"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/21/2013 10:38 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>> If you avoid the middle aisles, you are definitely missing some good
>>>>> things.
>>>
>>>> Name a few.
>>>
>>> Salt and pepper!
>>
>> Great start, Nancy. Add in all dried spices and herbs and all baking
>> ingredients like flour, baking powder, etc etc. All condiments. All
>> ethnic foods and sauces. Coffee and tea. Pet foods if you have a pet.
>> Toilet paper (everyone needs that except maybe the bidet ppl). The
>> list is endless.
>>
>> G.
>>
> Not really. I can't remember the last time I bought a bag of flour. A 5
> lb. bag of flour lasts a *really* long time in my house. Same thing with
> sugar, baking powder, baking soda. Dried herbs I buy in bulk and store in
> the freezer. I don't drink coffee or tea. Pet food comes from the vet.
> I buy other things like toilet paper, shampoo, cleaning products, etc. at
> the dollar store because it's a lot cheaper.
>
> I'm not saying I *never* go down the middle aisles. As Ophelia said, if
> I'm looking for something specific, like peanut butter, sure. But I don't
> go up and down every aisle when I shop. I like to get in, get the hell
> out and go home.

Sounds just right to me!!!

I hate shopping


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On 12/21/2013 11:58 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> Baked potato with just salt and butter for me) yummmmmm!
>>
>> No pepper? I put tons of pepper on a potato...they can take it.
>>
>> Same for sweet potatoes but you don't like them?
>
> No and I don't like pepper either ... so there!!
>
I don't mind pepper but when it comes to a baked potato, just butter and
salt works for me.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/21/2013 11:58 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Baked potato with just salt and butter for me) yummmmmm!
>>>
>>> No pepper? I put tons of pepper on a potato...they can take it.
>>>
>>> Same for sweet potatoes but you don't like them?
>>
>> No and I don't like pepper either ... so there!!
>>
> I don't mind pepper but when it comes to a baked potato, just butter and
> salt works for me.

Yes)) My fave)

>

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On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 22:07:27 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

> Sounds just right to me!!!
>
> I hate shopping

I love shopping and go up & down almost every aisle. The areas I am
rarely in are frozen food, pharmacy, cleaning products, drinks and
snacks. The other aisles are a least walked down.

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On 2013-12-21 6:02 PM, sf wrote:

> I love shopping and go up & down almost every aisle. The areas I am
> rarely in are frozen food, pharmacy, cleaning products, drinks and
> snacks. The other aisles are a least walked down.

I can't say that I like love shopping but I do it. I do most of the
cooking so I know what I need. I can't say that I avoid all the centre
isles because I shop in a number of different stores but usually only
one of the them per week for basic weekly shopping. Which one I go to
that week depends on what we need and which one has the best prices.
I am not as anal as my late brother in law, the engineer who had an
almost to scale map with a layout of the store and the items and
locations on each aisle. They keep changing and I can;'t keep track,
so I wander.

Sometimes I need things that are only available at the most expensive
one. I don't usually bother with the one that sells the soft drinks and
snack foods. I skip the one with cleaning products because we order ours
online. The aisles with prepare foods.... I usually don't even bother
with. Most of my shopping is for meat, fish, dairy and produce, so I
can often do most of my shopping around the outside.

On 12/21/2013 5:45 PM, wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:15:43 -0500, S Viemeister
> > wrote:
>
>> On 12/21/2013 2:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> > wrote in message
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> Here too and they even deep fry meat pies <g>
>>>>
>>>> Thankfully their f&c's are so great I have never been tempted, how on
>>>> earth can they fry pies and what's the point ?
>>>
>>> LOL I have no idea but they do!
>>>
>> When my son took his new wife on a trip to Scotland, they went to a chip
>> shop - he ordered f&c, but she doesn't eat fish, so she ordered a
>> burger. She was astounded when it was dipped in batter and deep-fried...
>
> I really can't imagine eating something like -
>
Sounds a bit like someone's idea of Southern US Country Fried Steak!

