> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 May 2014 17:19:29 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
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>>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>news
>>> On 2014-05-15 5:01 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>>>> On 5/14/2014 5:19 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I'd like to know how the pears are when you eat them.
>>>>>>
>>>>> *sigh* Still hard. I'll let you know. I threw the bag out but I
>>>>> think
>>>>> Angela said they were labeled "Personal pears".
>>>>
>>>> You threw out the pears? or just the bag they came in...??
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Apparently the bag. I can't remember ever seeing bags of pears, They
>>> are
>>> sold in baskets at farmers markets here, and at the grocery store they
>>> are
>>> in bulk bins with rolls of plastic bags nearby. There is nothing on the
>>> bag about the product to be put in them.
>>
>>Where I am, they sometimes come pre-packaged in mesh bags.
>>
>>Cheri
>
> Where I am, I can buy one at a time, which I usually do and don't plan
> on using for a couple of days. Pears are too delicate to ship in a
> ripe condition.

I can buy pears one at a time too. Just not at Costco. Anything that you
can buy one of there is bound to be huge! Someone in this house is ripping
through fruit like crazy at the moment and the Bartletts that I bought were
running low so I thought I would try these.
>
> Going back on a thread of a month or so ago, when I went to the market
> the other day they only had large bags of carrots, way too many for
> me. I asked the produce manager and he happily weighed out and priced
> a half quantity for me.

Most of the stores here sell bulk carrots but... We eat tons of raw carrots
in this house. Things like carrots, celery, peppers and onions are things
that we always use a lot of.