In article >,
Becca > wrote:

> Minute Rice
> Jarred roux
> Guacamole
> Gravy
> Frozen Toast
> Cocktail sauce

There are too many to list!!!
Many of the aisles are never visited by me.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
"cshenk" > wrote:

> I was brought up on packet gravy and still find it useful in a pinch if a
> meal doesnt lead to making it's own or I lack time. We arent big on gravy
> here except thanksgiving and then, I do the real thing.
>
> Grin, there isnt much dreck I havent at least tried once to find it was
> dreck. The difference is, I dont get it *again*.

I know that feeling. :-)
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article
>,
Kris > wrote:

> What the heck is jarred roux??? (shudder)
>
> Head cheese
> Pizza Rolls
> Boboli pizza crust

Why not?

> jarred pizza sauce (see a trend?)
> Wonder Bread
> Wheaties
> Pig's knuckles
> Limburger cheese
> Vlasic pickles
> Mushrooms
> Frozen fruit pie
> Instant mashed potatoes (although mymom did for soups)
>
> Kris
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

"Becca" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> Minute Rice
> Jarred roux
> Guacamole
> Gravy
> Frozen Toast
> Cocktail sauce

Lungs
intestines
Pig head
testicles
canned sweet potatoes

Giusi > wrote:

> Lungs

They're illegal in the United States. To be sold for human
consumption, that is.

-sw

On Apr 5, 5:48*pm, Becca > wrote:
> Minute Rice
> Jarred roux
> Guacamole
> Gravy
> Frozen Toast
> Cocktail sauce

There are tons of things I've never bought at the grocery store, and
there
are more of them every year.

On your list, I've never bought Minute Rice, and I've never bought
jarred roux,
because I don't use roux (except a light roux for making white sauce--
is that
what you were talking about?). I assume you mean a dark roux for
Cajun
cooking.

Oh, and I've never bought frozen toast.

I have, from time to time, bought a variety of convenience foods, but
I don't
habitually buy any except canned soup for my husband. His taste buds
are
so degraded, he prefers Campbell's to homemade. And there's that one
casserole he likes...

Oh, I tell a lie. I buy pre-made salsa (in a plastic tub in the deli
department),
because I can't seem to make a small batch and I don't use it that
quickly.

Cindy Hamilton

On Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:48:20 -0500, Becca > wrote:

>Minute Rice
>Jarred roux
>Guacamole
>Gravy
>Frozen Toast
>Cocktail sauce

I'll buy almost anything - ONCE! lol Most 'convenience' foods turn out
to be barely edible at best, and once is enough to persuade me that
they will never darken my door again. I also have canned/packaged
prepared foods in our Emergency Supply, most of which never actually
gets eaten - when it gets too close to expiring I look at it, think 'I
wouldn't want to eat this stuff unless I was starving' and give it
away to someone who will.

But there is one foodstuff that I would not buy even if you held a gun
to my head, and that is the abomination known as coolwhip! I don't
even like REAL cream, so I'm certainly not eating hydrogenated whale
blubber or whatever the heck fats they put in it..

Minute rice and instant white rice are vile... but instant brown rice
is acceptable in an emergency, and Uncle Ben's pre-cooked brown rice
is a step up from that (only the PLAIN kind, the flavoured ones are
dreck).

Flavoured instant mashed potato is disgusting (but DH likes it)... but
the Yukon Gold and Baby Red varieties are edible.

Hmmm... what else have I never bought (and probably never will unless
I break a limb and can't cook)
- pre-prepared hashbrowns and potato products (how hard is it to peel
and grate a couple of potatoes when needed?)
- ready to cook 'fresh' vegetables (DH got them a couple of times and
I persuaded him he was wasting money - it takes minimal effort to peel
and chop some carrots and broccoli, and if I really can't do that then
the frozen ones are far cheaper)
- those sweet potatoes and regular potatoes in sterile microwave wrap.
(You can't scrub a regular one?!)
- canned or bottled gravy/sauces
- frozen onions, bell peppers, spinach and/or zucchini (soggy horrible
slimy messes!)

On Apr 5, 7:51*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:


about HFCS-free ketchup,

What brand is that? Please!!