Jill

On 12/21/2013 4:26 PM, Ophelia wrote:

> <g> sounds about right) Did he actually like the f&c??? The only
> ones I have bought and enjoyed were in Anstruther! I have stopped
> buying them elsewhere(
>
He said the fish was good, but I don't remember where they were at the time.
There was (and may still be) a place in Helmsdale with really good
fish'n'chips.

In article >,
says...

> They will never be able to pass themselves off as Scottish. If I have
> heard correctly, deep fried Mars bars are most popular in Scotland.
> According to Wikipedia, 22% of fish and chip shops in Scotland sell
> them. I have only seen them at kiosks at special events here, never in
> regular shops. Personally, the very thought of deep frying something
> that sickeningly sweet makes my stomach flinch.

I thought that, and said so while eating at a friend's pub. He
immediately said I had to try one first and rustled one up in the
kitchen. (just the mini-size).

It was fantastic :-) the batter was very light and crisp and all the
choc and gooey stuff had melted inside it.

Janet UK

On 12/21/2013 6:57 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/21/2013 5:45 PM, wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:15:43 -0500, S Viemeister
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/21/2013 2:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> Here too and they even deep fry meat pies <g>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thankfully their f&c's are so great I have never been tempted, how on
>>>>> earth can they fry pies and what's the point ?
>>>>
>>>> LOL I have no idea but they do!
>>>>
>>> When my son took his new wife on a trip to Scotland, they went to a chip
>>> shop - he ordered f&c, but she doesn't eat fish, so she ordered a
>>> burger. She was astounded when it was dipped in batter and deep-fried...
>>
>> I really can't imagine eating something like -
>>
> Sounds a bit like someone's idea of Southern US Country Fried Steak!
>
It was the _whole_ burger, including the bun, not just the meat part.

On 2013-12-21 23:02:09 +0000, sf said:

> On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 22:07:27 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>> Sounds just right to me!!!
>>
>> I hate shopping
>
> I love shopping and go up & down almost every aisle. The areas I am
> rarely in are frozen food, pharmacy, cleaning products, drinks and
> snacks. The other aisles are a least walked down.

Ditto every sentence.

On 2013-12-21 23:44:11 +0000, Dave Smith said:

> On 2013-12-21 6:02 PM, sf wrote:
>
>> I love shopping and go up & down almost every aisle. The areas I am
>> rarely in are frozen food, pharmacy, cleaning products, drinks and
>> snacks. The other aisles are a least walked down.
>
> I can't say that I like love shopping but I do it. I do most of the
> cooking so I know what I need. I can't say that I avoid all the centre
> isles because I shop in a number of different stores but usually only
> one of the them per week for basic weekly shopping. Which one I go to
> that week depends on what we need and which one has the best prices.
> I am not as anal as my late brother in law, the engineer who had an
> almost to scale map with a layout of the store and the items and
> locations on each aisle. They keep changing and I can;'t keep track,
> so I wander.
>
> Sometimes I need things that are only available at the most expensive
> one. I don't usually bother with the one that sells the soft drinks
> and snack foods. I skip the one with cleaning products because we order
> ours online. The aisles with prepare foods.... I usually don't even
> bother with. Most of my shopping is for meat, fish, dairy and produce,
> so I can often do most of my shopping around the outside.

One of the reasons we love "grocery shopping" is that we have so many
large local supermarkets that cater to various ethnicities. The closest
and easiest access supermarkets are Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese,
Middle-Eastern, Mexican, Persian and Eastern-European (Actually I think
Jon's is Armenian). We go to all of these with some regularity.

We also have many smaller groceries that are hard-wired to Poland,
Russia, India, Spain, Italy and Turkey. We're 30 miles from LA where we
can find other obscurities; German, Swedish, Brazilian, or the greatest
cheese store on the planet. But mostly we consider those a bit out of
reach. These thirty miles can mean from 45 min. to 1.5 hours each way.

We lolligag up and down every aisle pawing over every curiousity,
trying to figure out what they are, how it's used, how it could be used
instead and so forth. We often say we're the only one that think a fine
ol' weekend evening's entertainment can be had more easily at the
supermarket than at the local movie theaters.

It's a lot of fun.

