Subj : Done Right
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Sep 08 2025 12:28 pm
Hi Dave,
RH> This past spring I had to go to several grocery stores before I finally
RH> got some at Food Lion. Wegman's had it a few weeks later. I made a
RH> rhubarb and cherry pie filling pie, couldn't really taste the rhubarb
RH> tho. The sweetness of the pie filling overpowered the sour of the
RH> rhubarb.
DD> Which highlights my problem with strawberries mixed into my pie. I
DD> like both. But, separately.
I like them both together and separatly.
DD> 8<----- SNIP ----->8
DD> Hy-Vee's curbside pick-up has caused 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.
RH> I've shopped at Fresh Market a number of times, Savannah was our first
RH> encounter with it. I was glad to see them in Raleigh and Chapel
RH> Hill--when we first moved here, I had several medical appointments in
RH> CH, on the UNC campus. The Fresh Market was just off campus so we
RH> stopped there from time to time on our way home.
DD> I've not experienced Fresh Market as all of their Illinois locations
DD> are in Cook County (Chicago area) Wegmans I've done several times
DD> whilst attending echo picnics in New York and Marylan - and was
DD> suitably impressed. My Hy-Vee is a good comparator to Weggies.
When we've visited our older daughter in Utah, we've shopped at
Harmon's. It's not quite on the same level as Whole Foods, Wegman's, or
Fresh Market but almost. Harris Teeter also has some stores that are
almost as top tier. With as much moving and travel as we've done, we've
come across a wide variety of grocery stores, some we'd never shop at if
we lived in the area, others would become fast favorites.
DD> These are pretty ambitious and I may neve make them. But I can
drool DD> as I read the recipe - and would happily gobble down one if
offered.
We keep breakfast fairly simple 99.99% of the time. Easier to get up and
going after a light meal with not much clean up than something that'll
take halfway to lunch time to clean up from. Since we're basically
retired, we usually have breakfast around 9 am and then lunch around 1
pm. Lunch is usually low fuss and then supper will vary from left overs
to all out gourmet.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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