In article
>,
Cindy Hamilton > wrote:

> On Apr 5, 5:48*pm, Becca > wrote:
> > Minute Rice
> > Jarred roux
> > Guacamole
> > Gravy
> > Frozen Toast
> > Cocktail sauce
>
> There are tons of things I've never bought at the grocery store, and
> there
> are more of them every year.
>
> On your list, I've never bought Minute Rice, and I've never bought
> jarred roux,
> because I don't use roux (except a light roux for making white sauce--
> is that
> what you were talking about?). I assume you mean a dark roux for
> Cajun
> cooking.
>
> Oh, and I've never bought frozen toast.
>
> I have, from time to time, bought a variety of convenience foods, but
> I don't
> habitually buy any except canned soup for my husband. His taste buds
> are
> so degraded, he prefers Campbell's to homemade. And there's that one
> casserole he likes...
>
> Oh, I tell a lie. I buy pre-made salsa (in a plastic tub in the deli
> department),
> because I can't seem to make a small batch and I don't use it that
> quickly.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Picante sauce is a regular item here. I never make it.

As for pasta sauces, depends on what I am doing. I bought some jarred
marinara a couple of days ago as I was babysitting this weekend and had
some frozen raviolis I planned to feed them, but I most often make my
own pasta sauce from canned or fresh tomatoes and tomato paste.

I've never bought anything on her list either except for cocktail sauce,
but only because it came with a shrimp ring that was on sale. And I
didn't even eat the sauce.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

On Apr 5, 5:30*pm, "cshenk" > wrote:
> "Kris" > wrote
>
> -------
> head cheese
> Pizza Rolls
> Boboli pizza crust
> jarred pizza sauce (see a trend?)
> Wonder Bread
> Wheaties
> Pig's knuckles
> Limburger cheese
> Vlasic pickles
> Mushrooms
> Frozen fruit pie
> Instant mashed potatoes (although mymom did for soups)
>
> ---------
>
> Oh dear. *No head cheese but have bought the rest at one time or another!
>
> I must be depraved. *Help me Obi Wan!

I must be, too. Instant mashed potatoes - makes a wonderful potato
side dish with the addition of whipped cream cheese, an egg, some
chives and some butter, with paprika sprinkled on top. Bake at 350
for 30 minutes. You cannot tell they are instant, and it's wonderful.

Also, I have purchased pizza rolls (snack for the kids), Wonder Bread,
mushrooms (you must not like them), Vlasic pickles (they're pretty
darn good) and Wheaties.

N.

"sf" schrieb :
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 20:13:23 -0400, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>>"Serene Vannoy" wrote
>>> Uncrustables (those inexplicable frozen peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich
>>> things)
>>> Fondue in a box
>>> Apple pie filling
>>
>>Ok! 3 I havent gotten! I must be not totally hopeless?
>>
>>> Frozen vegetables with the butter/sauce already on them
>>> Gravy
>>
>>umm. well. Guilty.
>>
> and I like the fondue in a box.
>
What's fondue in a box in the USA ?

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

Kris wrote:
> On Apr 5, 5:48 pm, Becca > wrote:
>
>> Minute Rice
>> Jarred roux
>> Guacamole
>> Gravy
>> Frozen Toast
>> Cocktail sauce
>>
>
> What the heck is jarred roux??? (shudder)
>
> Head cheese
> Pizza Rolls
> Boboli pizza crust
> jarred pizza sauce (see a trend?)
> Wonder Bread
> Wheaties
> Pig's knuckles
> Limburger cheese
> Vlasic pickles
> Mushrooms
> Frozen fruit pie
> Instant mashed potatoes (although mymom did for soups)
>
> Kris
>

The supermarkets here in Louisiana, sell roux in jars. No kidding.

http://www.cajungrocer.com/advanced_...=roux&x=7&y=10


I have bought pickled pigs feet, I used to love them when I was a
preschooler. The small grocer near me, had a jar of cookies on the
counter, and the cookies were the size of my head. On the other side of
the counter, he had a jar of pickled pigs feet. I tried the cookie once,
then I went back to the pigs feet.


Becca

Steve Pope wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
>
>> On Apr 5, 4:48 pm, Becca > wrote:
>>
>>> Cocktail sauce
>>>
>> I rather like the Crosse & Blackwell cocktail sauce.
>>
>
> I am perfectly happy just mixing together HFCS-free ketchup,
> a good horseradish (Fred's is one good choice), lemon
> juice, Worcestershire sauce, and a tabasco-pepper sauce.
>
> Steve
>

That is how I make it. Sometimes I will add just a touch of prepared
mustard.


