On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:30:46 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2014-01-01 1:02 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Jan 2014 00:29:18 -0000, "Ophelia"
>
> > Didn't use the slow cooker after all. It turned out that she left the
> > ham hock at home, so she ran to the store and bought a ham steak
> > because they were out of hocks so late in the day - due to the
> > Southern tradition of eating black eyed peas at midnight on New Years.
> > Lots of transplants here. Not sure why local grocery stores don't
> > think ahead and double or triple the stock of dried and canned BEP
> > (and ham hocks)... but they don't. It happens every year.
> >
>
>
> Perhaps it's one of those traditional dishes like turkey, fruitcake and
> mincement. People only have them on those special occasions. If they
> order extra and it isn't sold, they are stuck with it.

My point is that particular occasion comes around yearly and the same
thing happens each and every time. I can assure you that if they
track it as well as they track the rest of their inventory, the first
year will be a benchmark to measure against and stock more or less the
following year.

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