On 2013-12-21 22:07:54 +0000, jmcquown said:

> On 12/21/2013 11:58 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Baked potato with just salt and butter for me) yummmmmm!
>>>
>>> No pepper? I put tons of pepper on a potato...they can take it.
>>>
>>> Same for sweet potatoes but you don't like them?
>>
>> No and I don't like pepper either ... so there!!
>>
> I don't mind pepper but when it comes to a baked potato, just butter
> and salt works for me.

I don't think I could eat any kind of potato (maybe fried), without
pepper. When I was a kid my mom through much more cracked pepper at
food than salt.

On 12/21/2013 8:57 PM, gtr wrote:
>
> I don't think I could eat any kind of potato (maybe fried), without
> pepper. When I was a kid my mom through much more cracked pepper at food
> than salt.
>

My neighbour puts a lot of pepper on his food, but he does not hold a
candle to a the friend of a former co-worker. We used to run into him
occasionally at a breakfast join we used to go to. He likes his eggs
sunny side up. I don't know how much salt he used, but by the time he
finished peppering his eggs they were black.

On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 20:12:15 -0500, S Viemeister
> wrote:

> On 12/21/2013 6:57 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 12/21/2013 5:45 PM, wrote:
> >> On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:15:43 -0500, S Viemeister
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 12/21/2013 2:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>>> > wrote in message
> >>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>>> Here too and they even deep fry meat pies <g>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thankfully their f&c's are so great I have never been tempted, how on
> >>>>> earth can they fry pies and what's the point ?
> >>>>
> >>>> LOL I have no idea but they do!
> >>>>
> >>> When my son took his new wife on a trip to Scotland, they went to a chip
> >>> shop - he ordered f&c, but she doesn't eat fish, so she ordered a
> >>> burger. She was astounded when it was dipped in batter and deep-fried...
> >>
> >> I really can't imagine eating something like -
> >>
> > Sounds a bit like someone's idea of Southern US Country Fried Steak!
> >
> It was the _whole_ burger, including the bun, not just the meat part.

I understood that when posted and it sounded vile. Deep fried Mars
bars don't appeal to me either... but I'm just a lowly American, so
what do I know about high falutin' European tastes in their fast food
(aka: chip shop) industry? Sounds to me like "there's something for
everyone"! )

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 12/21/2013 8:12 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 12/21/2013 6:57 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 12/21/2013 5:45 PM, wrote:
>>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:15:43 -0500, S Viemeister
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/21/2013 2:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>> Here too and they even deep fry meat pies <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thankfully their f&c's are so great I have never been tempted, how on
>>>>>> earth can they fry pies and what's the point ?
>>>>>
>>>>> LOL I have no idea but they do!
>>>>>
>>>> When my son took his new wife on a trip to Scotland, they went to a
>>>> chip
>>>> shop - he ordered f&c, but she doesn't eat fish, so she ordered a
>>>> burger. She was astounded when it was dipped in batter and
>>>> deep-fried...
>>>
>>> I really can't imagine eating something like -
>>>
>> Sounds a bit like someone's idea of Southern US Country Fried Steak!
>>
> It was the _whole_ burger, including the bun, not just the meat part.
>
Oh... well *that's* different!

Jill

On 2013-12-22 02:27:38 +0000, Dave Smith said:

> On 12/21/2013 8:57 PM, gtr wrote:
>>
>> I don't think I could eat any kind of potato (maybe fried), without
>> pepper. When I was a kid my mom through much more cracked pepper at food
>> than salt.
>>
>
> My neighbour puts a lot of pepper on his food, but he does not hold a
> candle to a the friend of a former co-worker. We used to run into him
> occasionally at a breakfast join we used to go to. He likes his eggs
> sunny side up. I don't know how much salt he used, but by the time he
> finished peppering his eggs they were black.

Not quite my mom's approach: She always used pepper, she always used a
fair amount, but it was never "over the top" in my mind. I was always
reminded of this whenever I ate a friend's house during those years: a)
Very little to no black pepper, b) 8 times the salt my mother added to
any food ever.