My mother made it that way, then my sister and I had to make it. We had
seafood several times a week, and I am not sure prepared cocktail sauce
was available when I was a kid.


Becca

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>
> I've probably tried most things at one time or another but for some
> reason I shy away from frozen pancakes, waffles etc. I don't even know
> about the "most" part because there are just some sections I seldom
> wander through and there is a lot of different brands/choices up and down
> the aisles. But have I bought things like frozen entree items etc., yes.
> Some things I just make myself, like guacamole, salsa etc. but I buy the
> ingredients at the store or farmers market. Yeah, I've bought a lot of
> things at least once. Maybe that's why it's so hard for me to think of
> stuff I've never bought ;-)
>
> Michael


We had frozen pancakes a a church retreat and they tasted very good.
Not sure of the brand name, but I looked at the box and they came from
Arkansas.


Becca

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Apr 5, 5:48 pm, Becca > wrote:
>
>> Minute Rice
>> Jarred roux
>> Guacamole
>> Gravy
>> Frozen Toast
>> Cocktail sauce
>>
>
> There are tons of things I've never bought at the grocery store, and
> there
> are more of them every year.
>
> On your list, I've never bought Minute Rice, and I've never bought
> jarred roux,
> because I don't use roux (except a light roux for making white sauce--
> is that
> what you were talking about?). I assume you mean a dark roux for
> Cajun
> cooking.
>
> Oh, and I've never bought frozen toast.

Yes, the roux is dark. I wonder what the deal is with frozen toast?
It seems to fly off the shelves here, but I have never tried it. Maybe
we are missing something good. lol


Becca

On 06 Apr 2009 00:57:20 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> wrote:

> Yeah, I've bought a lot of
>things at least once. Maybe that's why it's so hard for me to think of
>stuff I've never bought ;-)

I'm in that category too. How would you know if you're going to like
it or not unless you try it? Some things you cycle through. It's a
rite of passage (like Shake & Bake). I had never bought pre-peeled
garlic in a bag until my kids brought it over to cook with. It's
convenient.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Becca said...

> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Apr 5, 5:48 pm, Becca > wrote:
>>
>>> Minute Rice
>>> Jarred roux
>>> Guacamole
>>> Gravy
>>> Frozen Toast
>>> Cocktail sauce
>>>
>>
>> There are tons of things I've never bought at the grocery store, and
>> there
>> are more of them every year.
>>
>> On your list, I've never bought Minute Rice, and I've never bought
>> jarred roux,
>> because I don't use roux (except a light roux for making white sauce--
>> is that
>> what you were talking about?). I assume you mean a dark roux for
>> Cajun
>> cooking.
>>
>> Oh, and I've never bought frozen toast.
>
> Yes, the roux is dark. I wonder what the deal is with frozen toast?
> It seems to fly off the shelves here, but I have never tried it. Maybe
> we are missing something good. lol
>
>
> Becca


Becca,

Guilty! [raising hand] I've bought the frozen "Texas Toast." a version of
garlic bread. It wasn't bad but not grandness either.

I also have committed the crime of buying SteakUms.

I'll have to hang twice I guess.

Best,

Andy

On Apr 6, 4:42*am, Omelet > wrote:
> In article
> >,
>
> *Kris > wrote:
> > What the heck is jarred roux??? (shudder)
>
> > Head cheese
> > Pizza Rolls
> > Boboli pizza crust
>
> Why not?
>
> > jarred pizza sauce (see a trend?)
> > Wonder Bread
> > Wheaties
> > Pig's knuckles
> > Limburger cheese
> > Vlasic pickles
> > Mushrooms
> > Frozen fruit pie
> > Instant mashed potatoes (although mymom did for soups)
>
> > Kris
>
> --
> Peace! Om
>
> Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
> It's about learning to dance in the rain.
> -- Anon.

The reason behind head cheese is obvious I hope, but as for pizza
rolls, I just don't like them (although I ate them sometimes as a kid
if my mom bought them). As for the Boboli, I remeber having tasted it
when it first came out when I was in college. Didn't taste right to
me. Plus I just make my own pizza dough. So easy and cheaper!!

