Subj : Done Right
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Sep 06 2025 12:26 pm
Hi Dave,
RH> I like rhubarb both with and without strawberries. Just depends on if
RH> the berries are available or not as to which way I'll get it. They're
RH> usually available around the same time in the spring here, tho finding
RH> the rhubarb can be a bit of a challenge sometimes.
DD> Rhubarb is pretty easy to find around here except in winter when it is
DD> dormant. It's easy to grow and does not take much tending. Suttil's
DD> Garden has it fresh cut as well as several of the grocery stores. I'll
DD> be able (or should be able) to harvest it in my own yard next year.
This past spring I had to go to several grocery stores before I finally
got some at Food Lion. Wegman's had it a few weeks later. I made a
rhubarb and cherry pie filling pie, couldn't really taste the rhubarb
tho. The sweetness of the pie filling overpowered the sour of the
rhubarb.
DD> 8<----- SNIP ----->8
DD> I avoided the Labor Day shoppers by ordering my groceries on-line and
DD> picking them up at Hy-Vee. With my "Perks+" membership I can do either
DD> pick-up or delvery if I order more than U$25 worth. And given today's
DD> $$$ getting to U$25 is very easy. I only order staples this way.
DD> Non-packaged meat and fresh produce I select in person. Bv)=
RH> I'm still doing all my shopping in person. We were down in Raleigh,
RH> near the Costco so decided to pick up a few things. And, since it was
RH> lunch time..................(G)
DD> Hy-Vee's curbside pick-up has cause all of the supermarkets to offer
DD> some form of "curbside" pickup or delivery. As they say "A rising tide
DD> lifts all boats". But things like that and their outstanding produce
DD> and service meat departments as well as the in-store bakery have made
DD> them the #1 grocery store in America in USA Today's poll. #2 was Fresh
DD> Market and #3 was Wegman's.
I've shopped at Fresh Market a number of times, Savannah was our first
encounter with it. I was glad to see them in Raleigh and Chapel
Hill--when we first moved here, I had several medical appointments in
CH, on the UNC campus. The Fresh Market was just off campus so we
stopped there from time to time on our way home.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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