On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:25:20 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article
>,
> spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>
>> On Dec 3, 1:12*pm, Goomba > wrote:
>> > Julie Bove wrote:
>> > > I have a small family but I found out that I am still saving a lot of
>> > > money.
>> > > That said, I buy relatively few things there. *I found their potatoes and
>> > > onions to be rotten so many times that I won't buy them there. *I do buy
>> > > baby carrots, sliced apples,
>> >
>> > ...you buy pre-sliced apples? Why?
>>
>> No core to deal with.
>>
>> I can see the advantage in making healthy food as easy to eat as
>> junkfood.
>
>But they have to add preservatives to it...

People like that never graduated from baby foods.

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:35:39 -0500, Goomba >
wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>
>>> I cannot imagine! Apples start to oxidize (is that the correct
>>> term?) the minute they're sliced. Unless you soak them in an icy
>>> water bath with some lemon juice they start to turn brown within
>>> minutes. Why would anyone buy pre-sliced apples?
>>
>> Convenience, like pre-sliced carrots or celery. They are treated
>> with (citrus/whatever) so they don't go brown.
>> nancy
>
>But I can't imagine they're chock full of vitamins by that point either
>though. Vitamins start to get lost as soon as things get cut and exposed
>to the air. I just can't see why a home would need or want them?

Too stupid to buy applesauce.

On Dec 4, 6:41*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:25:20 -0600, Omelet >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >In article
> >,
> > spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>
> >> On Dec 3, 1:12 pm, Goomba > wrote:
> >> > Julie Bove wrote:
> >> > > I have a small family but I found out that I am still saving a lot of
> >> > > money.
> >> > > That said, I buy relatively few things there. I found their potatoes and
> >> > > onions to be rotten so many times that I won't buy them there. I do buy
> >> > > baby carrots, sliced apples,
>
> >> > ...you buy pre-sliced apples? Why?
>
> >> No core to deal with.
>
> >> I can see the advantage in making healthy food as easy to eat as
> >> junkfood.
>
> >But they have to add preservatives to it...
>
> People like that never graduated from baby foods.

Dude, kids are their target market.

Consider how easy it is for a kid to eat a cookie -- all he has to do
is grab it and pop it into his mouth.

On Dec 4, 6:44*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:35:39 -0500, Goomba >
> wrote:
>
> >Nancy Young wrote:
> >> jmcquown wrote:
>
> >>> I cannot imagine! *Apples start to oxidize (is that the correct
> >>> term?) the minute they're sliced. *Unless you soak them in an icy
> >>> water bath with some lemon juice they start to turn brown within
> >>> minutes. *Why would anyone buy pre-sliced apples?
>
> >> Convenience, like pre-sliced carrots or celery. *They are treated
> >> with (citrus/whatever) so they don't go brown.
> >> nancy
>
> >But I can't imagine they're chock full of vitamins by that point either
> >though. Vitamins start to get lost as soon as things get cut and exposed
> >to the air. I just can't see why a home would need or want them?
>
> Too stupid to buy applesauce.

Sure, grab a handful of applesauce when you want a quick snack. Or
stick a spoon in, eat the spoonful, stick the spoon back in, etc.

On 03/12/2010 12:31 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>
>> asked her twice. As soon as she was leaving (so she couldn't slow
>> things even more) I said to her, "You're a real asshole." She said,
>> "What?" and I repeated, "You're a real asshole." She might not have
>> understood enough English to know exactly what I said, but her
>> daughter (~11 or 12) and son (~7 or 8) almost certainly did.
>>
>> --Bryan
>
> Were you real proud of yourself? I wouldn't ever use that word in
> public, nor do I use it anywhere, and certainly not in front of small
> children. Sheesh, yore momma didn't raise you right!


I have mixed feelings about that. I am normally very polite in public,
but I have little tolerance for people who think so little of me and
others that they would butt into line ahead of me. As long as you allow
it to go on they will see nothing wrong with their actions. Heck,
getting away with it reinforces their misguided perception of their own
social superiority. They need to be called on it.