Just my two cents,
Kris

On Apr 6, 11:21*am, Nancy2 > wrote:
> On Apr 5, 5:30*pm, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Kris" > wrote
>
> > -------
> > head cheese
> > Pizza Rolls
> > Boboli pizza crust
> > jarred pizza sauce (see a trend?)
> > Wonder Bread
> > Wheaties
> > Pig's knuckles
> > Limburger cheese
> > Vlasic pickles
> > Mushrooms
> > Frozen fruit pie
> > Instant mashed potatoes (although mymom did for soups)
>
> > ---------
>
> > Oh dear. *No head cheese but have bought the rest at one time or another!
>
> > I must be depraved. *Help me Obi Wan!
>
> I must be, too. *Instant mashed potatoes - makes a wonderful potato
> side dish with the addition of whipped cream cheese, an egg, some
> chives and some butter, with paprika sprinkled on top. *Bake at 350
> for 30 minutes. *You cannot tell they are instant, and it's wonderful.
>
> Also, I have purchased pizza rolls (snack for the kids), Wonder Bread,
> mushrooms (you must not like them), Vlasic pickles (they're pretty
> darn good) and Wheaties.
>
> N.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

You got me. I just don't like mushrooms or dill pickles. I will east
most anything else, but these two things taste wrong to me. Strange, I
know.

Kris the picky (kinda)

Kris said...

> You got me. I just don't like mushrooms or dill pickles. I will east
> most anything else, but these two things taste wrong to me. Strange, I
> know.


I never liked mushrooms until I tried the magic ones. Now I look forward to
them in futile anticipation.

Andy

In article >, Andy > wrote:

> Kris said...
>
> > You got me. I just don't like mushrooms or dill pickles. I will east
> > most anything else, but these two things taste wrong to me. Strange, I
> > know.
>
>
> I never liked mushrooms until I tried the magic ones. Now I look forward to
> them in futile anticipation.
>
> Andy

<laughs> They don't call them "teachers" for nothing you know!
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:44:45 -0400, Kajikit >
wrote:

>- frozen onions,
Did you mean onion rings or are there really frozen plain onions on
the shelf?

>bell peppers,
I buy the multi color mix from Trader Joe's. It's perfect for pizzas
and pastas, they are always in season and the price is right.

>spinach
My children are spinach snobs too. As far as I'm concerned, fresh
tastes just like frozen when it's cooked beyond a certain point, so I
use frozen (well squeezed) in quiche, Joe's special, soup etc.

and/or zucchini (soggy horrible
>slimy messes!)

I haven't even considered trying that.


--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> >- frozen onions,
> Did you mean onion rings or are there really frozen plain onions on
> the shelf?

I've bought fresh frozen pearl onions. In fact, there are some in the
freezer right now. They were less than 1/2 the price of fresh!
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

> wrote:

>On Apr 5, 7:51*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:

> [ about HFCS-free ketchup ]
>

I use Trader Joe's, but there are several others including
Annie's.

Steve

On Apr 6, 12:21*pm, Andy > wrote:
> Kris said...
>
> > You got me. I just don't like mushrooms or dill pickles. I will east
> > most anything else, but these two things taste wrong to me. Strange, I
> > know.
>
> I never liked mushrooms until I tried the magic ones. Now I look forward to
> them in futile anticipation.
>
> Andy

Andy,

That explains a lot.

Kris

Kris said...

> On Apr 6, 12:21*pm, Andy > wrote:
>> Kris said...
>>
>> > You got me. I just don't like mushrooms or dill pickles. I will east
>> > most anything else, but these two things taste wrong to me. Strange, I
>> > know.
>>
>> I never liked mushrooms until I tried the magic ones. Now I look forward
> to
>> them in futile anticipation.
>>
>> Andy
>
> Andy,
>
> That explains a lot.
>
> Kris


Kris,

Maybe 99.99%

LOLOL!!!

Best,

Andy

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> Giusi > wrote:
>
>> Lungs
>
> They're illegal in the United States. To be sold for human
> consumption, that is.
>
> -sw

Bullshit... stroll down Santa Monica Blvd.... and I bet plenty latch on and
ravage them.

I can't make a specific list, but I always marvel when I am
behind a family with a huge shopping cart that I don't even
have one of the things in my cart or pantry that they are
buying. Junk food, snack food, cases of soda... those kids
won't recognize healthy/real food in their own adulthood.
No wonder obesity is such a problem.

gloria p
not skinny by any means

Canned ham? More than 25 years ago on the east coast they
used to import canned hams from Poland, Krakus and Atalanta
brands. They were excellent. There's nothing like that
around today. The last canned ham I bought, ~20 years ago,
went in the trash, it was so awful.

gloria p

Puester said...

