"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
> >Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> >I almost feel as if I made that up, because what does someone need
> >with one leaf of cabbage?
>
> Well... for some of us a mere fig leaf won't quite cover it.
>
>

So you need a banana leaf? Ha!

kili

"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
> >Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> >I almost feel as if I made that up, because what does someone need
> >with one leaf of cabbage?
>
> Well... for some of us a mere fig leaf won't quite cover it.
>
>

So you need a banana leaf? Ha!

kili

Katra wrote:

> Now I just pick out the largest, fattest ears.

It's funny that even seems to say that same thing.
I look for the smallest ears (within reason) as I like
my corn very young - just barely ripe. Sometimes I
goof and get one that's not quite ripe yet but I would
rather that than the fully mature corn which tastes
starchy to me.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Katra wrote:

> Now I just pick out the largest, fattest ears.

It's funny that even seems to say that same thing.
I look for the smallest ears (within reason) as I like
my corn very young - just barely ripe. Sometimes I
goof and get one that's not quite ripe yet but I would
rather that than the fully mature corn which tastes
starchy to me.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

"J.J." > wrote in message
...
> Our pal Kate Connally > wrote:
> > Agnes7777 wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > > When we asked the produce dept. guy what was up with those folks
shucking
> > their
> > > corn in the grocery store, he said it was a regional thing or
something.
> > >
> > > It would have been less annoying if there'd been a trash can around...
> >
> > I'm thinking it was pure cheapness - didn't want to pay for
> > the husks - I'm assuming it was being sold by weight.
>
> Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...
>
>
> --


I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!

kili

"J.J." > wrote in message
...
> Our pal Kate Connally > wrote:
> > Agnes7777 wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > > When we asked the produce dept. guy what was up with those folks
shucking
> > their
> > > corn in the grocery store, he said it was a regional thing or
something.
> > >
> > > It would have been less annoying if there'd been a trash can around...
> >
> > I'm thinking it was pure cheapness - didn't want to pay for
> > the husks - I'm assuming it was being sold by weight.
>
> Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...
>
>
> --


I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!

kili

>"kilikini" writes:
>
>"PENMART01" wrote:
>> >Nancy Young wrote:
>> >
>> >I almost feel as if I made that up, because what does someone need
>> >with one leaf of cabbage?
>>
>> Well... for some of us a mere fig leaf won't quite cover it.
>
>So you need a banana leaf? Ha!

Whoa!

Nah, just a big old hunky polack cabbage leaf... scary, eh? hehe


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Sheldon
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>"kilikini" writes:
>
>"PENMART01" wrote:
>> >Nancy Young wrote:
>> >
>> >I almost feel as if I made that up, because what does someone need
>> >with one leaf of cabbage?
>>
>> Well... for some of us a mere fig leaf won't quite cover it.
>
>So you need a banana leaf? Ha!

Whoa!

Nah, just a big old hunky polack cabbage leaf... scary, eh? hehe


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kilikini wrote:
>
> "J.J." > wrote in message

> > Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> > cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...

> I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!

I don't think that's right. The broccoli and asparagus is priced
as is. Broccoli crowns are priced higher then whole broccoli for
a reason. Asparagus is sold the way it is. I don't think people
should be cutting (literally) into the stores profit like that.
It's cheating.

nancy

kilikini wrote:
>
> "J.J." > wrote in message

> > Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> > cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...

> I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!

I don't think that's right. The broccoli and asparagus is priced
as is. Broccoli crowns are priced higher then whole broccoli for
a reason. Asparagus is sold the way it is. I don't think people
should be cutting (literally) into the stores profit like that.
It's cheating.

nancy

>I'm thinking it was pure cheapness - didn't want to pay for
>the husks - I'm assuming it was being sold by weight. If it
>was being sold by ear then there's no excuse. The produce
>people should have said something to them. I'm cheap as the
>next guy but I would draw the line at shucking the corn in
>the store. I do sometimes pull off really big, nasty, unusable
>outer leaves from heads of cabbage that haven't been too well
>"trimmed" - don't want to pay for that! But corn? I would leave
>the husks on if for no other reason that to protect the kernels
>until I got it home to cook it.
>
>Kate

Nowhere in the US has unhusked sweet corn ever been sold by weight... it's sold
either by count or by volume (bushel). Stupidmarkets encourage folks to husk
their corn at the store, otherwise they'll husk it out in the parking lot,
leaving the husks in the shopping carts. I always break off the end and remove
some of the husks, otherwise a dozen ears won't fit into those plastic bags....
and the pointy ends would rip the bag open.