On 12/03/2010 12:04 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
[Costco]

> I have a small family but I found out that I am still saving a lot of money.

Me, too.

> That said, I buy relatively few things there. I found their potatoes and
> onions to be rotten so many times that I won't buy them there.

I have really good luck with their red potatoes. I have bought numerous
large bags of them, and not one rotten one yet. Maybe I'm charmed.

> I do buy
> baby carrots, sliced apples, sometimes peppers, cottage cheese, cheddar and
> other cheeses, ground beef, chicken, canned foods and drinks, paper
> products, cat litter, hummus, vitamins and sometimes gifts. I'm sure I left
> a few things off of that list. Most of what they sell comes in too large of
> amounts for my needs. But I am saving a ton of money on what I do buy.

It seems they're moving toward big quantities packed in smaller units.
The canned corn, for instance, doesn't only come in a large restaurant
can; you can get a flat of the home-size cans for a good price.

My major buys there are tuna (their 7-ounce cans, good quality, larger
can) and BUTTER (much cheaper than the grocery store -- we buy lots of
butter at Costco). We also get megamultipacks of toilet paper and things
like that, and I used to get a great deal on my unscented laundry soap,
before I started making my own, which is even cheaper.

Serene
--
http://www.momfoodproject.com

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:04:39 -0500, ravenlynne
> wrote:

> I do have to say though, that this didn't seem to be the case in
> northern italy when I ventured there. There was a perfect queue for the
> WC in a gas station once. I'm convinced southern italians are something
> else entirely. Like they never got over their partial northern african
> heritage.

I'd put it a little differently. I'd say they are closer in culture
to the Germans and Brits who do queue up.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On 03 Dec 2010 14:32:06 GMT, notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2010-12-02, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> Why on earth would someone steal your shopping cart?
>>
>> (notbob sheepishly raises hand....)
>>
>> Guilty!
>>
>> I must admit, that during the occasional senior shopping moment, I
>> have been known to unintentionally wonder off with someone else's cart.
>
> We've all done that. I've pout stuff in other peoples carts
> without knowing it as well. Until I got home.
>
> One tie a guy and I got into a minor verbal scuffle over who's cart
> was who's. We each had an unbagged onion our cart and nothing
> else. But we were in the deli section which is *before* the veggie
> department. What are the chances that two people who have an empty
> cart except for an onion? And in that section of th store?
>
> Well, I spotted another cart 15 feet away with an yellow onion it.
> His onion was white. Oops. Sheesh, some people have no sense of
> humor.
>
>> Fortunately,
>> I'm not so far gone I've walked off with a cart with a kid in it!! 8\
>
> I've come back to a cart with a 3 year old in the front seat. It
> *was* the meat department, but it wasn't wrapped up in butcher
> paper.

lol

--
--
https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 07:51:46 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski" >
wrote:

> Worse than rude. That person probably did not notice it was gone until they
> got home and were missing an ingredient and has to make a trip back to the
> store.

The same thought occurred to me.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 08:57:41 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:

> they know people don't need that 5 pound can of tuna.

I have been eyeballing those 5lb cans of tuna for a couple decades.
For $7 or $13 (flake or chunk white) I think I could polish one off
before it expires.

Sheldon could no problem, even without the cats. He likes eating
the same things day after day.


-sw

On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:17:21 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> Walmart is a
> primo acct, they're good for the money and they pay on time, Walmart
> gets the best service.

Of course they pay on time. They don't want to pay the extra 2%,
or even pay early and get the extra 1-2% off.

But as a consumer, I can certainly live without them. No doubt
about that.

Even on those comparable brands that cost less at Walmart, they're
still making manufacturers lower their standards of quality, which
is reason enough not to shop there.

You just have all around TIAD.

-sw

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:27:25 -0800, Serene Vannoy
> wrote:

> My major buys there are tuna (their 7-ounce cans, good quality, larger
> can) and BUTTER (much cheaper than the grocery store -- we buy lots of
> butter at Costco).

Another place for good butter price is Smart & Final (aka: Cash &
Carry).