>
>
> Canned ham? More than 25 years ago on the east coast they
> used to import canned hams from Poland, Krakus and Atalanta
> brands. They were excellent. There's nothing like that
> around today. The last canned ham I bought, ~20 years ago,
> went in the trash, it was so awful.
>
> gloria p


gloria p,

It was (45 years ago?) the cold, jellied and overly salty flavor that
caused me to hurl!

I'll eat cooked ham but am still leery at first bite. A childhood fear I'll
never outgrow!

Best,

Andy

"Andy" > wrote

> I also have committed the crime of buying SteakUms.
>
> I'll have to hang twice I guess.

Ohh Andy! You are a bad boy eh?

Grin, I did that. I made a bunch of hard white rolls, layer5ed them with
cooked steakums and bell pepper slivers, onions (carmelized), havarti cheese
slices, black olives, and a touch of mayo mixed with horseradish.

I was overseas and pining for anything 'American' seeming at the time having
been totally oriental eating for some time before it.

Ahem, it was actually pretty good on my home made rolls ;-)

"sf" wrote

> rite of passage (like Shake & Bake). I had never bought pre-peeled
> garlic in a bag until my kids brought it over to cook with. It's
> convenient.

LOL, I used to get that all the time at Tonoo Market (Sasebo). Elderly
Mama-sans would sit out in the warm sun and peel them while tending shop.
For 10 yen, you'd get 10 peeled pieces. (10 yen is about 9 cents USD).

cshenk said...

> "Andy" > wrote
>
>> I also have committed the crime of buying SteakUms.
>>
>> I'll have to hang twice I guess.
>
> Ohh Andy! You are a bad boy eh?
>
> Grin, I did that. I made a bunch of hard white rolls, layer5ed them
> with cooked steakums and bell pepper slivers, onions (carmelized),
> havarti cheese slices, black olives, and a touch of mayo mixed with
> horseradish.
>
> I was overseas and pining for anything 'American' seeming at the time
> having been totally oriental eating for some time before it.
>
> Ahem, it was actually pretty good on my home made rolls ;-)


cshenk,

Well on foreign shores that would be a good taste of home I suppose.

All I can hear is "HANG HIM AGAIN! and AGAIN!"

<VBG>

Best,

Andy

On Apr 5, 2:48*pm, Becca > wrote:
> Minute Rice
> Jarred roux
> Guacamole
> Gravy
> Frozen Toast
> Cocktail sauce

Road Kill

"Nancy2" wrote
"cshenk" > wrote:
> "Kris" > wrote

> -------
>> head cheese
>> Pizza Rolls
>> Boboli pizza crust
>> jarred pizza sauce (see a trend?)
>> Wonder Bread
>> Wheaties
>> Pig's knuckles
>> Limburger cheese
>> Vlasic pickles
>> Mushrooms
>> Frozen fruit pie
>> Instant mashed potatoes (although mymom did for soups)
>
> ---------
>
> Oh dear. No head cheese but have bought the rest at one time or another!
>
> I must be depraved. Help me Obi Wan!
-----------

I must be, too. Instant mashed potatoes - makes a wonderful potato
side dish with the addition of whipped cream cheese, an egg, some
chives and some butter, with paprika sprinkled on top. Bake at 350
for 30 minutes. You cannot tell they are instant, and it's wonderful.

Also, I have purchased pizza rolls (snack for the kids), Wonder Bread,
mushrooms (you must not like them), Vlasic pickles (they're pretty
darn good) and Wheaties.

------------
Actually that was Kris who wasnt into pickles or mushrooms. I love both.
Even canned mushrooms have a use in some dishes.

Yes, I have instant potato flakes. I use them more often in cooking or
breads, but i find them ok enough for a fast meal if doctored up a little.

Here's a simple 'white trash' dish I'm sure you've seen before!

Layer of instant mashed potatoes, cooked up. Layer of browned ground beef
and onions with layer of sauteed bell peppers and a few mildish chiles.
Thin layer of more potatoes and top with cheese. Bake at 350 for about 45
mins then pour gravey on top and eat (grin). That will send Bobo off into
deep space!

Christine wrote on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:08:17 -0600:

>> "sf" wrote
>>
>>> rite of passage (like Shake & Bake). I had never bought
>>> pre-peeled garlic in a bag until my kids brought it over to
>>> cook with. It's convenient.
>>
>> LOL, I used to get that all the time at Tonoo Market
>> (Sasebo). Elderly Mama-sans would sit out in the warm sun
>> and peel them while tending shop. For 10 yen, you'd get 10
>> peeled pieces. (10 yen is about 9 cents USD).
>>
> I get peeled garlic all the time. I usually get a half pound
> bag for little over $1, at the local Asian market.

