One time on Usenet, Sheldon > said:
> On Dec 15, 2:53=EF=BF=BDpm, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> > On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:56:36 -0800 (PST), Sheldon >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Cindy Fuller wrote:
> >
> > >> I have found great bargains on produce at Asian groceries. ?
> > >> I can get a bag of shallots for what it cost to get two or three at a
> > >> supermarket.
> >
> > >That's too funny... people on a $5/day food budget don't buy
> > >shallots... whatsamatter, Ms Champagne Taste, ordinary onions ain't
> > >good enough for your beer pocketbook... well la dee dah, may as well
> > >pick up a little basket of mushyrooms to go with those shallots,
> > >there's goes nearly your entire $5/day budget and you didn't eat yet.
> > ><G>
> >
> > >WTF are you going to do with shallots on your P&J budget.
> >
> > PB&J w/shallot sandwiches are quite good. =EF=BF=BDHaven't you ever had th=
> em?
> > Probably about as good as those 36 cans of spam you eat per year.
>
> Nope, my Spam is better... it's what I had for dinner last night, a
> can of beans in chili sauce (store brand-79cts) with a can of diced
> Spam, nuked... washed down with ruby port spritzer. And anyway I'm
> not on any budget but sometimes I eat inexpensively, not planned that
> way but turns out that way because it's what I want.

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I like Spam. It hasn't changed since I was a kid and Mom would fry
some up for breakfast. It's certainly no worse than the ever-popular
Scrapple...

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Jani in WA