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On 12/4/2010 11:50 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 09:04:39 -0500, ravenlynne
> > wrote:
>
>> I do have to say though, that this didn't seem to be the case in
>> northern italy when I ventured there. There was a perfect queue for the
>> WC in a gas station once. I'm convinced southern italians are something
>> else entirely. Like they never got over their partial northern african
>> heritage.
>
> I'd put it a little differently. I'd say they are closer in culture
> to the Germans and Brits who do queue up.
>

Southern italians aren't. But it is a well known fact that there were
many greek, egytian and moroccan immigrants to the naples area, who
intermarried with the locals. visit a market in egypt or moracco and
it's the same thing. I had a woman pressing her body against me and
staring at me in the commissary on BASE because she wanted to hand her
money to the cashier while I was completing my transaction. I'm not
saying that they are bad people at all, just an entirely different
mindset that has been in effect for many many generations.

visit anywhere north of Roma and they'll tell you napoli isn't part of
Italy. I've personally experienced this. It's like people in maryland
telling you florida doesn't exist.

--
Currently reading: To Try Men's Souls by Newt Gingrich and William
Forstchen

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:33:32 -0500, ravenlynne
> wrote:

> visit anywhere north of Roma and they'll tell you napoli isn't part of
> Italy. I've personally experienced this. It's like people in maryland
> telling you florida doesn't exist.

I thought Italy was a little more unified than that in the last couple
of decades, but don't the old people still speak in local dialects?
The old fashioned mind set over there is still regional, not national.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Dec 4, 9:32*am, sf > wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:27:25 -0800, Serene Vannoy
>
> > wrote:
> > My major buys there are tuna (their 7-ounce cans, good quality, larger
> > can) and BUTTER (much cheaper than the grocery store -- we buy lots of
> > butter at Costco).
>
> Another place for good butter price is Smart & Final (aka: Cash &
> Carry).

Do you buy their First Street brand? How does it compare to Berkeley
Farms?

In article >,
Serene Vannoy > wrote:

> On 12/03/2010 12:04 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> [Costco]

> > That said, I buy relatively few things there. I found their potatoes and
> > onions to be rotten so many times that I won't buy them there.
>
> I have really good luck with their red potatoes. I have bought numerous
> large bags of them, and not one rotten one yet. Maybe I'm charmed.

I love their potatoes. I prefer them. The shape is more regular than
cheap potatoes from other stores, so there is less waste. I've never
had a bad one.

The onions are good, but pretty large. We seldom need that much onion
at one time, so we end up storing part in the fridge. I prefer smaller
onions for most things.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> In article
> >,
> Dan Abel > wrote:

> > You missed the thread last week, I guess. Stu moved her to Tukwila. I
> > thought that was pretty funny, so I made a joke about it.
> >
> > Now Stu has moved Bryan to MN! Watch out, you're next!
>
> Can I get in on this if they are paying the train fare? <g>

You want to take the train to Australia? Good luck!

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On 12/4/2010 1:06 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:33:32 -0500, ravenlynne
> > wrote:
>
>> visit anywhere north of Roma and they'll tell you napoli isn't part of
>> Italy. I've personally experienced this. It's like people in maryland
>> telling you florida doesn't exist.
>
> I thought Italy was a little more unified than that in the last couple
> of decades, but don't the old people still speak in local dialects?
> The old fashioned mind set over there is still regional, not national.
>

Yes. In my Italian language class we were taught Italian. We were told
that we would be understood in the north. In naples, it's a combo of
italian, spanish and greek.

I was told in a hotel in Rome (a holiday inn lol) after telling the
concierge that we live in Italy, in Naples that "Naples isn't Italy".
He had this pinched, disgusted look on his face.

I suppose it takes a few generations to change a mindset.