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---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
*********
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
Sheldon
````````````

>I'm thinking it was pure cheapness - didn't want to pay for
>the husks - I'm assuming it was being sold by weight. If it
>was being sold by ear then there's no excuse. The produce
>people should have said something to them. I'm cheap as the
>next guy but I would draw the line at shucking the corn in
>the store. I do sometimes pull off really big, nasty, unusable
>outer leaves from heads of cabbage that haven't been too well
>"trimmed" - don't want to pay for that! But corn? I would leave
>the husks on if for no other reason that to protect the kernels
>until I got it home to cook it.
>
>Kate

Nowhere in the US has unhusked sweet corn ever been sold by weight... it's sold
either by count or by volume (bushel). Stupidmarkets encourage folks to husk
their corn at the store, otherwise they'll husk it out in the parking lot,
leaving the husks in the shopping carts. I always break off the end and remove
some of the husks, otherwise a dozen ears won't fit into those plastic bags....
and the pointy ends would rip the bag open.


---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
*********
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
Sheldon
````````````

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> kilikini wrote:
> >
> > "J.J." > wrote in message
>
> > > Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> > > cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...
>
> > I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!
>
> I don't think that's right. The broccoli and asparagus is priced
> as is. Broccoli crowns are priced higher then whole broccoli for
> a reason. Asparagus is sold the way it is. I don't think people
> should be cutting (literally) into the stores profit like that.
> It's cheating.


At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.



Brian Rodenbonr

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> kilikini wrote:
> >
> > "J.J." > wrote in message
>
> > > Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> > > cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...
>
> > I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!
>
> I don't think that's right. The broccoli and asparagus is priced
> as is. Broccoli crowns are priced higher then whole broccoli for
> a reason. Asparagus is sold the way it is. I don't think people
> should be cutting (literally) into the stores profit like that.
> It's cheating.


At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.



Brian Rodenbonr

Default User wrote:
>
> Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> > kilikini wrote:
> > >
> > > "J.J." > wrote in message
> >
> > > > Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> > > > cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...
> >
> > > I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!
> >
> > I don't think that's right. The broccoli and asparagus is priced
> > as is. Broccoli crowns are priced higher then whole broccoli for
> > a reason. Asparagus is sold the way it is. I don't think people
> > should be cutting (literally) into the stores profit like that.
> > It's cheating.
>
> At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
> either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.

Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.

nancy

Default User wrote:
>
> Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> > kilikini wrote:
> > >
> > > "J.J." > wrote in message
> >
> > > > Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> > > > cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...
> >
> > > I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!
> >
> > I don't think that's right. The broccoli and asparagus is priced
> > as is. Broccoli crowns are priced higher then whole broccoli for
> > a reason. Asparagus is sold the way it is. I don't think people
> > should be cutting (literally) into the stores profit like that.
> > It's cheating.
>
> At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
> either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.

Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.

nancy

>> At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
>> either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
>
>Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
>
>nancy


But you'd also need to calculate loss due to waste... even though crowns cost
more per pound there is essentially no waste, therefore typically a better buy,
but only superfically... ya see, crowns are from old broccoli, they're the
salvaged portion from partially rotted or otherwise damaged whole bunches... do
you really think the greengrocer laboriously cuts off the crowns from perfectly
good whole broccoli.

So haw many of yoose hack off the stems and toss em in the trash and how many
pare away the tough stringy portion and use the tender stem hearts.

Btw, broccoli is very easy to grow... this year I planted a purple variety.


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>> At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
>> either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
>
>Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
>
>nancy


But you'd also need to calculate loss due to waste... even though crowns cost
more per pound there is essentially no waste, therefore typically a better buy,
but only superfically... ya see, crowns are from old broccoli, they're the
salvaged portion from partially rotted or otherwise damaged whole bunches... do
you really think the greengrocer laboriously cuts off the crowns from perfectly
good whole broccoli.

So haw many of yoose hack off the stems and toss em in the trash and how many
pare away the tough stringy portion and use the tender stem hearts.

Btw, broccoli is very easy to grow... this year I planted a purple variety.


