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.

Good lord! I feel for you and agree. I freeze celery tops for stock. In
fact, about 1 hour ago, I stringed and topped an entire head of celery
to make celery sticks for lunches at work.

I froze all the tops, bottoms and strings!

I'd throw a fit and tell the manager that not everyone is ignorant.

There will always be leaves in the center of the celery head, no matter
how much they cut off unless they want to waste 2/3'ds of the head???
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