On 7/24/2014 11:14 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:59:53 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> > wrote:
>
>> Anyone who would drive 70 miles round trip for one of the most worthless
>> items imaginable...
>
> Nostalgia is a great motivator.
>

I was the hero at Christmas when I presented each of my siblings with
a couple of pounds of a little pork sausage we all enjoyed as a
special treat when we were kids. The company went out of business in
the late 1970s, but the family that owned it is still in the area. I
recently learned that twice a year they contract with a local company
to produce a small run of the sausages, which are then sold in one
local grocery store. Since I'm always on the hunt for one-of-a-kind
and hard-to-find food products, I found them there and cleaned out
their inventory, to the amused exasperation of their butcher. Still,
he's a contemporary, he completely understood how excited I got over
them. My siblings were thrilled to death; their children were puzzled
at first, until they tasted them. I take periodic road trips to pick
up specialty foods; this is now added to my group buy list.