In article >,
PeterLucas > wrote:

> Sky > wrote in news:496AD8CC.2664
> @NOsbcglobal.SnPeAtM:
>
> > Mark Thorson wrote:
> >>
> >> Banned for life from popular Berkeley market
> >> for taking samples. And he deserves it!
> >>
> >> http://cbs5.com/local/berkeley.bowl.ban.2.823933.html
> >>
> >> I don't know about the guy using "too much"
> >> cream and sugar in his coffee. Did it exceed
> >> the volume of the coffee? Was he feeding his
> >> family off this stuff? That would be an abuse.
> >> I remember hearing stories about during WW2
> >> people would abuse sugar offered at restaurants
> >> and diners because it was rationed.
> >
> > I wonder what sort of response would've been given had the 'customer'
> > asked the 'vendor' for a sample taste? I so dislike it when I buy
> > something, examples = sunflower seeds and pistachio nuts, on to
> discover
> > they are stale & rancid after I've bought them then brought them home!
> >
> > Sky
> >
>
>
> *Every* time, no exception, that I go to buy prawns, I ask for a taste
> first. If they don't want to give me a taste, I don't buy.
>
> *Every* batch of prawns is different.

You eat raw prawns???

With fish, I ALWAYS ask for a smell is all.

>
> From the area they are caught in, to the way they are cooked.
>
> I've had some that are as sweet as honey...... and the next day the same
> sized prawns are as salty as anchovies...... because they were a
> different batch, off a different boat, cooked differently.

I've had to give up on scallops. :-(
That damned preservative they use on them is as bitter as aloe.
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