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 01:09:12 -0000, Janet > wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
>
> > They will never be able to pass themselves off as Scottish. If I have
> > heard correctly, deep fried Mars bars are most popular in Scotland.
> > According to Wikipedia, 22% of fish and chip shops in Scotland sell
> > them. I have only seen them at kiosks at special events here, never in
> > regular shops. Personally, the very thought of deep frying something
> > that sickeningly sweet makes my stomach flinch.
>
> I thought that, and said so while eating at a friend's pub. He
> immediately said I had to try one first and rustled one up in the
> kitchen. (just the mini-size).
>
> It was fantastic :-) the batter was very light and crisp and all the
> choc and gooey stuff had melted inside it.
>
At least you tried it, Janet! Your report is making me think I'll
give it a shot (if I can share with one or more people) sometime....
not that I've ever seen it for sale, but I know it's out there
somewhere.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:56:51 -0800, gtr > wrote:
>
> One of the reasons we love "grocery shopping" is that we have so many
> large local supermarkets that cater to various ethnicities. The closest
> and easiest access supermarkets are Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese,
> Middle-Eastern, Mexican, Persian and Eastern-European (Actually I think
> Jon's is Armenian). We go to all of these with some regularity.
>
> We also have many smaller groceries that are hard-wired to Poland,
> Russia, India, Spain, Italy and Turkey. We're 30 miles from LA where we
> can find other obscurities; German, Swedish, Brazilian, or the greatest
> cheese store on the planet. But mostly we consider those a bit out of
> reach. These thirty miles can mean from 45 min. to 1.5 hours each way.
>
> We lolligag up and down every aisle pawing over every curiousity,
> trying to figure out what they are, how it's used, how it could be used
> instead and so forth. We often say we're the only one that think a fine
> ol' weekend evening's entertainment can be had more easily at the
> supermarket than at the local movie theaters.
>
> It's a lot of fun.

That's very true.

There is a lot of variety between regular grocery stores meaning they
stock different things and they are within a very tight circle because
my city is small (49 square miles). Of course, the area I shop in
regularly is even smaller, so venturing out to shop an hour away is
amazing to me and I wouldn't do it unless I was visiting the area for
another reason. My POV might be different if I didn't have an ocean
on one side and bridges (hello - $$) to cross on two others. This area
is so compressed that I pat myself on the back for shopping 5 miles
away from my house.

That's life - and it's all about perspective.

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On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:57:55 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> I don't think I could eat any kind of potato (maybe fried), without
> pepper. When I was a kid my mom through much more cracked pepper at
> food than salt.

I like pepper too... I already knew that Ophelia prefers bland food,
but Jill surprised me.

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On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 21:27:38 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> My neighbour puts a lot of pepper on his food, but he does not hold a
> candle to a the friend of a former co-worker. We used to run into him
> occasionally at a breakfast join we used to go to. He likes his eggs
> sunny side up. I don't know how much salt he used, but by the time he
> finished peppering his eggs they were black.

I think he needs to be introduced to the various hot sauces he could
find at the grocery store.

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On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:52:20 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 01:09:12 -0000, Janet > wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>
>> > They will never be able to pass themselves off as Scottish. If I have
>> > heard correctly, deep fried Mars bars are most popular in Scotland.
>> > According to Wikipedia, 22% of fish and chip shops in Scotland sell
>> > them. I have only seen them at kiosks at special events here, never in
>> > regular shops. Personally, the very thought of deep frying something
>> > that sickeningly sweet makes my stomach flinch.
>>
>> I thought that, and said so while eating at a friend's pub. He
>> immediately said I had to try one first and rustled one up in the
>> kitchen. (just the mini-size).
>>
>> It was fantastic :-) the batter was very light and crisp and all the
>> choc and gooey stuff had melted inside it.
>>
>At least you tried it, Janet! Your report is making me think I'll
>give it a shot (if I can share with one or more people) sometime....
>not that I've ever seen it for sale, but I know it's out there
>somewhere.

