In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> I'm so annoyed. The Kroger near me keeps foisting off celery with all
> the leaves cut off. Not just the trimmed "celery hearts" but the regular
> celery stalks too. I asked the produce man (not the manager) what
> happened and he replied that they cut them off cause "no one wants to
> pay for the leaves" or something along that line and some comment
> implying they're useless. What?! I tried to explain to him that
> they're very important, very flavorful and almost a must for my stock.
>
> Is this a new trend? I need to make it a point to speak to the manager
> about this.

Never thought much about it, but now that you mention it. . . .
I don't think I get much in the way of tops until I'm in a layer or so.
Are your stalks bagged or nekkid? If they're bagged, 10:1 they're
coming from the supplier that way.

I gotta pay more attention to that.

(I've got some leaf celery [dried] that's pretty good. It actually has
flavor.)

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