[Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart

[Marion Thompson]

I have never shopped at Costco because if I see it I want it and am 
susceptible to 'gigantism'. I can't stop buying for many while I am now 
only one.   I just checked the peanut butter in the fridge.  It has the 
date opened on the lid of 10 Nov 2012 -- oh my.  It looks good as new; 
its main use has been baiting the mouse traps, because Jim's daughter 
doesn't come here anymore.   Clearly I don't eat enough of it to be part 
of this conversation, but if I do in a bacon sandwich it's a treat and I 
don't care about the sugar and palm oil..

Further to the food conversation, I went to my local supermarket for 
their deluxe house label English Bangers to take to a neighbour's Pub 
Night on Friday.  Wha-a-at?  Where did the original version go? Now they 
are ALL _Gluten-Free_!!  How the heck can a decent banger be made 
without crumbs?   In England, we used to love Wall's sausages which 
contained tons of bread crumbs and fat and were juicy and yummy.  I'm 
afraid food fashion has passed them by in favour of the  all-meat type.  
:-(((

However, to redeem myself a bit, I do buy organic milk from _grass-fed_ 
cows and organic free-range eggs and organic meat from pampered, 
properly-raised animals (when I buy meat or poultry at all).

Marion, a pilgrim
On 2/4/2015 2:58 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> We don't buy Kraft/Jif/Peter Pan etc. because of a) sugar and b) palm oil.
> Yes, you read that right. Look at the labels. We buy the other kind at
> Costco, old-fashioned in a jar. The trick is to store it *upside down*
> before opening it, then stir it and keep it in the fridge. The stuff Lynn
> gets fresh -- ground doesn't separate at all and is yummy. We got some almond
> butter in Florida and brought it back with us, checked in a bag and
> double-ziplock bagged.
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The oil would rarely rise to the top these days -- emulsifiers do the
>> trick!  Yum!
>>
>> Marion,  a pilgrim
>>
>> On 2/4/2015 2:18 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>>
>>> I never liked what my dad called 'old fashioned' PB... it was in a jar
>>> and from sitting in store had 1/2 " of oil on it which had to be stirred in
>>> every time....
>>>
>>> Mine is thick but very little oil rises to the top when sitting... trace
>>> amounts.
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>>>
>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>>
>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>>> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 1:04 PM
>>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart
>>>
>>>   I really dislike fresh-ground peanut butter.  Give me good ol' Kraft  --
>>>> additives and all.
>>>>
>>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>>
>>>> On 2/4/2015 11:41 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I buy selectively at Trader Joes.. their nuts and dried fruit can be a
>>>>> good value. Also their quinoa seems to be less expensive (at least last
>>>>> time I purchased) than anywhere else.  There are finally 3 in our greater
>>>>> metro area, none of which are close to me (20+ miles) but I'm usually out
>>>>> and about enough I fit trips in my erratic routine.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Kroger store near me has organic peanuts in a grind-it-yourself set
>>>>> up for peanut butter. Grind into containers provided, weigh and print
>>>>> label. It is very good and very inexpensive, IMO. And.... no additives at
>>>>> all.
>>>>>
>>>>> In some ways I'm spoiled/fortunate that I can shop at maybe 8 different
>>>>> stores (not Joes) within less than 10 minutes from my house, so I do
>>>>> selectively buy 'deals' wherever they are (checking circulars, not hitting
>>>>> all the stores : ). I also have a small freezer so I take advantage of that
>>>>> and try not to let it 'get away from me'...
>>>>>
>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>
>>>>> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>>>>
>>>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>>>>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>>>>> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>> From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 10:24 AM
>>>>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart
>>>>>
>>>>>   But Trader Joe's is also very high-end! I went to the new one here a
>>>>>> couple of weeks ago just to see what all the buzz was about and decided I
>>>>>> probably won't go back. I did buy some peanut butter made with nothing but
>>>>>> peanuts and told my daughter about it.
>>>>>> I guess Harris-Teeter is about as high-end as I'm willing to go. For
>>>>>> every day, I'm a regular Food Lion customer. Ours has very good produce and
>>>>>> a small, but good, natural and organic section.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   On Feb 4, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> It is always a Good Thing to drive past Whole Paycheck. I used to do
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> every week on my way to Trader Joe's when I lived in Richmond ;->
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:27 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Haven't found one. Maybe up near Jacksonville (but that would
>>>>>>>> mean driving past Whole Foods).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Several small farms on the Massachusetts/New Hampshire line
>>>>>>>> have been saved by Asian immigration. Instead of struggling to
>>>>>>>> compete with onions and corn brought in from Pennsylvania
>>>>>>>> and Florida, they now thrive growing bok choy and daikon and
>>>>>>>> gorgeous crisp fresh green vegetable.
>>>>>>>> -M
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No Asian grocery? Seems like there was an influx of Asian
>>>>>>>>> fisherman/shrimpers in the 1979s, but maybe they didn't make it past
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Texas
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> and Louisiana. We have a very strange grocery here, run by some Thai
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> folks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>