I think you are most likely to find such a thing at a state fair.
I've seen fair stands where you pick the kind of candy bar you want.
They probably also offer Oreo cookies that are deep fried. I've never
had one because I always thought it would be too rich.
Janet US

On Friday, December 20, 2013 4:05:00 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> Anyone else read this book? I just started it and parts of it are
>
> hilarious. The author is a 30something from NY who does not seem to know
>
> how to cook. He describes the food in the UK, much of it being convenience
>
> foods in such a way that you might not want to eat after you finish reading
>
> it. Poor guy usually goes home from the store empty handed and has to eat
>
> cereal because he couldn't find anything appealing. I am also astounded at
>
> how many different forms of convenience food that is available in the UK. I
>
> thought we had a lot of stuff here! But it would seem there is a lot more
>
> there. It's a very good read, IMO.

Haven't read it, but thanks for the tip. I love British reading.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/21/2013 8:30 AM, Janet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>
>>> How is your grocery store laid out? At the Publix where I shop the
>>> meat, fish, dairy and produce is all at the back of the store. Those
>>> are the areas I primarily hit when I go shopping.
>>
>> In my nearest smkt, the first aisle from the front entrance door is
>> the fresh fruit and veg and leads straight on to the fresh meat and
>> fish. The onward route turns left, going past the cheese and dairy. This
>> is a pretty standard layout in the big-5 UK supermarkets including ASDA
>> (walmart owned); copies this US model
>>
>> http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/depart...ams/community-
>> health/mass-in-motion/kids-health/eat-better/grocery-shopping.html
>>
> Hmmm. Interesting. That is a US model of a grocery store? It's not at
> all like the one where I shop.
>
>> The UK economy smkts (like LIDL) usually have the opposite layout
>> where the fresh fruit, veg and meat are usually at the back (near the
>> storage dept) as far as possible from the entrance.
>>
>> Janet UK
>>
> Is "near the storage dept" supposed to be derogatory? Or "economy smkts"?
>
> To my way of thinking, locating those cold and fresh items towards the
> back of the store says "easily restocked". Near the loading dock and the
> coolers.

I've never seen that layout either.

"Janet" > wrote in message
t...
> In article >, says...
>>
>> "Casa Sabrosa" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 12/20/2013 10:21 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> >> Of course there are processed foods for sale here!! I doubt we are
>> >> any
>> >> different to the US!
>> >
>> > You put FAR MORE filler in your sausage products than we do, to a
>> > disgusting degree.
>>
>> I have read that too. And sometimes also in burgers.
>
> Nope; in any UK smkt we can choose from a range of qualities from the
> high fat and high filler MRM at the bottom end, to the high quality
> meat/low filler at the top end of the market. Labelling legislation
> here, specifies all the content.
>
> We still have butcher shops here. Much, but not all of the top end of
> the market is burgers and sausages made fresh by butcher shops.

But here, AFAIK, none of the sausages have fillers unless you consider stuff
like the chicken and apple where the apple might be thought of as a filler.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2013-12-21 6:28 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>>>>> I don't know if that's true or not but the author said the UK loves
>>>>> things
>>>>> that are breaded.
>>>>
>>>> Well I like some things breaded but not many. I am not sure how he
>>>> can generalise about that but I suppose various food are attributed
>>>> to various peoples
>>>
>>> He was just going from aisle to aisle in the grocery store and
>>> commenting on the number of breaded foods that he saw.
>>
>> Ok Did he mention the rows and rows of freezers containing pizza?? I
>> think you need to take that book with a huge pinch of salt (ob food) <g>
>>
>
>
> Pizza is not breaded? Breading is pretty much a given for anything deep
> fried.

Huh? So you bread your French fries? Wontons? Donuts?

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/21/2013 2:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>>> > wrote:
>>>> Here too and they even deep fry meat pies <g>
>>>
>>> Thankfully their f&c's are so great I have never been tempted, how on
>>> earth can they fry pies and what's the point ?
>>
>> LOL I have no idea but they do!
>>
> When my son took his new wife on a trip to Scotland, they went to a chip
> shop - he ordered f&c, but she doesn't eat fish, so she ordered a burger.
> She was astounded when it was dipped in batter and deep-fried...

Yikes! We have some places here that don't even own a deep fryer.

