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Default Sweet peppers at Vons


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>>>>>> Vons had a nice new product tonight. A 2 pound bag of lovely, sweet
>>>>>> little peppers in a rainbow of colors for 5 bucks. They are called
>>>>>> sweet minis and look like jalapenos. They are so sweet and tasty I
>>>>>> can hardly believe it. We're talking sugar sweet. So I whipped up a
>>>>>> batch of cream cheese, garlic, EVOO and parmesan dip. I am munching
>>>>>> on these cuties while sipping a Clos du Bois chardonnay. The two are
>>>>>> a perfect compliment.
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>>>>> I've been buying those for years. Costco sells them.
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>>>> No Costco card here.
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>>> Well every other grocery store around here has them too. Have for
>>> years.

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>> Well give yourself a great big old pat on the back. Me, I doubt you can
>> eat anything 3 times let alone for years.

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> Well there you'd be wrong. I eat beans nearly daily. I eat toast for
> breakfast 99.9% of the time. My snacks are almost always mashed potatoes,
> rice, popcorn or chips and beans. Twice a week I have a snack of some
> peanut butter filled pretzels and/or Cornnuts when dinner will be delayed.
> Not many. Just a few. Also, daughter and I have a bag of popcorn when we
> go to Target which is usually once a week. We share and we rarely finish
> the bag. My dinners vary and I rarely eat luch. Quite often I cook a pot
> of beans or soup to last the week. This week is different only because I
> have things to use up. Am going to make a turkey and wild rice casserole
> for tomorrow. Need to go assemble it.
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>> And I was commenting on the delightful combination of this ONE chardonnay
>> with the peppers and cream cheese. That is why I named it specifically.

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> But it came across as though they were a new item. sw even commented on
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New item *IN MY VONS* store. And squishy is hardly somebody you want to
follow.

>> I have posted in the past I live in produce hell. And I do.

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> Sorry to hear that. I have it all here!


I know. My last trip to Seattle I spent more time in grocery stores than I
did anything else.