cshenk wrote on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:15:08 -0400:

>> Factory-made food is almost always vile... you're really
>> better off ignoring it, no matter how cheap it is. I've been tempted
>> by pre-made pulled pork and ribs but I'm glad I never
>> actually bought them - somebody brought a tub along to our
>> potluck and all it tasted like was salt!

> I've had a few things that I've liked but generally avoid
> 'pre-made'. The exceptions would be some of the Harris Teeter
> dips (I like the smoked salmon and crab ones).

> They aren't anything I 'cant make myself' but they make them
> how I like them and the price isnt too far off the basic
> ingredients.

You don't buy prepared food to save money but I wonder if things like
smoked salmon and smoked ham count as prepared foods? In a prepared dip,
they would be of course.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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