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---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
*********
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Sheldon
````````````

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Default User wrote:

> > At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
> > either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
>
> Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.

I'm not sure what that has to do with it.



Brian Rodenborn

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Default User wrote:

> > At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
> > either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
>
> Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.

I'm not sure what that has to do with it.



Brian Rodenborn

Default User wrote:
>
> Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> > Default User wrote:
>
> > > At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
> > > either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
> >
> > Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
>
> I'm not sure what that has to do with it.

Well, if broccoli with the stem on is 99 cents a pound, and broccoli
with the stem off is $1.50 a pound ... if you buy the 99 cents a
pound broccoli by doing some creative trimming ... well, just buy
the $1.50 a pound stuff if it doesn't make a difference. No need
to even bring a knife and get rid of the trimmings. But you don't
think that.

nancy

Default User wrote:
>
> Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> > Default User wrote:
>
> > > At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
> > > either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
> >
> > Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
>
> I'm not sure what that has to do with it.

Well, if broccoli with the stem on is 99 cents a pound, and broccoli
with the stem off is $1.50 a pound ... if you buy the 99 cents a
pound broccoli by doing some creative trimming ... well, just buy
the $1.50 a pound stuff if it doesn't make a difference. No need
to even bring a knife and get rid of the trimmings. But you don't
think that.

nancy

PENMART01 wrote:

>>Katra writes:
>>
>>
>>>Becca wrote:
>>>
>>>In June, I was in Miami. The corn was in an end cap display and there
>>>were two huge cardboard boxes beneath the corn. People were shucking
>>>their corn in the store. I visit Florida a few times each year, and
>>>this was the first time I had seen this. We are not doing that in
>>>Texas, yet.
>>
>>I personally have stopped doing that even tho' mom taught me to just
>>partially pull back a small section at the top.
>>
>>
>>Now I just pick out the largest, fattest.
>
>
> I'm pretty certain Becca does that too. hehe

Absolutely! I would have called you Sheldon, but I lost your number. ;-)

Becca

PENMART01 wrote:

>>Katra writes:
>>
>>
>>>Becca wrote:
>>>
>>>In June, I was in Miami. The corn was in an end cap display and there
>>>were two huge cardboard boxes beneath the corn. People were shucking
>>>their corn in the store. I visit Florida a few times each year, and
>>>this was the first time I had seen this. We are not doing that in
>>>Texas, yet.
>>
>>I personally have stopped doing that even tho' mom taught me to just
>>partially pull back a small section at the top.
>>
>>
>>Now I just pick out the largest, fattest.
>
>
> I'm pretty certain Becca does that too. hehe

Absolutely! I would have called you Sheldon, but I lost your number. ;-)

Becca

Our pal wrote:
> kilikini wrote:
> > "J.J." > wrote in message

> > > Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> > > cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...

> > I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!

> I don't think that's right. The broccoli and asparagus is priced
> as is. Broccoli crowns are priced higher then whole broccoli for
> a reason. Asparagus is sold the way it is. I don't think people
> should be cutting (literally) into the stores profit like that.
> It's cheating.

I'm wondering what people have against asparagus and broccoli stalks.
(Can't ask the uncle, he's gone.) Those parts can be tough, but not
bad if cooked right and they have lots of fiber...


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)

Our pal wrote:
> kilikini wrote:
> > "J.J." > wrote in message

> > > Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
> > > cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...

> > I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!

> I don't think that's right. The broccoli and asparagus is priced
> as is. Broccoli crowns are priced higher then whole broccoli for
> a reason. Asparagus is sold the way it is. I don't think people
> should be cutting (literally) into the stores profit like that.
> It's cheating.

I'm wondering what people have against asparagus and broccoli stalks.
(Can't ask the uncle, he's gone.) Those parts can be tough, but not
bad if cooked right and they have lots of fiber...


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
(COLD to HOT for e-mail)

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Default User wrote:
> >
> > Nancy Young wrote:
> > >
> > > Default User wrote:
> >
> > > > At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
> > > > either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
> > >
> > > Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
> >
> > I'm not sure what that has to do with it.
>
> Well, if broccoli with the stem on is 99 cents a pound, and broccoli
> with the stem off is $1.50 a pound ... if you buy the 99 cents a
> pound broccoli by doing some creative trimming ... well, just buy
> the $1.50 a pound stuff if it doesn't make a difference. No need
