On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:01:51 -0500, Scott > wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:26:13 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu 26 Jun 2008 07:52:36a, notbob told us...
>>>
>>>> On 2008-06-26, > wrote:
>>>>> water with eggs for scrambled eggs....or vice-versa. Is this true and
>>>>> which should be used with which?
>>>> I rabidly disagree with this practice and will add no additional liquids
>>> of
>>>> any sort to scrambled eggs. For years I added milk cuz that's what my
>>>> mother did, but I began to notice there was always a residual amount of
>>>> moisture to the eggs. If I didn't overcook them in the pan (browned),
>>> I'd
>>>> find this moisture draining out on the plate. It took me quite awhile
>>>> before I realized it was from the milk and/or water. Cooking scambled
>>> eggs
>>>> with no aditional liquids completely eliminates this phenomena.
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>>>
>>> I totally agree. Achieving the consistency you want is directly dependent
>>> on the level of heat, how the eggs are moved about in the pan, and the
>>> duration of cooking time.
>>
>> my scrambled eggs (no milk or water) turn out ugly. is a wooden spoon
>> (which i've seen people mention) really necessary? i've been using a
>> plastic spatula, stainless pan, low heat. (my omelets are o.k.)
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
>Here's the way I do my eggs. I buttered my pan first then I pour in my
>egg mixture and let it set in the pan for a min or 2 until on med heat
>until they're set on the bottom but still liquid on the top. Then I
>start stirring constantly using a plastic fork until the eggs are creamy
>but firm.

maybe my heat's too low.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:18:43 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:28:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Maybe I'll give a try if I run onto them. They're not commonly available in
>>>the stores I shop.
>>
>> Frankly, I think anything you can buy in a store doesn't remotely
>> resemble home grown for home purposes. IMO: store bought free range
>> is just a notch above caged. Hey, you might like it - Mikey! For me,
>> eggs are expensive enough and I don't appreciate the difference.
>
>Eggs actually came down about 70 cents per dozen at my usual supermarket.
>From $3.99 or more to, IIRC, $3.39, last time. Didn't seem to be a sale
>-- just a drop.

We paid $.99 this morning. They were just large, but still.

I'm amazed what people have to pay for things in different parts of
the country.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:18:43 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:28:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Maybe I'll give a try if I run onto them. They're not commonly available in
>>>>the stores I shop.
>>>
>>> Frankly, I think anything you can buy in a store doesn't remotely
>>> resemble home grown for home purposes. IMO: store bought free range
>>> is just a notch above caged. Hey, you might like it - Mikey! For me,
>>> eggs are expensive enough and I don't appreciate the difference.
>>
>>Eggs actually came down about 70 cents per dozen at my usual supermarket.
>>From $3.99 or more to, IIRC, $3.39, last time. Didn't seem to be a sale
>>-- just a drop.
>
> We paid $.99 this morning. They were just large, but still.

I have no idea what larges or smaller ones are worth here.

> I'm amazed what people have to pay for things in different parts of
> the country.

Of course, it also depends on the source. I might have found an
equivalent deal if I'd driven all over town looking at Costo and TJ's and
Wal*Mart and ...



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Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:18:43 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:28:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>>Maybe I'll give a try if I run onto them. They're not commonly
available in
> >>>the stores I shop.
> >>
> >> Frankly, I think anything you can buy in a store doesn't remotely
> >> resemble home grown for home purposes. IMO: store bought free range
> >> is just a notch above caged. Hey, you might like it - Mikey! For me,
> >> eggs are expensive enough and I don't appreciate the difference.
> >
> >Eggs actually came down about 70 cents per dozen at my usual supermarket.
> >From $3.99 or more to, IIRC, $3.39, last time. Didn't seem to be a sale
> >-- just a drop.
>
> We paid $.99 this morning. They were just large, but still.
>


76 cents at Treasure Island (Chicago) a coupla weeks ago, and $1.50 at
Walgreen's last week..I primarily use eggs for tater salad so I'm stocked up
with four dozen. Fortunately, eggs will last months in the fridge....

The hysteria about high dairy prices - some of them anyways - seems to have
somewhat receded...milk's cheaper, too, as is yogurt and sour cream.


> I'm amazed what people have to pay for things in different parts of
> the country.


At the price Blinky pays I'd be buying eggs singly, or stick a hen into one
of my apt. closets to lay...

OTOH why is celery so expensive here? Seems to have doubled in price since
winter, up to $1.99/lb...


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Greg

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:20:51 +0100, Janet Baraclough
> wrote:

>The message >
>from Lou Decruss > contains these words:
>
>> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:18:43 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>> > wrote:
>
>> >Eggs actually came down about 70 cents per dozen at my usual supermarket.
>> >From $3.99 or more to, IIRC, $3.39, last time. Didn't seem to be a sale
>> >-- just a drop.
>
>> We paid $.99 this morning. They were just large, but still.
>
>> I'm amazed what people have to pay for things in different parts of
>> the country.
>
> You'd be even more amazed what I pay outside of your country then..
>£3 UKP per dozen, that's $6 US D. But they are free range, and all their
>mothers have names :-)
>
> Janet. (Scotland)

Good lard!! What do you pay for milk?

