Subj : Chicken Salad [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Jun 18 2023 20:27:28
Hi Dave,
DD> I've got a celery heart in my cart for a grocery pick-up later today
DD> at Hy-Vee. There is tuna salad in my near future Bv)=
RH> We did some grocery shopping a couple of days ago; a bag of (2) hearts
RH> caame home with us. The remains of the chicken will be made into salad
RH> and stock, with celery going into the salad. Also picked up a couple of
RH> kimmelweck rolls and some sliced roast beef for an easy do supper (beef
RH> on 'weck) with a bit of kale crunch salad.
DD> I have trouble using up a single heart before it gets so limber it's
DD> only goot for soup.
We use it for various things, sometimes just cutting it into "sticks" to
go with a sandwich for lunch. It's also good, diced, with some onion,
and added to herb bread for stuffing & broth for a quick stove top side
to stretch out a supper meal.
DD> 8<----- TRIM ----->B
RH> Steve likes bleu cheese dressing but I don't. I'll eat small quantities
RH> of it but for salad dressing, I'd rather have 1,000 Island.
DD> I like Thousand on a salad sometimes. But I like it better if there is
DD> some Gorgonzola I can shred over it. Gorgonzola is an Italian
DD> blue-vein cheese - similar to Stilton or Roquefort in taste.
Something I'd go for in small quantities.
RH> We've got several chain stores in/around Wake Forest. When we came,
RH> Lowe's was building their second store in town, also had Harris Teeter
RH> and Food Lion. Latter moved outside of town several years ago--nicer
RH> building but further away from us. Aldi and Lidl built in the last few
RH> years, W-M and Target also have good sized grocery sections. Publix
RH> came in 2016 and was our main store until a couple of years ago.
RH> Wegman's opened up a couple of years ago, basically around the corner
RH> from us so it's our "go to" for 99.5% of our grocery shopping now. We
RH> also still frequent the weekly farmer's market--need to make my list
RH> for that when I finish Fido.
DD> My local Target has a grocery section, canned/boxed staples only. And
DD> they redesigned their store so there is only one entrance/exit which
DD> is about as far away from the stuff they carry which I might be
DD> interested in. So they've lost my business altogether.
I can see why. Our Target has 2 entrance/exits but we usually don't go
there. Other stores usually carry all we need; we do go to Target now
and again for non grocery items tho.
DD> Wally-World groceries are a RIP-OFF. Especially the "fresh" meat - all
DD> of which has "up to 15% flavor enhancing solution added". I will be
DD> forever damned (as in condemned to the pit) if I'll pay meat prices
DD> for salt water.
I don't get meat or produce at W-M; usually get toiletries, some
foodstuffs (not their house brand canned goods), automotive/camper
needs, etc.
DD> I've told the story here before about the time I challenged by sister-
DD> in-law's daughter to make a list of 10 things she buys at WalMart and
DD> we'll both go, she to W-M and me to my usuals, and fill the list then
DD> compare receipts. I got everything on her list, Wally's was out of 3
DD> items on that list and I still spent less money than she did. But, did
DD> that wean here away from being a Wal-Martian? Not on yur nellie.
Wegman's is our go to for just about all foodstuffs. Did get some
produce (beets, strawberries, onions, greens) and some baked goods
(cinnamon rolls, slice each of apple & black cherry pies, coconut cake
slice) at the farmer's market yesterday.
RH> .... it's busy all the time as it's near two senior high-rise DD>
RH> apartment buildings and much "affordable" DD> housing. And on two DD>
RH> different bus routes.
RH> Good for them for meeting a need!
DD> And turning a tidy profit whilst they're at it.
RH> Gotta make a living somehow. (G)
DD> They do quite well and they are employee owned and have a management
DD> team that has its finger on the pulse of the times. They've jsut added
DD> an "up-market" stupormarkup on the south-west corner of Spring-A-Leak
DD> (out where the $$$$ lives) and it's doing wuite well.
DD>
https://www.goharvestmarket.com/locations/springfield-il/ and take a
DD> look at their specials. The prices are not out of line with the rest
DD> of my near-bys. But, like the C-F-A they're about as far from me as
DD> they can get and still be in town. Bv)= They put me in mind of the
DD> Wegman's "super" stores, w/mezzanine dining and live music sometimes.
We don't have the mezzanine dining and live music at our Wegman's, just
a lot of good foods. (G)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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