On Dec 15, 4:01�pm, (Little Malice) wrote:
> One time on Usenet, Sheldon > said:
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> > On Dec 15, 2:53=EF=BF=BDpm, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> > > On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:56:36 -0800 (PST), Sheldon >
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> > > >Cindy Fuller wrote:
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> > > >> 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.
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> > > >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>
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> > > >WTF are you going to do with shallots on your P&J budget.
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> > > 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.
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> > 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...

I don't see how Spam is any worse than hot dogs, in fact it's better
quality meat than most if not all hot dogs. People eat franks and
beans, I like Spam and beans... hot dogs repeat on me, Spam doesn't

Sheldon