"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
r.com...
> "Tank" > wrote in message
> ...
> > This year, I have noticed a number of grocery
> > stores placing trash cans next to their sweet
> > corn displays. This is for those people who
> > feel it necessary to strip their corn there in
> > the store. Are they placed there because the
> > stores are knuckling under to rude people who
> > peel back the ears to check them? What happened
> > to being able to judge an ear without destroying
> > it? What happened to simply taking the luck of
> > the draw with your produce, as the human race
> > has for thousands of years?
> >
> > Am I the only person who dislikes this trend?
> >
> > --
> > Tank
> >
> > This Space To Let.
> >
> >
>
> My feeling is that if the produce is in a bulk bin then it is valid to
pick
> and choose. But if it is already divided up into sales units then you can
> choose the bag/tray/box you want but that's all. I once saw a woman
picking
> the best srawberries from individual quarts to make up her own quart.

so pick out your own quart of unsquished, ripe berries. all is fair in
love, war, and the produce dept <g>

randy

No no no! These are the same people who insist on eating a bunch of
grapes before buying, poking holes in melons, and sqeezing the tomatoes
till they are mush. We pay for this! If you can't figure out what is
best, ask for help. The next step, which I expect soon, will be all
produce packaged in plastic and not be able to be examined till we've
bought it and gotten it home. I don't want that do you?

xrongor wrote:
> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
> r.com...
>
>>"Tank" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>>This year, I have noticed a number of grocery
>>>stores placing trash cans next to their sweet
>>>corn displays. This is for those people who
>>>feel it necessary to strip their corn there in
>>>the store. Are they placed there because the
>>>stores are knuckling under to rude people who
>>>peel back the ears to check them? What happened
>>>to being able to judge an ear without destroying
>>>it? What happened to simply taking the luck of
>>>the draw with your produce, as the human race
>>>has for thousands of years?
>>>
>>>Am I the only person who dislikes this trend?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Tank
>>>
>>>This Space To Let.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>My feeling is that if the produce is in a bulk bin then it is valid to
>
> pick
>
>>and choose. But if it is already divided up into sales units then you can
>>choose the bag/tray/box you want but that's all. I once saw a woman
>
> picking
>
>>the best srawberries from individual quarts to make up her own quart.
>
>
> so pick out your own quart of unsquished, ripe berries. all is fair in
> love, war, and the produce dept <g>
>
> randy
>
>

"Coas****cher" > wrote in message
...
> No no no! These are the same people who insist on eating a bunch of
> grapes before buying, poking holes in melons, and sqeezing the tomatoes
> till they are mush. We pay for this! If you can't figure out what is
> best, ask for help. The next step, which I expect soon, will be all
> produce packaged in plastic and not be able to be examined till we've
> bought it and gotten it home. I don't want that do you?
>
> xrongor wrote:
> > "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
> > r.com...
> >
> >>"Tank" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> >>>This year, I have noticed a number of grocery
> >>>stores placing trash cans next to their sweet
> >>>corn displays. This is for those people who
> >>>feel it necessary to strip their corn there in
> >>>the store. Are they placed there because the
> >>>stores are knuckling under to rude people who
> >>>peel back the ears to check them? What happened
> >>>to being able to judge an ear without destroying
> >>>it? What happened to simply taking the luck of
> >>>the draw with your produce, as the human race
> >>>has for thousands of years?
> >>>
> >>>Am I the only person who dislikes this trend?
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>Tank
> >>>
> >>>This Space To Let.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>My feeling is that if the produce is in a bulk bin then it is valid to
> >
> > pick
> >
> >>and choose. But if it is already divided up into sales units then you
can
> >>choose the bag/tray/box you want but that's all. I once saw a woman
> >
> > picking
> >
> >>the best srawberries from individual quarts to make up her own quart.
> >
> >
> > so pick out your own quart of unsquished, ripe berries. all is fair in
> > love, war, and the produce dept <g>
> >
> > randy
> >
> >
>

the alternative is to accept the bunged up green berries sent to the store
from their supplier. more than once ive bought a 'unit' with nice good
stuff carefully put on top over the crappy stuff it was designed to hide.
this isnt an accicdent, but the way the suppliers work. same way they cut
the bacon to look real good though the 'window'.

randy

xrongor wrote:

> stuff carefully put on top over the crappy stuff it was designed to hide.
> this isnt an accicdent, but the way the suppliers work. same way they cut
> the bacon to look real good though the 'window'.