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/21/2013 6:57 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 12/21/2013 5:45 PM, wrote:
>>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:15:43 -0500, S Viemeister
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/21/2013 2:53 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>> Here too and they even deep fry meat pies <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thankfully their f&c's are so great I have never been tempted, how on
>>>>>> earth can they fry pies and what's the point ?
>>>>>
>>>>> LOL I have no idea but they do!
>>>>>
>>>> When my son took his new wife on a trip to Scotland, they went to a
>>>> chip
>>>> shop - he ordered f&c, but she doesn't eat fish, so she ordered a
>>>> burger. She was astounded when it was dipped in batter and
>>>> deep-fried...
>>>
>>> I really can't imagine eating something like -
>>>
>> Sounds a bit like someone's idea of Southern US Country Fried Steak!
>>
> It was the _whole_ burger, including the bun, not just the meat part.

Oh, really yikes!

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2013-12-21 12:02 PM, wrote:
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pizza is not breaded? Breading is pretty much a given for anything
>>>>> deep
>>>>> fried.
>>>>
>>>> Heh you do have a point Some chippies in Glasgow deep fry pizza <g>
>>>
>>> In Surrey there was a fish and chip shop run by Chinese - excellent
>>> f&c's but they also sold deep fried Mars bars
>>>
>>
>>
>> They will never be able to pass themselves off as Scottish. If I have
>> heard correctly, deep fried Mars bars are most popular in Scotland.
>> According to Wikipedia, 22% of fish and chip shops in Scotland sell them.
>> I have only seen them at kiosks at special events here, never in regular
>> shops. Personally, the very thought of deep frying something that
>> sickeningly sweet makes my stomach flinch.
>
> Don't forget the deep fried pizza and pies heh all the chippies I have
> seen recently do just that ... oh yes, and sausages in batter and white
> puddings <g> I don't buy anything from there any more, but when I pass I
> can't resist looking at their list Fascinating

Well we do have those pizza rolls here. I think they used to be Jeno's but
now they are Tostinos. I think they are fried before we bake them.

I do like crisp French fries once n a while. But not much else in the way
of fried food.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/21/2013 10:38 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>> Gary wrote:
>>>>> If you avoid the middle aisles, you are definitely missing some good
>>>>> things.
>>>
>>>> Name a few.
>>>
>>> Salt and pepper!
>>
>> Great start, Nancy. Add in all dried spices and herbs and all baking
>> ingredients like flour, baking powder, etc etc. All condiments. All
>> ethnic foods and sauces. Coffee and tea. Pet foods if you have a pet.
>> Toilet paper (everyone needs that except maybe the bidet ppl). The
>> list is endless.
>>
>> G.
>>
> Not really. I can't remember the last time I bought a bag of flour. A 5
> lb. bag of flour lasts a *really* long time in my house. Same thing with
> sugar, baking powder, baking soda. Dried herbs I buy in bulk and store in
> the freezer. I don't drink coffee or tea. Pet food comes from the vet.
> I buy other things like toilet paper, shampoo, cleaning products, etc. at
> the dollar store because it's a lot cheaper.
>
> I'm not saying I *never* go down the middle aisles. As Ophelia said, if
> I'm looking for something specific, like peanut butter, sure. But I don't
> go up and down every aisle when I shop. I like to get in, get the hell
> out and go home.

I use the store as a form of exercise. Mainly when I am biding my time
until dance class is over, or those days I was at Target while daughter was
a driving school. Then I have a big chunk of time to waste. But otherwise
my trips are usually quick ones. Unless it is at Winco. Nobody can get in
and out of there quickly!

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 22:07:27 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>> Sounds just right to me!!!
>>
>> I hate shopping
>
> I love shopping and go up & down almost every aisle. The areas I am
> rarely in are frozen food, pharmacy, cleaning products, drinks and
> snacks. The other aisles are a least walked down.

I rarely do the frozen and cleaning stuff either. I do like to look at the
frozen every once in a while to see if there are new offerings or clearance
items but aside from White Castles, some meatless items and strawberry pops,
I buy very little frozen food. I am very picky about my cleaning products
and most of the brands that I prefer are not ones that some grocery stores
sell. But Target does sell them and I've been getting my Watkin's
grapefruit dish soap online. I buy about 6-8 bottles at a time so that
lasts a good while.

