Subj : Vaierty Pack was: Mayo wa [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Jun 06 2024 11:55:56
Hi Dave,
RH> My mom always used the Ann Page salad dressing, cheaper than mayo.
DD> Godfrey Daniel! How long has it been since the Great Atlanic & Pacific
DD> Tea Company took the gas pipe? Our last remaining example shuttered
DD> its windows in '81 as the company shrank back to the Northeast
The one in the town where I grew up folded in the first decade of this
millenium. Bought out by Fresh Town, locals thought they upped prices
but Steve and I found them pretty much in line with what we pay.
DD> I grew out of that phase and discovered other condiments that I like
DD> better for enhancing boring food. Like Woerber's Horseradish Sauce.
DD> Or Heinz Spicy ketchup (made w/Tabasco)
RH> I grew up with spicy brown mustard, with or without horseradish. Steve
RH> grew up with yellow mustard; when we got married, he converted to spicy
RH> brown so we weren't buying 2.
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.
My folks bought Mr. Mustard quite often, also Goulden's but don't recall
them buying French's.
DD> Only place in town I've found Duke's is at Sav-A-Lot (a "budget"
DD> grover) I did see that Taste of Home did a comparo of various
DD> store0bougt mayos and Duke's was the winner. Hellmans/Best Foods was
DD> second and Kraft was far down the list.
RH> Duke's usually does come out on top. I missed it when we were stationed
RH> outside of the deep south, had to make do with others that generally
RH> weren't as good. I've been in a Sav-A-Lot a couple of times and been
RH> less than impressed. Bought a bag of chicken leg quarters one of the
RH> times, most of the quarters were broken at the joint, had the tip of
RH> the drumstick missing or other issues. Don't recall what else we got
RH> there but it wasn't the quality of main line grocery stores.
DD> That's down to the operator of the Sav-A-Lotd in your area. The
RH> This was up near Nancy's camp on Boyd Pond. I don't think there are any
RH> Sav-A-Lots around here. I was in one in FL with my MIL years ago and
RH> saw nothing that I'd want to buy.
DD> As with any market I'm careful (mostly) with what I buy WRT both price
DD> and quality. The only meat I buy at Sav-A-Lot is prepackaged smoked
DD> sasusage or lunch meat things. Or their bacon ends 'n' pieces - which
DD> are great for applications where the bacon is going to be shopped and
DD> used as flavorant or texture. Regular strip bacon I still buy at GFS -
DD> where they just finished a Memorial Day sale w/3 lb packages of either
DD> regular or thick-sliced for U$9.95. I'm now well stocked.
RH> I know, I don't buy meat at a number of grocey stores, except maybe
RH> lunch meat. Even then, it's usually bought at Wegman's.
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.
We get a fair amount of meat at Wegman's. I don't buy the pre stuffed
pork chops but will buy pork chops and make my own stuffing mix. Will
usually put the stuffing (dressing, since it's not stuffed into
anything) down in a pan, put the pork chops over that and bake. Easier
than trying to wrestle with putting stuffing into the chops--tried that
when we were first married but found it easier to do unstuffed chops.
DD> It may depend on which commisary the franchisee uses for items like
DD> that. We've only got one KFC store left here (down from 4). I only go
DD> there for the lunch AYCE buffet with friends - never at my suggestion.
RH> We've not gone to KFC in years, tho there's at least one in WF.
DD> My favourite fats food chicken used to be Brown's, a Chicago-based
DD> chain. They, at one time, had five stores in my town (Springfield, IL)
DD> which
DD> did very good volume. Then in the early 90s came the "Brown's Chicken
DD> Massacre" near Chicago and overall sales dropped by almost half. Soon
DD> the chain contracted to just the Chicago area. I still miss them.
DD> But Popeyes keeps me afloat.
We hit them up every so often, there's one in the same plaza as Harbor
Freight down in Raleigh.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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