The window is the problem. I used to do quite a bit of cross border shopping
when the exchange rate was a little better and American prices were lower than
they are now. I had problem with those little windows that allow you to see
the rind side of the bacon and then have a tiny window to see a small portion
of the cross section of the meat. On this side of the border, the bacon is
wrapped and displayed with the meat site up and clearly visible. A while I ago
there were a few companies who tried the window routine. I refuse to buy it
like that, and many others must have done the same because they gave up on that
trick.

I don't even know why they tried to disguise it so hard. Some people like it
lean, and some like it fatty. I prefer something in between. You may get more
meat for your money on the lean stuff, but it just doesn't cook like bacon or
taste like bacon, and it tends to be tough.

Dave Smith wrote:


> refuse to buy it like that, and many others must have done the same
> because they gave up on that trick.

Nope, there are still plenty of vendors who still do that damn window thing.
In fact Bar S still does the window and to make it worse they cover the
window with pre-cut flaps. In order to view the bacon one has to tear the
flaps (there's two) on at least one side and pull the flaps back or tear
off completely.

Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I won't
buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I find
a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to stay
pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I guess
they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in produce,
are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!

nb

notbob wrote:
<snip>
>
> Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I won't
> buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I find
> a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to stay
> pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I guess
> they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in produce,
> are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
>
> nb

I gave up on pre-packaged bacon. I'm lucky enough to have an
"old-time" butcher in my area and buy slab bacon. They'll either
slice it to my specs. or "whack" me off a hunk and I'll slice it when
I get home. Cost more? Yup. Worth it? Absolutely.

--
Steve

Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.

On 2004-08-24, Steve Calvin > wrote:

> I gave up on pre-packaged bacon. I'm lucky enough to have an
> "old-time" butcher in my area and buy slab bacon. They'll either
> slice it to my specs....

I'm with you. Unfortunately, all the supers hereabouts have ceased selling
bacon in bulk. I used to get it everywhere. Now I can't get it anywhere
without going out of town. Just one more reason I'll gleefully shred their
damn covered-window packages!

nb

"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
...
> notbob wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I
won't
> > buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> > bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> > through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I
find
> > a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> > packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to
stay
> > pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I
guess
> > they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in
produce,
> > are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
> >
> > nb
>
> I gave up on pre-packaged bacon. I'm lucky enough to have an
> "old-time" butcher in my area and buy slab bacon. They'll either
> slice it to my specs. or "whack" me off a hunk and I'll slice it when
> I get home. Cost more? Yup. Worth it? Absolutely.

i got the same thing where i live, but its actually cheaper than the grocery
store. 2.69 a pound sliced or not. there is nothing better than getting a
slab of bacon and cutting it to size yourself, or even just frying up a big
thick hunk of it <g>

randy

"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
...
> notbob wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I
won't
> > buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> > bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> > through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I
find
> > a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> > packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to
stay
> > pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I
guess
> > they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in
produce,
> > are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
> >
> > nb
>
> I gave up on pre-packaged bacon. I'm lucky enough to have an
> "old-time" butcher in my area and buy slab bacon. They'll either
> slice it to my specs. or "whack" me off a hunk and I'll slice it when
> I get home. Cost more? Yup. Worth it? Absolutely.
>
> --
> Steve
>

I agree - bacon is not the place to pinch pennies. I don;t eat it that often
any more and when I do I want the absolute best.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

Steve Calvin wrote:
>
> notbob wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I won't
> > buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> > bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> > through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I find
> > a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> > packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to stay
> > pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I guess
> > they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in produce,
> > are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
> >
> > nb
>
> I gave up on pre-packaged bacon. I'm lucky enough to have an
> "old-time" butcher in my area and buy slab bacon. They'll either
> slice it to my specs. or "whack" me off a hunk and I'll slice it when
> I get home. Cost more? Yup. Worth it? Absolutely.