--
Currently reading: To Try Men's Souls by Newt Gingrich and William
Forstchen

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 03/12/2010 12:31 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>>> asked her twice. As soon as she was leaving (so she couldn't slow
>>> things even more) I said to her, "You're a real asshole." She
>>> said,
>>> "What?" and I repeated, "You're a real asshole." She might not
>>> have
>>> understood enough English to know exactly what I said, but her
>>> daughter (~11 or 12) and son (~7 or 8) almost certainly did.
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>>
>> Were you real proud of yourself? I wouldn't ever use that word in
>> public, nor do I use it anywhere, and certainly not in front of
>> small
>> children. Sheesh, yore momma didn't raise you right!
>
>
> I have mixed feelings about that. I am normally very polite in
> public,
> but I have little tolerance for people who think so little of me and
> others that they would butt into line ahead of me. As long as you
> allow it to go on they will see nothing wrong with their actions.
> Heck, getting away with it reinforces their misguided perception of
> their own social superiority. They need to be called on it.

Do any of you speak up? I do. "Excuse me - the end of the line is
back here." It usually works. If not, I'm ready to hit them over the
head with my umbrella. You have to watch we small ones.

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:37:35 -0500, ravenlynne
> wrote:

> I was told in a hotel in Rome (a holiday inn lol) after telling the
> concierge that we live in Italy, in Naples that "Naples isn't Italy".

I'd be interested to find out where/what he considered Naples... still
a separate city/state?

> He had this pinched, disgusted look on his face.

Attitude! Parisians are that way too.

Lidia Bastianich was born in a part of Italy that's now in Croatia...
boundaries are fluid in the old world.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 13:50:23 -0500, "Dora" > wrote:

> Do any of you speak up? I do. "Excuse me - the end of the line is
> back here." It usually works. If not, I'm ready to hit them over the
> head with my umbrella. You have to watch we small ones.

You're small, but feisty!

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 10:10:20 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

> On Dec 4, 9:32*am, sf > wrote:
> > On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:27:25 -0800, Serene Vannoy
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > My major buys there are tuna (their 7-ounce cans, good quality, larger
> > > can) and BUTTER (much cheaper than the grocery store -- we buy lots of
> > > butter at Costco).
> >
> > Another place for good butter price is Smart & Final (aka: Cash &
> > Carry).
>
> Do you buy their First Street brand? How does it compare to Berkeley
> Farms?

I don't remember what brand it was to be frank. I bought unsalted and
I liked it.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:28:40 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

> The onions are good, but pretty large. We seldom need that much onion
> at one time, so we end up storing part in the fridge. I prefer smaller
> onions for most things.

Yes, me too. It's almost impossible to buy small onions loose
anymore, so I'm back to buying them in bags. I use onions almost
every day, but I see no reason to take up valuable real estate in my
refrigerator storing them from day to day.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 09:19:34 -0800 (PST), Nancy2 wrote:

>>> have used. *Jeez, like someone's going to steal stuff that hasn't been
>>> paid for yet.
>
> Actually, I am guilty of that.
>
> I looked all over a supermarket I didn't usually go to, for Kraft
> Parmesan cheese ("sprinkle" cheese for the kids' basghetti) - couldn't
> find it anywhere, but spied a container in someone's momentarily
> unattended cart - and helped myself. I don't even feel guilty about
> it. LOL.
>
> N.

you are responsible for the general decline in the morals of Western
Civilization.

thanks!

your pal,
blake

On Dec 4, 11:17*am, sf > wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:28:40 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
> > The onions are good, but pretty large. *We seldom need that much onion
> > at one time, so we end up storing part in the fridge. *I prefer smaller
> > onions for most things.
>
> Yes, me too. *It's almost impossible to buy small onions loose
> anymore, so I'm back to buying them in bags. *I use onions almost
> every day, but I see no reason to take up valuable real estate in my
> refrigerator storing them from day to day.

That's another thing we buy at Trader Joe's: small bags of small
onions.

On 12/04/2010 11:47 AM, l, not -l wrote:
> On 4-Dec-2010, > wrote:
>
>> Do any of you speak up? I do. "Excuse me - the end of the line is
>> back here." It usually works.
>
> While I will, and often do, speak up about such infractions, I never will
> say "excuse me". I am not the one breaching protocol and feel no to
> apologize; it is the other party who owes an apology.