Lou

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:58:35 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:18:43 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:28:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Maybe I'll give a try if I run onto them. They're not commonly available in
>>>>>the stores I shop.
>>>>
>>>> Frankly, I think anything you can buy in a store doesn't remotely
>>>> resemble home grown for home purposes. IMO: store bought free range
>>>> is just a notch above caged. Hey, you might like it - Mikey! For me,
>>>> eggs are expensive enough and I don't appreciate the difference.
>>>
>>>Eggs actually came down about 70 cents per dozen at my usual supermarket.
>>>From $3.99 or more to, IIRC, $3.39, last time. Didn't seem to be a sale
>>>-- just a drop.
>>
>> We paid $.99 this morning. They were just large, but still.
>
>I have no idea what larges or smaller ones are worth here.
>
>> I'm amazed what people have to pay for things in different parts of
>> the country.
>
>Of course, it also depends on the source. I might have found an
>equivalent deal if I'd driven all over town looking at Costo and TJ's and
>Wal*Mart and ...

This was just an independent grocery store.

Lou

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:06:39 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>
>Lou Decruss wrote:

>> We paid $.99 this morning. They were just large, but still.
>>
>
>
>76 cents at Treasure Island (Chicago) a coupla weeks ago, and $1.50 at
>Walgreen's last week..I primarily use eggs for tater salad so I'm stocked up
>with four dozen. Fortunately, eggs will last months in the fridge....

This was at Westbrook Market in Westmont. We get there about once a
month. The produce and meat are both excellent. I'd say on the whole
it's about 40% cheaper than Jewel or Dominicks, and 100% better
quality. And now that Ultra is getting bigger I can't see how
Dominicks can stay in business.

>The hysteria about high dairy prices - some of them anyways - seems to have
>somewhat receded...milk's cheaper, too, as is yogurt and sour cream.

Milk was $1.99 at Westbrook yesterday.

>> I'm amazed what people have to pay for things in different parts of
>> the country.

>At the price Blinky pays I'd be buying eggs singly, or stick a hen into one
>of my apt. closets to lay...

Yes that price shocked me. I love eggs, but I'd like them less at 3+
bucks a dozen.

>OTOH why is celery so expensive here? Seems to have doubled in price since
>winter, up to $1.99/lb...

$.99 a pound yesterday. We didn't get any, but I wish we had. I'm
jonsin for some tuna salad.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:58:35 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>>Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:18:43 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:28:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Maybe I'll give a try if I run onto them. They're not commonly
>>>>>>available in the stores I shop.
>>>>>
>>>>> Frankly, I think anything you can buy in a store doesn't remotely
>>>>> resemble home grown for home purposes. IMO: store bought free
>>>>> range is just a notch above caged. Hey, you might like it - Mikey!
>>>>> For me, eggs are expensive enough and I don't appreciate the
>>>>> difference.
>>>>
>>>>Eggs actually came down about 70 cents per dozen at my usual
>>>>supermarket. From $3.99 or more to, IIRC, $3.39, last time. Didn't
>>>>seem to be a sale -- just a drop.
>>>
>>> We paid $.99 this morning. They were just large, but still.
>>
>>I have no idea what larges or smaller ones are worth here.
>>
>>> I'm amazed what people have to pay for things in different parts of
>>> the country.
>>
>>Of course, it also depends on the source. I might have found an
>>equivalent deal if I'd driven all over town looking at Costo and TJ's
>>and Wal*Mart and ...
>
> This was just an independent grocery store.

Tonight's Datapoint: same chain supermarket as my other report, above,
large eggs $1.99.


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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:24:32 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:

>>>Of course, it also depends on the source. I might have found an
>>>equivalent deal if I'd driven all over town looking at Costo and TJ's
>>>and Wal*Mart and ...
>>
>> This was just an independent grocery store.
>
>Tonight's Datapoint: same chain supermarket as my other report, above,
>large eggs $1.99.

Still high. Ouch!

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:24:32 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>>>>Of course, it also depends on the source. I might have found an
>>>>equivalent deal if I'd driven all over town looking at Costo and TJ's
>>>>and Wal*Mart and ...
>>>
>>> This was just an independent grocery store.
>>
>>Tonight's Datapoint: same chain supermarket as my other report, above,
>>large eggs $1.99.
>
> Still high. Ouch!

What's your location, Lou? Los Angeles, here.


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On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:43:46 +0100, Janet Baraclough
> wrote:

>
> £1.35 UKP for 2 litres. That's roughly $2.70 USD for four and a
>quarter American pints.
>
That's roughly 1/2 a gallon. Not a huge difference in price for the
mainland, but I hear grocery prices are brutal in Hawaii now.



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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:59:39 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:24:32 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>>>>Of course, it also depends on the source. I might have found an
>>>>>equivalent deal if I'd driven all over town looking at Costo and TJ's
>>>>>and Wal*Mart and ...
>>>>
>>>> This was just an independent grocery store.
>>>
>>>Tonight's Datapoint: same chain supermarket as my other report, above,
>>>large eggs $1.99.
>>
>> Still high. Ouch!
>
>What's your location, Lou? Los Angeles, here.

I live in Chicago. We're out in the burbs a lot, and that's where we
do most of our shopping. Here's this weeks ad for one of my favorite
stores. Chicken Breasts for $.98 and Rib tips for $.88 etc. Nothing
like the prices I read here. Some weeks the sales don't seem all that
good so we do what we did over the weekend and go somewhere else.

http://www.ultra-foods.com/Shop/WeeklyAd.aspx

Lou