> to even bring a knife and get rid of the trimmings. But you don't
> think that.


Please reread what I said. There is only bunch broccoli (not weighed)
and crowns (which are).

Trimming the stems from bunch broccoli only means you keep less of what
you paid for.




Brian Rodenborn

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Default User wrote:
> >
> > Nancy Young wrote:
> > >
> > > Default User wrote:
> >
> > > > At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
> > > > either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
> > >
> > > Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
> >
> > I'm not sure what that has to do with it.
>
> Well, if broccoli with the stem on is 99 cents a pound, and broccoli
> with the stem off is $1.50 a pound ... if you buy the 99 cents a
> pound broccoli by doing some creative trimming ... well, just buy
> the $1.50 a pound stuff if it doesn't make a difference. No need
> to even bring a knife and get rid of the trimmings. But you don't
> think that.


Please reread what I said. There is only bunch broccoli (not weighed)
and crowns (which are).

Trimming the stems from bunch broccoli only means you keep less of what
you paid for.




Brian Rodenborn

"J.J." wrote:

> I'm wondering what people have against asparagus and broccoli stalks.
> (Can't ask the uncle, he's gone.) Those parts can be tough, but not
> bad if cooked right and they have lots of fiber...

I don't mind brocollu stalks, but the lower part of an asparagus stalk is about
as chewable as lemon grass. It still has flavour, but you need four stomachs and
lots of molars to digest it.

"J.J." wrote:

> I'm wondering what people have against asparagus and broccoli stalks.
> (Can't ask the uncle, he's gone.) Those parts can be tough, but not
> bad if cooked right and they have lots of fiber...

I don't mind brocollu stalks, but the lower part of an asparagus stalk is about
as chewable as lemon grass. It still has flavour, but you need four stomachs and
lots of molars to digest it.

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:02:03 -0400, Nancy Young >
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

<snip>

>Geez, talk about rotting produce, that's what the salad
>bar is good for, I can get 'some' of certain ingredients, not a whole
>bunch I will wind up throwing out.
>
<more snip>

<Picture Terry with a stunned look on her face, followed by an
embarrassed one>

I never thought of that. What an *idiot*! It just never occurred to me
to visit the <bleeping> salad bar to get the few cherry tomatoes I use
for a shishkebab, for instance. Or a few mushrooms for a salad. Or
whatever odds and ends they have to hand for a garnish. I am
definitely going to have to do a mental inventory of the market's
salad bar the next time I'm there.

Any worries about the "sneeze guard" and germs are trumped by my
incredible immune system :-)

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Duncan Hines

To reply, remove replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:02:03 -0400, Nancy Young >
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

<snip>

>Geez, talk about rotting produce, that's what the salad
>bar is good for, I can get 'some' of certain ingredients, not a whole
>bunch I will wind up throwing out.
>
<more snip>

<Picture Terry with a stunned look on her face, followed by an
embarrassed one>

I never thought of that. What an *idiot*! It just never occurred to me
to visit the <bleeping> salad bar to get the few cherry tomatoes I use
for a shishkebab, for instance. Or a few mushrooms for a salad. Or
whatever odds and ends they have to hand for a garnish. I am
definitely going to have to do a mental inventory of the market's
salad bar the next time I'm there.

Any worries about the "sneeze guard" and germs are trumped by my
incredible immune system :-)

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Duncan Hines

To reply, remove replace "spaminator" with "cox"

On 25 Aug 2004 00:24:24 -0700, (-L.
wrote:

> Oh honey child, there is a HUGE difference.

Not to me.

sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments

On 25 Aug 2004 00:24:24 -0700, (-L.
wrote:

> Oh honey child, there is a HUGE difference.

Not to me.

sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:02:03 -0400, Nancy Young >

> >Geez, talk about rotting produce, that's what the salad
> >bar is good for, I can get 'some' of certain ingredients, not a whole
> >bunch I will wind up throwing out.

> <Picture Terry with a stunned look on her face, followed by an
> embarrassed one>
>
> I never thought of that. What an *idiot*! It just never occurred to me
> to visit the <bleeping> salad bar to get the few cherry tomatoes I use
> for a shishkebab, for instance. Or a few mushrooms for a salad. Or
> whatever odds and ends they have to hand for a garnish. I am
> definitely going to have to do a mental inventory of the market's
> salad bar the next time I'm there.
>
> Any worries about the "sneeze guard" and germs are trumped by my
> incredible immune system :-)

(laughing) It only occurred to me when people were asking for just
some celery, whatever. I thought, I need to check out the salad bar.
Not a bad place to pick up some stuff.

To each their own, of course.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

> I know this is a dead thread, but I saw this guy on FoodTV over the
> weekend say he would take one leaf from a head of cabbage and pay
> for it by the pound that way.
>
> I almost feel as if I made that up, because what does someone need
> with one leaf of cabbage?
>
> nancy
Well, I can think of one reason, if it is a savoy cabbage. If you have a
big enough leaf, you can wrap it around a filet of salmon, and poach it