One doesn't have to take social niceties so literally. "Excuse me" has
other meanings other than "I just did something wrong" -- it's also just
a polite way to get someone's attention without yelling "Hey, asshole!"

Serene

--
http://www.momfoodproject.com

Serene Vannoy wrote:
> On 12/04/2010 11:47 AM, l, not -l wrote:
>> On 4-Dec-2010, > wrote:
>>
>>> Do any of you speak up? I do. "Excuse me - the end of the line
>>> is
>>> back here." It usually works.
>>
>> While I will, and often do, speak up about such infractions, I
>> never
>> will say "excuse me". I am not the one breaching protocol and feel
>> no to apologize; it is the other party who owes an apology.
>
> One doesn't have to take social niceties so literally. "Excuse me"
> has
> other meanings other than "I just did something wrong" -- it's also
> just a polite way to get someone's attention without yelling "Hey,
> asshole!"
> Serene

Yes, especially when I don't say "excuse me" - I say EXCUSE ME!!

ravenlynne wrote:
>
> visit anywhere north of Roma and they'll tell you napoli isn't part
> of
> Italy. I've personally experienced this. It's like people in
> maryland telling you florida doesn't exist.

Er, I live in Maryland and haven't met anyone here who doesn't know
where Florida is!

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:46:22 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

> Speaking of programs, is anybody else ****ed that in baseball games, the
> home players don't have names on their uniforms? I guess you are
> supposed to know the names for the numbers, but I certainly don't.
> Fortunately, my wife does, but what about people who don't have their
> wife there? Is that just a trick to sell more programs?

Isn't that one of the reasons why god invented the internet?

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 15:00:11 -0500, "Dora" > wrote:

> ravenlynne wrote:
> >
> > visit anywhere north of Roma and they'll tell you napoli isn't part
> > of
> > Italy. I've personally experienced this. It's like people in
> > maryland telling you florida doesn't exist.
>
> Er, I live in Maryland and haven't met anyone here who doesn't know
> where Florida is!
>
She probably meant to say "Florida isn't part of the United States".

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 19:47:03 GMT, "l, not -l" > wrote:

> While I will, and often do, speak up about such infractions, I never will
> say "excuse me". I am not the one breaching protocol and feel no to
> apologize; it is the other party who owes an apology.

You must not live in a city. When one says "excuse me" in a situation
where they are not asking to be excused - their words may be the same
but the tone is anything but conciliatory. It has a "Get out of my
way, punk" subtext to it. People can tell the difference, if they
aren't deaf.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 14:56:34 -0500, "Dora" > wrote:

> Yes, especially when I don't say "excuse me" - I say EXCUSE ME!!

And then there's the Steve Martin approach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_VEGPTxGk

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

Serene Vannoy wrote:
> On 12/04/2010 11:47 AM, l, not -l wrote:

>> While I will, and often do, speak up about such infractions, I never
>> will say "excuse me". I am not the one breaching protocol and feel
>> no to apologize; it is the other party who owes an apology.
>
> One doesn't have to take social niceties so literally. "Excuse me" has
> other meanings other than "I just did something wrong" -- it's also
> just a polite way to get someone's attention without yelling "Hey,
> asshole!"

(laugh) Or, to be polite, You're free to excuse your ass out
of my way, sooner rather than later.

nancy

On 04/12/2010 2:13 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:37:35 -0500, ravenlynne
> > wrote:
>
>> I was told in a hotel in Rome (a holiday inn lol) after telling the
>> concierge that we live in Italy, in Naples that "Naples isn't Italy".
>
> I'd be interested to find out where/what he considered Naples... still
> a separate city/state?
>
>> He had this pinched, disgusted look on his face.
>
> Attitude! Parisians are that way too.
>
> Lidia Bastianich was born in a part of Italy that's now in Croatia...
> boundaries are fluid in the old world.
>


I like her show. She id an interesting dish on a show I saw a few days
ago. She rinsed and drained sauerkraut, heated up some oil and garlic,
added sauerkraut and then chunks of pork..... a chunk of bacon, some
ribs, some smoked chops, some sausage. Put a lid on it and cooked it for
an hour or so, I am not a big fan of sauerkraut, and I was really
surprised to see it being cooked in an Italian cooking show.