I've been forced by the higher costs to buy packaged bacon.
The good slab bacon in the deli is now over $4 a pound. I wait
for sales and then buy say 2 lbs. for $5 of the cheaper packaged
bacon. The big complaint I have about that stuff is that it is
sliced way too thin. That's why I always used to buy the deli
bacon as it was sliced thick. Also, it had much less water
injected into it. Anyway, those viewing flaps are a major
pain in the but. I do the same thing as nb. I like my bacon
with a goodly amount of meat on it so I ransack the whole display
looking for acceptable amounts of meat. Looks like a tornade
hit when I'm done. Why can't they just have the windows without
the stupid flaps? I mean, they already have a flapless window
on the front of the package so why the stupid flaps that you
have to tear open in the back? Makes no sense at all.

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?

"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
...
> notbob wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I
won't
> > buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> > bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> > through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I
find
> > a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> > packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to
stay
> > pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I
guess
> > they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in
produce,
> > are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
> >
> > nb
>
> I gave up on pre-packaged bacon. I'm lucky enough to have an
> "old-time" butcher in my area and buy slab bacon. They'll either
> slice it to my specs. or "whack" me off a hunk and I'll slice it when
> I get home. Cost more? Yup. Worth it? Absolutely.
>
> --
> Steve
>

I agree - bacon is not the place to pinch pennies. I don;t eat it that often
any more and when I do I want the absolute best.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

Steve Calvin wrote:
>
> notbob wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I won't
> > buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> > bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> > through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I find
> > a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> > packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to stay
> > pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I guess
> > they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in produce,
> > are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
> >
> > nb
>
> I gave up on pre-packaged bacon. I'm lucky enough to have an
> "old-time" butcher in my area and buy slab bacon. They'll either
> slice it to my specs. or "whack" me off a hunk and I'll slice it when
> I get home. Cost more? Yup. Worth it? Absolutely.

I've been forced by the higher costs to buy packaged bacon.
The good slab bacon in the deli is now over $4 a pound. I wait
for sales and then buy say 2 lbs. for $5 of the cheaper packaged
bacon. The big complaint I have about that stuff is that it is
sliced way too thin. That's why I always used to buy the deli
bacon as it was sliced thick. Also, it had much less water
injected into it. Anyway, those viewing flaps are a major
pain in the but. I do the same thing as nb. I like my bacon
with a goodly amount of meat on it so I ransack the whole display
looking for acceptable amounts of meat. Looks like a tornade
hit when I'm done. Why can't they just have the windows without
the stupid flaps? I mean, they already have a flapless window
on the front of the package so why the stupid flaps that you
have to tear open in the back? Makes no sense at all.

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?

notbob > wrote in message news:<DSvWc.220873$eM2.37321@attbi_s51>...
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>
> > refuse to buy it like that, and many others must have done the same
> > because they gave up on that trick.
>
> Nope, there are still plenty of vendors who still do that damn window thing.
> In fact Bar S still does the window and to make it worse they cover the
> window with pre-cut flaps. In order to view the bacon one has to tear the
> flaps (there's two) on at least one side and pull the flaps back or tear
> off completely.
>
> Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I won't
> buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I find
> a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to stay
> pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I guess
> they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in produce,
> are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
>
> nb

I'm surprised at how many people *don't* look at what they are buying
- just throw the whatever into a bag and go. Sorry, but with the
prices as high as they are right now, no way am I buing bruised and
rotten produce, or inferior anything. Not to mention products that
are past their due date...