Honestly, how much trouble is it to cut off the top and bottom of a
clove and then squash it with the same heavy knife?


--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Foods i no longer bother with trying to like? Foods i used to purchase
and no longer do?

Olive oil.

Okra.

Yams.

Carrots all most make the list but are saved by their redeeming quality
as a marvelous ingredient in other foods.

The olive oil is really the worst, i have never found an olive oil i
actually like the taste of.

I have had great Italian food made with olive oil and found it delicious
but i have never mastered the knack of using it as a cooking ingredient
and have never been able to develop a liking, a taste for it.

And i have tried, i have gone to gourmet olive oil tastings. I have
bought various bottles and tried and tried to no success.

One or 2 things i have made in my life actually seemed to benefit from
the judicious use of olive oil but i have had so little success with the
olive oil i no longer keep any around the house.

I once made an inedible bowl of popcorn with olive oil threw it away!

Same with vinaigrettes, which form the primary use i make of the various
vegetable oils i keep on hand.

I have never been able to make an olive oil vinaigrette that i actually
liked the taste of.

While i would prefer other oils, if i had to choose between canola or
olive oil i would use the canola. Heck even corn or peanut oil is
better tasting (however subtly) than the best olive oil, imo

Im convinced its an 'acquired taste' and i got tired of trying to
acquire it.

I once had a piece of catfish i just assumed had been done up in olive
oil and when i asked the chef what kind or brand of olive oil he used
for his marvelous cat fish he laughed and said "lard". Which is the
reason 'cat fish' didn't make the list.
--
JL

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:47:55 -0400, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>> "sf" wrote
>>
>>> rite of passage (like Shake & Bake). I had never bought pre-peeled
>>> garlic in a bag until my kids brought it over to cook with. It's
>>> convenient.
>> LOL, I used to get that all the time at Tonoo Market (Sasebo). Elderly
>> Mama-sans would sit out in the warm sun and peel them while tending shop.
>> For 10 yen, you'd get 10 peeled pieces. (10 yen is about 9 cents USD).
>>
> I get peeled garlic all the time. I usually get a half pound bag for
> little over $1, at the local Asian market.
>
> Christine


The DH brought home a tub of peeled garlic recently - it was a pint
maybe for 50 cents. He didn't see the fine print "product of china".
Now, I am not too wiggy about stuff from China - but do we really need
to go THAT far for garlic??

-Tracy

Tracy said...

> Christine Dabney wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:47:55 -0400, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>>> "sf" wrote
>>>
>>>> rite of passage (like Shake & Bake). I had never bought pre-peeled
>>>> garlic in a bag until my kids brought it over to cook with. It's
>>>> convenient.
>>> LOL, I used to get that all the time at Tonoo Market (Sasebo).
>>> Elderly Mama-sans would sit out in the warm sun and peel them while
>>> tending shop. For 10 yen, you'd get 10 peeled pieces. (10 yen is
>>> about 9 cents USD).
>>>
>> I get peeled garlic all the time. I usually get a half pound bag for
>> little over $1, at the local Asian market.
>>
>> Christine
>
>
> The DH brought home a tub of peeled garlic recently - it was a pint
> maybe for 50 cents. He didn't see the fine print "product of china".
> Now, I am not too wiggy about stuff from China - but do we really need
> to go THAT far for garlic??
>
> -Tracy


Tracy,

I wouldn't think so, at least for those of us in the USA with Gilroy
California's great crop.

Oh the times, they are a changing!

Best,

Andy

In article >,
Christine Dabney > wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:47:55 -0400, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> >"sf" wrote
> >
> >> rite of passage (like Shake & Bake). I had never bought pre-peeled
> >> garlic in a bag until my kids brought it over to cook with. It's
> >> convenient.
> >
> >LOL, I used to get that all the time at Tonoo Market (Sasebo). Elderly
> >Mama-sans would sit out in the warm sun and peel them while tending shop.
> >For 10 yen, you'd get 10 peeled pieces. (10 yen is about 9 cents USD).
> >
> I get peeled garlic all the time. I usually get a half pound bag for
> little over $1, at the local Asian market.
>
> Christine

That stuff really is handy, and it keeps well.
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