in a bit of chardonnay.
--
Alan


"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never
stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
neither do we."

........President George W. Bush, at the signing of the $417
billion defense-spending bill, August, 2004

kilikini wrote in message ...
>
>"J.J." > wrote in message
...
>> Our pal Kate Connally > wrote:
>> > Agnes7777 wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> > > When we asked the produce dept. guy what was up with those folks
>shucking
>> > their
>> > > corn in the grocery store, he said it was a regional thing or
>something.
>> > >
>> > > It would have been less annoying if there'd been a trash can
around...
>> >
>> > I'm thinking it was pure cheapness - didn't want to pay for
>> > the husks - I'm assuming it was being sold by weight.
>>
>> Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
>> cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...
>>
>>
>> --
>
>
>I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!
>

Where I work, we sell broccoli by the pound. the whole broccoli are organic,
and usually around 2.50 a pound. The broccoli crowns are conventionally
grown and are 1.49/ pound. I don't even want to count all the times i've
rung up the organic "crowns" customers have made for themselves, and they
started to complain that the price for crowns is less. As if i can't tell
the difference between a cut made with a knife and the ragged twisted off
edges they have made.
Once, this one lady tore off the crowns, and tried to keep the stalks in her
cart. and was lost when i explained to her that if she wanted to take them
home, she had to *pay* for them. ok, end of rant

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kilikini wrote in message ...
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>"J.J." > wrote in message
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>> Our pal Kate Connally > wrote:
>> > Agnes7777 wrote:
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>> <snip>
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>> > > When we asked the produce dept. guy what was up with those folks
>shucking
>> > their
>> > > corn in the grocery store, he said it was a regional thing or
>something.
>> > >
>> > > It would have been less annoying if there'd been a trash can
around...
>> >
>> > I'm thinking it was pure cheapness - didn't want to pay for
>> > the husks - I'm assuming it was being sold by weight.
>>
>> Heh, reminds me of an uncle who would pull out his pocket knife and
>> cut off the stalks from asparagus before taking it to the check out...
>>
>>
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>
>I've done that with broccoli - SORRY!
>

Where I work, we sell broccoli by the pound. the whole broccoli are organic,
and usually around 2.50 a pound. The broccoli crowns are conventionally
grown and are 1.49/ pound. I don't even want to count all the times i've
rung up the organic "crowns" customers have made for themselves, and they
started to complain that the price for crowns is less. As if i can't tell
the difference between a cut made with a knife and the ragged twisted off
edges they have made.
Once, this one lady tore off the crowns, and tried to keep the stalks in her
cart. and was lost when i explained to her that if she wanted to take them
home, she had to *pay* for them. ok, end of rant

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Default User wrote in message >...
>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Default User wrote:
>> >
>> > Nancy Young wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Default User wrote:
>> >
>> > > > At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
>> > > > either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
>> > >
>> > > Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure what that has to do with it.
>>
>> Well, if broccoli with the stem on is 99 cents a pound, and broccoli
>> with the stem off is $1.50 a pound ... if you buy the 99 cents a
>> pound broccoli by doing some creative trimming ... well, just buy
>> the $1.50 a pound stuff if it doesn't make a difference. No need
>> to even bring a knife and get rid of the trimmings. But you don't
>> think that.
>
>
>Please reread what I said. There is only bunch broccoli (not weighed)
>and crowns (which are).
>
>Trimming the stems from bunch broccoli only means you keep less of what
>you paid for.


Tell that to the people who think beet greens are "waste".
damned purple juice all over my hands!

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Default User wrote in message >...
>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Default User wrote:
>> >
>> > Nancy Young wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Default User wrote:
>> >
>> > > > At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
>> > > > either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
>> > >
>> > > Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure what that has to do with it.
>>
>> Well, if broccoli with the stem on is 99 cents a pound, and broccoli
>> with the stem off is $1.50 a pound ... if you buy the 99 cents a
>> pound broccoli by doing some creative trimming ... well, just buy
>> the $1.50 a pound stuff if it doesn't make a difference. No need
>> to even bring a knife and get rid of the trimmings. But you don't
>> think that.
>
>
>Please reread what I said. There is only bunch broccoli (not weighed)
>and crowns (which are).
>
>Trimming the stems from bunch broccoli only means you keep less of what
>you paid for.


Tell that to the people who think beet greens are "waste".
damned purple juice all over my hands!

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