-L.

notbob > wrote in message news:<DSvWc.220873$eM2.37321@attbi_s51>...
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>
> > refuse to buy it like that, and many others must have done the same
> > because they gave up on that trick.
>
> Nope, there are still plenty of vendors who still do that damn window thing.
> In fact Bar S still does the window and to make it worse they cover the
> window with pre-cut flaps. In order to view the bacon one has to tear the
> flaps (there's two) on at least one side and pull the flaps back or tear
> off completely.
>
> Now, I buy bacon based on price. With bacon running around $6 lb, I won't
> buy unless it's on sale in the $3-4 range. So, when Bar S has a sale on
> bacon, like they did last week, I have no qualms whatsoever about going
> through half a dozen or more packages, ripping flaps like crazy till I find
> a good lb of bacon. Sure, I leave a trail of violated and strewn bacon
> packages but that's just too damn bad. If they want the packages to stay
> pristine, they'll remove the removable flaps so I don't have to. I guess
> they figure most folks, like those who will not pick and choose in produce,
> are afraid to rip those flaps off. Sorry Charlie. I be rippin'!
>
> nb

I'm surprised at how many people *don't* look at what they are buying
- just throw the whatever into a bag and go. Sorry, but with the
prices as high as they are right now, no way am I buing bruised and
rotten produce, or inferior anything. Not to mention products that
are past their due date...

-L.

"Coas****cher" > wrote in message
...
> No no no! These are the same people who insist on eating a
bunch of
> grapes before buying, poking holes in melons, and sqeezing the
tomatoes
> till they are mush. We pay for this! If you can't figure out
what is
> best, ask for help. The next step, which I expect soon, will
be all
> produce packaged in plastic and not be able to be examined till
we've
> bought it and gotten it home. I don't want that do you?
>
I used to shop at a market where they prepackaged their tomatoes.
When I would get home and open the package, invariably there
would be one or two "unacceptable" tomatoes on the bottom. I
would take them back to the store and they would give me a
refund. After I did this for about six weeks in a row, they
stopped prepackaging them. I like to think I am partially
responsible for their decision.

This reminds me of the outdoor produce markets overseas. When you
selected your fruit or whatever, you placed it in a paper bag,
always trying to be slightly over the weight you wanted. If you
were underweight, like, say, slightly under a kilo, the merchant
would throw in a bruised, rotten, or otherwise unacceptable piece
of fruit, which he kept near the scales for that very purpose.
(Of course, this was in the days before electronic scales.)

--
barry in indy

"barry in indy" > wrote in message
m...
> "Coas****cher" > wrote in message
> ...
> > No no no! These are the same people who insist on eating a
> bunch of
> > grapes before buying, poking holes in melons, and sqeezing the
> tomatoes
> > till they are mush. We pay for this! If you can't figure out
> what is
> > best, ask for help. The next step, which I expect soon, will
> be all
> > produce packaged in plastic and not be able to be examined till
> we've
> > bought it and gotten it home. I don't want that do you?
> >
> I used to shop at a market where they prepackaged their tomatoes.
> When I would get home and open the package, invariably there
> would be one or two "unacceptable" tomatoes on the bottom. I
> would take them back to the store and they would give me a
> refund. After I did this for about six weeks in a row, they
> stopped prepackaging them. I like to think I am partially
> responsible for their decision.
>
> This reminds me of the outdoor produce markets overseas. When you
> selected your fruit or whatever, you placed it in a paper bag,
> always trying to be slightly over the weight you wanted. If you
> were underweight, like, say, slightly under a kilo, the merchant
> would throw in a bruised, rotten, or otherwise unacceptable piece
> of fruit, which he kept near the scales for that very purpose.
> (Of course, this was in the days before electronic scales.)

i would take a rotton bruised tomato that was grown in an actual garden from
a real seed over the genetically modified tasteless crap they sell as
tomatoes in the US any day.

