"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 22:15:20 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Jean B." > wrote in message
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>>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:20:40 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
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>>>> snip
>>>>> Here I thought my initial thought was crazy: bury them in sand and
>>>>> keep
>>>>> them in a cool place. Your idea may be better though. Less grit.
>>>> I believe that is the suggested way to over-winter carrots.
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>> I need to try these methods. I suppose the sterilized sand will be hard
>>> to find now (as vs. in the spring when the kiddies' sand boxes are being
>>> set up.)
>>
>>I was most unhappy tonight. We bought 4 sweet potatoes at Albertsons last
>>night. They all looked very good. I set them on top of a box of Taco
>>Salad
>>Shells that was sitting on top of my bread box. They were in my
>>possession
>>for less than 24 hours. And one was totally bad inside. Not rotten like
>>mush but like...all dried out and there were holes throughout it. Clearly
>>we need to do more research because we must not know what a good sweet
>>potato looks like.
>>
>>I must also be more careful with the produce at Winco. We bought 2
>>cucumbers on Friday and they were totally rotten on Monday. Their produce
>>is super cheap. But... I think it is also close to going bad. Which
>>perhaps is why it is so cheap.
>>
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> Don't buy your produce from the un-refrigerated area, buy it only from
> the cooled produce. Feel the cucumber before you buy it. It should
> not give to the touch at all. The color should be dark green -- yes, I
> know cucumbers are dark green. But if you look at a bunch of them,
> you will see that the color of some of them is not as rich or pure.
> They are older or grown too long in the field. Do no choose the
> largest cucumber in the bin. If the cucumber is totally, totally
> smooth, with absolutely no bumpiness anywhere, looking like it may
> have stretched its skin, it was grown too long in the field.
>
It was refrigerated but I had my daughter pick them. That perhaps was my
mistake.

> Julie, I really hate the way you condemn an entire business or food
> type or whatever just because you had a bad (in your view) experience.
> Everyone who shops needs to know how to make the best selection of
> goods. You simply do not know how to do this. Do you really think
> that Winco orders produce from the supplier saying "now, be sure to
> give us the stuff that is just about to go bad?" Or that there is a
> supplier that specializes in food just about to go bad? Some day
> someone is going to sue you for making false statements about them.
> Janet US

Yes, I do think they do this and that is probably why they can keep their
prices so cheap. The reason I think they do this is because on the produce
that has an expiration date on it, it is always either that day or a day or
two later. Granted we do usually go there on Friday but we have gone on
other days and it is always the same. There's a chain of cheapo grocery
stores in PA (or at least they used to be there) that did the same. They
bought stuff that was close to expiring at a cheaper price so they could
sell it for cheaper. It was fine when I needed to cook something that day.
I often shopped there when I needed a large amount of food.

They can not sue me for saying what I think. I have no proof of this of
course. It's just what I think. And that's not the case for a lawsuit. I
am not the only one who has said bad things on this NG about that
supermarket. In fact I was made fun of for shopping there. They clearly
are targeting a low income market. If you had ever been there, you would
know. I will buy some things there. Not others.