On Jan 23, 12:10*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> Okay so... *The German guy posting about the shops being closed has got me
> to thinking. *I honestly can't imagine *all* shops to be closed on Sunday
> but then I live in the US where we have little 24 hour places all over. *And
> some of the supermarkets are even open 24 hours.
>
> But when we first moved to WA, meat could not be sold on Sunday. *In the
> supermarkets, the meat had to be covered with white cloth. *I am not sure
> about things like bologna. *Perhaps it was just raw meat? *Does anyone
> remember? *I also think liquor could not be sold on Sundays. *That has been
> done away with now at least for beer and wine. *Not sure what is going to
> happen with our hard liquor now. *The bill has passed to be able to sell it
> anywhere as of a certain date. *Not sure when that is.
>
> So do you know of any weird food laws that used to be? *Or still are?

The province of Ontario used to sell liquor and wines in a weirding
way. Some provincially operated stores still sold liquor the same way
up into the '70's.
You went into a liquor store. Instead of choosing a bottle off the
shelf and paying for it and leaving, you went up to a counter. All of
the available wines and liquors were listed on a nice menu. You chose
what you wanted, put the code on a blue slip, and took it up to the
main counter. The clerk would take your slip, walk back to where the
liquor was, choose your bottle(s) and give it to you.