I do buy a lot of soft drinks but I almost only ever buy them on sale and
then I really stock up. Husband and daughter will drink most anything
except for what I like and they don't drink as much so their stockpile lasts
a while. I go through almost a 12 pack daily. I am trying to drink more
water and tea though.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> Baked potato with just salt and butter for me) yummmmmm!
>>
>> No pepper? I put tons of pepper on a potato...they can take it.
>>
>> Same for sweet potatoes but you don't like them?
>
> No and I don't like pepper either ... so there!!

Oooh. I loves me some pepper!

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Ophelia wrote:
>> >>
>> >> lol I'm with you. Fortunately those aisles always seem to be the ones
>> >> in
>> >> the middle so I avoid them completely) Perhaps I am missing
>> >> something
>> >> wonderful ... well so be it
>> >
>> > If you avoid the middle aisles, you are definitely missing some good
>> > things.
>>
>> Well if I am, I don't know it) I am not saying I never use the middle
>> aisles, but I do so only when I am looking for something specific.
>
> I'll bet you've never tried the very yummy dehydrated cottage cheese,
> found in the middle aisles. You rehydrate it with chicken or beef
> stock.

Um... Uh... Wha?

"gtr" > wrote in message news:2013122111164944327-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2013-12-21 17:50:19 +0000, Janet said:
>
>> ...lives near Glasgow (just like you) and has a husband David (just
>> like you) who also has an archived PH to that group about his partner
>> Ophelia... are you still with me..
>>
>> THAT Ophelia/Patricia
>>
>> carelessly used her ukbdsm account to post to ukf+dm about cooking...
>
> Interesting. You've done a lot of very exacting work. A question: Did
> you change your ID over the past 6 months or so? Seems I killed a very
> shrill Janet a year or so ago, but I'm not sure if it was you or
> another Janet, of which there are a few. I have a hard time keeping all
> the data on trouble.

Hmmm... Something similar came up with me as well.
>
> Sure, I could do a weekend of research to nail it down, but though you
> might help. I just don't have that kind of moxie, I guess.
>

"gtr" > wrote in message news:2013122117565119535-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2013-12-21 23:44:11 +0000, Dave Smith said:
>
>> On 2013-12-21 6:02 PM, sf wrote:
>>
>>> I love shopping and go up & down almost every aisle. The areas I am
>>> rarely in are frozen food, pharmacy, cleaning products, drinks and
>>> snacks. The other aisles are a least walked down.
>>
>> I can't say that I like love shopping but I do it. I do most of the
>> cooking so I know what I need. I can't say that I avoid all the centre
>> isles because I shop in a number of different stores but usually only
>> one of the them per week for basic weekly shopping. Which one I go to
>> that week depends on what we need and which one has the best prices.
>> I am not as anal as my late brother in law, the engineer who had an
>> almost to scale map with a layout of the store and the items and
>> locations on each aisle. They keep changing and I can;'t keep track,
>> so I wander.
>>
>> Sometimes I need things that are only available at the most expensive
>> one. I don't usually bother with the one that sells the soft drinks
>> and snack foods. I skip the one with cleaning products because we order
>> ours online. The aisles with prepare foods.... I usually don't even
>> bother with. Most of my shopping is for meat, fish, dairy and produce,
>> so I can often do most of my shopping around the outside.
>
> One of the reasons we love "grocery shopping" is that we have so many
> large local supermarkets that cater to various ethnicities. The closest
> and easiest access supermarkets are Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese,
> Middle-Eastern, Mexican, Persian and Eastern-European (Actually I think
> Jon's is Armenian). We go to all of these with some regularity.
>
> We also have many smaller groceries that are hard-wired to Poland,
> Russia, India, Spain, Italy and Turkey. We're 30 miles from LA where we
> can find other obscurities; German, Swedish, Brazilian, or the greatest
> cheese store on the planet. But mostly we consider those a bit out of
> reach. These thirty miles can mean from 45 min. to 1.5 hours each way.
>
> We lolligag up and down every aisle pawing over every curiousity,
> trying to figure out what they are, how it's used, how it could be used
> instead and so forth. We often say we're the only one that think a fine
> ol' weekend evening's entertainment can be had more easily at the
> supermarket than at the local movie theaters.
>
> It's a lot of fun.