randy

"barry in indy" > wrote in message
m...
> "Coas****cher" > wrote in message
> ...
> > No no no! These are the same people who insist on eating a
> bunch of
> > grapes before buying, poking holes in melons, and sqeezing the
> tomatoes
> > till they are mush. We pay for this! If you can't figure out
> what is
> > best, ask for help. The next step, which I expect soon, will
> be all
> > produce packaged in plastic and not be able to be examined till
> we've
> > bought it and gotten it home. I don't want that do you?
> >
> I used to shop at a market where they prepackaged their tomatoes.
> When I would get home and open the package, invariably there
> would be one or two "unacceptable" tomatoes on the bottom. I
> would take them back to the store and they would give me a
> refund. After I did this for about six weeks in a row, they
> stopped prepackaging them. I like to think I am partially
> responsible for their decision.
>
> This reminds me of the outdoor produce markets overseas. When you
> selected your fruit or whatever, you placed it in a paper bag,
> always trying to be slightly over the weight you wanted. If you
> were underweight, like, say, slightly under a kilo, the merchant
> would throw in a bruised, rotten, or otherwise unacceptable piece
> of fruit, which he kept near the scales for that very purpose.
> (Of course, this was in the days before electronic scales.)

i would take a rotton bruised tomato that was grown in an actual garden from
a real seed over the genetically modified tasteless crap they sell as
tomatoes in the US any day.

randy

"Coas****cher" > wrote in message
...
> No no no! These are the same people who insist on eating a bunch of
> grapes before buying, poking holes in melons, and sqeezing the tomatoes
> till they are mush. We pay for this! If you can't figure out what is
> best, ask for help. The next step, which I expect soon, will be all
> produce packaged in plastic and not be able to be examined till we've
> bought it and gotten it home. I don't want that do you?
>
> xrongor wrote:
> > "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
> > r.com...
> >
> >>"Tank" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> >>>This year, I have noticed a number of grocery
> >>>stores placing trash cans next to their sweet
> >>>corn displays. This is for those people who
> >>>feel it necessary to strip their corn there in
> >>>the store. Are they placed there because the
> >>>stores are knuckling under to rude people who
> >>>peel back the ears to check them? What happened
> >>>to being able to judge an ear without destroying
> >>>it? What happened to simply taking the luck of
> >>>the draw with your produce, as the human race
> >>>has for thousands of years?
> >>>
> >>>Am I the only person who dislikes this trend?
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>Tank
> >>>
> >>>This Space To Let.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>My feeling is that if the produce is in a bulk bin then it is valid to
> >
> > pick
> >
> >>and choose. But if it is already divided up into sales units then you
can
> >>choose the bag/tray/box you want but that's all. I once saw a woman
> >
> > picking
> >
> >>the best srawberries from individual quarts to make up her own quart.
> >
> >
> > so pick out your own quart of unsquished, ripe berries. all is fair in
> > love, war, and the produce dept <g>
> >
> > randy
> >
> >
>

the alternative is to accept the bunged up green berries sent to the store
from their supplier. more than once ive bought a 'unit' with nice good
stuff carefully put on top over the crappy stuff it was designed to hide.
this isnt an accicdent, but the way the suppliers work. same way they cut
the bacon to look real good though the 'window'.

randy

"Coas****cher" > wrote in message
...
> No no no! These are the same people who insist on eating a
bunch of
> grapes before buying, poking holes in melons, and sqeezing the
tomatoes
> till they are mush. We pay for this! If you can't figure out
what is
> best, ask for help. The next step, which I expect soon, will
be all
> produce packaged in plastic and not be able to be examined till
we've
> bought it and gotten it home. I don't want that do you?
>
I used to shop at a market where they prepackaged their tomatoes.
When I would get home and open the package, invariably there
would be one or two "unacceptable" tomatoes on the bottom. I
would take them back to the store and they would give me a
refund. After I did this for about six weeks in a row, they
stopped prepackaging them. I like to think I am partially
responsible for their decision.

This reminds me of the outdoor produce markets overseas. When you
selected your fruit or whatever, you placed it in a paper bag,
always trying to be slightly over the weight you wanted. If you
were underweight, like, say, slightly under a kilo, the merchant
would throw in a bruised, rotten, or otherwise unacceptable piece
of fruit, which he kept near the scales for that very purpose.
(Of course, this was in the days before electronic scales.)

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barry in indy