Dee Randall wrote:
> Yesterday I finally got to 'tour' World Market. Yes, indeed-y, it is the
> Cost Plus I remembered from years ago. I found a couple of food items that
> I've not seen since that I used to buy there. One was a Mestemacher brand,
> "All Famous German" 'Natural three grain bread' no preservatives, long shelf
> life, organic ingredients 500 g bread. I hope it is just as good as I
> remember it.
> Another item was Colavita Orzo made from semolina from 'fields of Italy.'
> Their coffee beans were not out in a case as I previously saw them, but in
> bags. There was no indication of the roast medium-light-dark on the
> Sumatra, which I used to buy, so I passed at $7.99 for 12oz. I found
> Perugina candy bars also which I haven't seen in a long time. I did pick up
> Valhrona candy bars last week at Trader Joe's so I'll have them to
> compare -- pricing of both similar.
>
> I picked up a (tamale-shaped) wrapped in some sort of plastic 18oz. (510g)
> Organic Polenta (w/sun dried tomato garlic) precooked, ready to heat &
> Serve, REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING, do not freeze. I have emailed Quinoa Corp.
> for their answer as to why this product is not refrigerated; whereas when I
> have seen this product in the grocery store, it is always in the
> refrigerated section.
> Any comments welcome.
> Dee Dee
>
>

Follow-up appreciated also.

Things in a cold case we know to continue keeping cold after opening.
Off the shelf stuff is another matter. There are a lot of shelf-stable
products appearing that formerly would be found in a refrigerated case.
Consequently, the warning is much more important for the opened package.

Some of our members from Europe can probably comment on this last. I've
heard milk can sit on an open shelf until opened, then it has to be
refrigerated.


jim