Sounds like you make it a good day out))
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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2013-12-21 6:02 PM, sf wrote:
>
>> I love shopping and go up & down almost every aisle. The areas I am
>> rarely in are frozen food, pharmacy, cleaning products, drinks and
>> snacks. The other aisles are a least walked down.
>
> I can't say that I like love shopping but I do it. I do most of the
> cooking so I know what I need. I can't say that I avoid all the centre
> isles because I shop in a number of different stores but usually only one
> of the them per week for basic weekly shopping. Which one I go to that
> week depends on what we need and which one has the best prices.
> I am not as anal as my late brother in law, the engineer who had an almost
> to scale map with a layout of the store and the items and locations on
> each aisle. They keep changing and I can;'t keep track, so I wander.
>
> Sometimes I need things that are only available at the most expensive one.
> I don't usually bother with the one that sells the soft drinks and snack
> foods. I skip the one with cleaning products because we order ours online.
> The aisles with prepare foods.... I usually don't even bother with. Most
> of my shopping is for meat, fish, dairy and produce, so I can often do
> most of my shopping around the outside.

I know where all the stuff is in the outside aisles but if I need something
from somewhere in the middle I just ask an assistant and they take you right
there


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jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 12/21/2013 11:54 AM, Gary wrote:
> >
> > I'll bet you've never tried the very yummy dehydrated cottage cheese,
> >
> > G.
> >
> Oh dear god. I hope you're making that up.

Oh all right, I'll confess. I made it up.
Too bad though - I'll bet sf would love to sprinkle some on her
spaghetti.

G.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 12/21/2013 11:54 AM, Gary wrote:
>> >
>> > I'll bet you've never tried the very yummy dehydrated cottage cheese,
>> >
>> > G.
>> >
>> Oh dear god. I hope you're making that up.
>
> Oh all right, I'll confess. I made it up.
> Too bad though - I'll bet sf would love to sprinkle some on her
> spaghetti.

Phew I didn't like to ask in case I offended you, but I must admit I was
more than bemused )

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On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:57:13 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
>
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >>
> >> On 12/21/2013 11:54 AM, Gary wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I'll bet you've never tried the very yummy dehydrated cottage cheese,
> >> >
> >> > G.
> >> >
> >> Oh dear god. I hope you're making that up.
> >
> > Oh all right, I'll confess. I made it up.
> > Too bad though - I'll bet sf would love to sprinkle some on her
> > spaghetti.
>
> Phew I didn't like to ask in case I offended you, but I must admit I was
> more than bemused )

I used to be able to buy dryish large, loose, curds that reminded me
of cottage cheese. It was called "farmer's cheese" back then.
Haven't seen that in decades. We're too fancy pants now. Ricotta is
close, but not the same.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Gary wrote:
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>> >
>> > I'll bet you've never tried the very yummy dehydrated cottage cheese,
>> >
>> Oh dear god. I hope you're making that up.
>
>Oh all right, I'll confess. I made it up.
>Too bad though - I'll bet sf would love to sprinkle some.

You can scoop all the cheese you want from sf's fat folds. hehe

sf wrote:

>On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:57:13 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
>> > jmcquown wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 12/21/2013 11:54 AM, Gary wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > I'll bet you've never tried the very yummy dehydrated cottage cheese,
>> >> >
>> >> > G.
>> >> >
>> >> Oh dear god. I hope you're making that up.
>> >
>> > Oh all right, I'll confess. I made it up.
>> > Too bad though - I'll bet sf would love to sprinkle some on her
>> > spaghetti.
>>
>> Phew I didn't like to ask in case I offended you, but I must admit I was
>> more than bemused )
>
>I used to be able to buy dryish large, loose, curds that reminded me
>of cottage cheese. It was called "farmer's cheese" back then.
>Haven't seen that in decades.

It's called *farmer* cheese.

If you shopped at higher class stores you can buy farmer cheese and
pot cheese.
http://www.friendshipdairies.com/pro...er-cheese.html
http://www.friendshipdairies.com/pro...ge-cheese.html