they're still whole,
then slice them.

Steve

[desertflower]

"Christine Dabney" ha scritto nel messaggio
"Giusi"


I spent a lot of time on the West coast when I lived in the US. Part of
what I was doing this year was experiencing what my readers experience.
Real life wherever they are and having to buy and prepare food every day for
a family. Only part of that allows for California.

[mikestheking95]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:09:24 +0100, "Giusi"
wrote:



Ahhh..I see. In NM, it can be a dismal experience as well. Even in
summer. One just doesn't see the bounty of the markets that are there
on the west coast.
At the moment, I am back here in NM. While it is great to be in my
own house with my stuff around me, I really miss the markets back in
CA.
Before I left CA two weeks ago I went to the farmers market and got a
bag of blood oranges and meyer lemons to bring back here with me. I
also got green garlic, that I have never seen here. Before I drove
back here, I also got some stuff from the bay area markets, as I knew
I wouldn't be able to find it back here with the quality and
inexpensiveness I find in CA.

We truly get spoiled on the west coast.

Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

[cold.ghost]

"Giusi" wrote



West coast shopping for all that Christine likes it, isn't significantly
different at all. Been there. 6 years San Diego, 7 years Norfolk.

The prices you listed do not exist that high here. Leeks are .89lb at the
asian grocery, no more than 1.29 at the major markets. Organically grown
asian broccoli (not same critter by the way but the stems taste the same) is
..69lb.

Fact is, no matter where you go, some things will be hard to find and others
are easier. Me, I adapt my eating to whatever wonderful foods are in the
area I am at.

[MA70Supra]

Mark Thorson wrote:

forget


Mark,

Thanks. I stand corrected. I remembered it began with "E".

Best,

Andy

[Apostate]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:10:45 +0100, "Giusi"
wrote:


This is the way all markets here are going. Computer tracking and
abundant research by manufacturers and by the stores themselves enable
them to know exactly what sells. TJs has made the shift over the past
2 years. Their German owners must be doing their homework, eh?

Even King Arthur, whom I always used to regard as a source of only
primary ingredients, certainly retains some of that within their
business model, but mixes and additives are fast taking over their
catalog.


Recently we have seen soaring vegetable prices due to a freeze in
Mexico.

http://globalfreeze.wordpress.com/20...ices-increase/


BUT, leeks have never been cheap, at least here in the NE. One cannot
even be guaranteed to find them at all or in decent shape, if needed.
I grow mine, but they obviously are not at the ready year-round.

snip

The Pecorino and Romano selections change during the year and come
from different suppliers. Additionally, the supplies vary by US
region. They recently had some sort of traveling cheese show come
through, where the supplier set up special in-store tastings. My
Costco had theirs about 6 weeks ago and I was unimpressed. The usual
Costco cheese stock, though, can be absolutely different from such
"special" offerings. They do this show business with fudge and
cheescakes, too, and one or two other items, as I recall.

(about Wegmans...)

Alas, I will not buy any fish from a regular grocery store. Just my
own hang-up. Surprisingly, I have had the bet luck with frozen fish
from Trader Joe's Go figure. For years they carried the most flavorful
and delicate Dover sole I had ever eaten. We had it once a week, at
least. Lately it has disappeared. I am sad.


Almost all of what Wegman's offers up from the bakery is from mixes,
partially made or frozen. TH's company did a lot of work at a company
that supplied much of this.
I use markets for fun and frolic. Large chain groceries are used for
fat milk runs, or to pick up some basics when we run out, or to catch
some fabulous special. I get my meats at Costco or a specialty
butcher, although one local grocery has some nice things once in
awhile (only place I can get veal breast for stuffing and roasting).

Paper goods are from Costco, as is laundry soap, most fruits and
berries and bananas. Even I, who prefer to buy in bulk, cannot use up
5lbs of organic baby carrots, though, nor 20 lbs of potatoes.

We are blessed with many small ethnic markets here in NJ...Italian,
Asian, Middle Eastern, Indian, Caribbean. I do a lot of my shopping
there. These places stock their shelves with what the "natives" want,
not for an American, speed demon, get-the-food-on-the-table so we can
get Michael to soccer, Brittany to the tutor, and still make the PTA
meeting and catch up on office emails market.

Times change. Slow food is just not the norm here (except in my house,
where time stands still). Somebody is out there buying all those
Pringles.

Boron

[PeterbiltDave]

Andy wrote:

EDTA is a chelate and a solid. Ethylene is the fruit
ripening hormone, and it is a gas. It's also flammable.

[ing.matt]

"Steve Pope" ha scritto nel messaggio >


I'm the leek queen here. I've happily wrestled with them in a load of ways
and have a pasta of toasted leeks and Pecorino that is a winner as well as a
"souffl?" or sformato of leeks that I love. They inject a lot of umami into
a dish and onions are just not the same.

[mylifesucksmorethanyours]

"Christine Dabney" wrote


Actually more likely you get spoiled in a big city ;-)