On 04/12/2010 3:18 PM, sf wrote:
>
>>
>> Er, I live in Maryland and haven't met anyone here who doesn't know
>> where Florida is!
>>
> She probably meant to say "Florida isn't part of the United States".
>

i was at a wedding reception in Colorado and was surprised that I was
the only one in the group who knew that the capital of Florida was
Talahassee.

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:46:22 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> > Speaking of programs, is anybody else ****ed that in baseball games, the
> > home players don't have names on their uniforms? I guess you are
> > supposed to know the names for the numbers, but I certainly don't.
> > Fortunately, my wife does, but what about people who don't have their
> > wife there? Is that just a trick to sell more programs?
>
> Isn't that one of the reasons why god invented the internet?

We were just discussing this on the local newsgroup. The internet
connection on the phone I got from ATT is pretty much not usable at ATT
Park (that's where I go to watch baseball). I don't have a usable
laptop, but my daughter says the Wifi there isn't usable either.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

ravenlynne wrote:


> visit anywhere north of Roma and they'll tell you napoli isn't part of
> Italy. I've personally experienced this. It's like people in maryland
> telling you florida doesn't exist.
>
Florida? What'sa Florida?
LOL

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:49:13 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:46:22 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
> >
> > > Speaking of programs, is anybody else ****ed that in baseball games, the
> > > home players don't have names on their uniforms? I guess you are
> > > supposed to know the names for the numbers, but I certainly don't.
> > > Fortunately, my wife does, but what about people who don't have their
> > > wife there? Is that just a trick to sell more programs?
> >
> > Isn't that one of the reasons why god invented the internet?
>
> We were just discussing this on the local newsgroup. The internet
> connection on the phone I got from ATT is pretty much not usable at ATT
> Park (that's where I go to watch baseball). I don't have a usable
> laptop, but my daughter says the Wifi there isn't usable either.

What's wrong with printing out a cheat sheet to take with you?

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:40:38 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 04/12/2010 2:13 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:37:35 -0500, ravenlynne
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I was told in a hotel in Rome (a holiday inn lol) after telling the
> >> concierge that we live in Italy, in Naples that "Naples isn't Italy".
> >
> > I'd be interested to find out where/what he considered Naples... still
> > a separate city/state?
> >
> >> He had this pinched, disgusted look on his face.
> >
> > Attitude! Parisians are that way too.
> >
> > Lidia Bastianich was born in a part of Italy that's now in Croatia...
> > boundaries are fluid in the old world.
> >
>
>
> I like her show. She id an interesting dish on a show I saw a few days
> ago. She rinsed and drained sauerkraut, heated up some oil and garlic,
> added sauerkraut and then chunks of pork..... a chunk of bacon, some
> ribs, some smoked chops, some sausage. Put a lid on it and cooked it for
> an hour or so, I am not a big fan of sauerkraut, and I was really
> surprised to see it being cooked in an Italian cooking show.

If I remember correctly, Lidia is the one who doesn't like garlic too.

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Never trust a dog to watch your food.

ravenlynne wrote:

> Yes. In my Italian language class we were taught Italian. We were told
> that we would be understood in the north. In naples, it's a combo of
> italian, spanish and greek.
>
> I was told in a hotel in Rome (a holiday inn lol) after telling the
> concierge that we live in Italy, in Naples that "Naples isn't Italy". He
> had this pinched, disgusted look on his face.
>
> I suppose it takes a few generations to change a mindset.
>
"Fa Napoli" LOL God I grew up hearing my father say that in
exasperation. Years ago, I mumbled it myself while fighting with an IV
pump in a patient room and heard me and laughed-he knew exactly what I'd
meant!

Once my father about Sicilians (my fathers family came from outside
Benevento) he sort of pooh-poohed (less than an outright sneer) and said
they had too much Egyptian in them.