jmcquown wrote:

> I find myself less and less often going to the big time grocery store
> concern (Schnucks, formerly Albertson's; Kroger). I'm more often shopping
> at what would be called a convenience store a mile down the road. I can ask
> the manager there to stock things for me and he does. That's so cool! He
> just ordered some Stouffer's spinach souffle for me.
>
> For meats I do find myself going to a meat market. Unfortunately there
> isn't a great fish market nearby so I have to rely on the grocery store for
> that, but they have decent (for an inland state) fish selections. I rarely
> eat chicken anymore; I prefer cornish game hens if I do eat poultry and yes,
> I buy those at the grocery store.
>
> This little store has a decent stock of fresh produce, too. (For the items
> I can't find there I go to the vegetable market.) They do always have great
> cabbage and fresh (in season) from Ripley, TN tomatoes.
>
> Austrian Tomato Soup
> from Austrian Cooking & Baking, circa 1951, by Gretel Baer
> (book sent to me by Margaret Suran)
>
> 2 lbs. tomatoes
> 1 onion
> 2 carrots
> small piece celaeric
> 3 oz. butter
> a little lemon juice
> sugar to taste
> 2 oz. cooked rice
> grated lemon rind
> bay leaf
> salt & pepper
>
> Wash tomatoes; cut into halves. Scrape carrots; slice. Cut onion finely.
> Melt butter; fry onion until golden brown. Sprinkle with flour; fry
> lightly. Add halved tomatoes, carrots, celaeric, bay leaf, lemon rind and
> salt & pepper. Cover well with water and simmer until vegetables are
> tender. Pass through a sieve [into another cooking pot]. Add sugar and
> lemon juice. Do not be afraid of adding a generous amount of sugar - about
> 3 tablespoons - tomato soup should have a distinctly sweet flavour.
>
> Place the cooked rice in the center of each soup bowl. Pour hot tomato soup
> over it and serve.
>
> Talk about great with grilled cheese sandwiches!!
>
> Jill

A store manager's willingness to stock something most likely depends on how
common it is and how well it might sell. Naturally, they don't want things on
their shelves that only a few people will buy; things that will sit there for
years. OTOH, if it's a special order for one customer who they are sure will
purchase such things, a manager who does that is very cool. I would expect a
manager of a smaller store to be more attentive than one of a large store.

Gary




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