Subj : Grocers was:Vaierty Pack                                 [1]
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Jun 08 2024 13:36:16

Hi Dave,

 RH> The one in the town where I grew up folded in the first decade of this
 RH> millenium. Bought out by Fresh Town, locals thought they upped prices
 RH> but Steve and I found them pretty much in line with what we pay.

 DD> Kroger is still the #1 supermarkt retailer in America, Albertsons is
 DD> in 2nd place. My Hy-Vee comes in at #12 and your Wegman's at #13.

None of the first 3 in our area; Kroger was, but none in the last decade
or so.


 DD> When I was at home (40s & 50s) mustard was yellow (French's). Then I
 DD> was introduced to Mr. Mustard ... claimed to be DiJon style and hard
 DD> to tell from the mustard served in Chinese restaurants. Lit up my
 DD> life, it did.

 RH> My folks bought Mr. Mustard quite often, also Gulden's but don't
 RH> recall them buying French's.

 DD> Gulden's, as I remeber was brown with seeds in it. French's is BRIGHT
 DD> yelloow. In this area it's the default on-the-table mustard in cafe
 DD> and restaurant venues.

Most of the time I've seen French's wherever we go, occaisionally
Gulden's. We do keep the yellow stuff on hand for Steve to coat Boston
butts before adding the spice rub but it's not on our table.

 DD>      8<----- SNIP ----->8

 DD> I buy nearly all of my meat at Humphrey's. Occasionally I'll pick up a
 DD> round of pre-stuffed pork chops at Hy-Vee if the price is attractive.

 RH> We get a fair amount of meat at Wegman's. I don't buy the pre stuffed
 RH> pork chops but will buy pork chops and make my own stuffing mix. Will
 RH> usually put the stuffing (dressing, since it's not stuffed into
 RH> anything) down in a pan, put the pork chops over that and bake. Easier
 RH> than trying to wrestle with putting stuffing into the chops--tried that
 RH> when we were first married but found it easier to do unstuffed chops.

 DD> When I make stuffed chops I do as Humphrey's and Hy-Vee and cut a
 DD> pocket in a thick chop and stuff it (literally) with the mixture.
 DD> Cooking for
 DD> one most of the time it's a genuine P.I.T.A. to stuff a pork chop.
 DD> Bv)=

That's why I do pork chops and stuffing as it's not fun to stuff just 2
chops. (G)

 DD> But Popeyes keeps me afloat.

 RH> We hit them up every so often, there's one in the same plaza as Harbor
 RH> Freight down in Raleigh.

 DD> I buy very little at Harbor Freight as I don't care to support Comrade
 DD> Xi and his dirty commie rats. Sometimes you can't get away from buying
 DD> Chinese made stuff - but I avoid it when/where I can ... even it it is
 DD> a bit more expen$ive.

They have a lot of tools that are a decent price, most of them fairly
sturdy (had some duds over the years). I've bought some of their
organiser boxes for sewing/crafting stuff over the years.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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