[Magdalen] Groceries?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Aaaannnd, cue Danny Kaye!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEwdroXuL8A

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:03 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Long ago when I lived in Copenhagen there was just one supermarket and it
> was state-owned.
> It was located in the central train station, so shopping on the
> homeward-bound leg was a snap.
>
> All neighborhoods had their own little markets, a bakery, a patisserie, a
> charcuterie, etc.
>
> I am actually old enough to remember the first supermarket in my home town.
> Supermarkets are a fairly new phenomenon, and very American. My mother
> didn't trust them at all.
> -M
>
> On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In the 1990s during visits to friends in Manhattan, it seemed
> > groceries were bought mainly from small independent shops in the
> > neighborhood at quite a price premium. If you're throwing a dinner
> > party, you'd have to visit a butcher shop or fishmonger, plus a
> > produce stand, which might sell bread as well, etc.
> >
> >
>