Subj : Vaierty Pack was: Mayo wa [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Thu Jun 06 2024 11:55:56 Hi Dave, RH> My mom always used the Ann Page salad dressing, cheaper than mayo. DD> Godfrey Daniel! How long has it been since the Great Atlanic & Pacific DD> Tea Company took the gas pipe? Our last remaining example shuttered DD> its windows in '81 as the company shrank back to the Northeast The one in the town where I grew up folded in the first decade of this millenium. Bought out by Fresh Town, locals thought they upped prices but Steve and I found them pretty much in line with what we pay. DD> I grew out of that phase and discovered other condiments that I like DD> better for enhancing boring food. Like Woerber's Horseradish Sauce. DD> Or Heinz Spicy ketchup (made w/Tabasco) RH> I grew up with spicy brown mustard, with or without horseradish. Steve RH> grew up with yellow mustard; when we got married, he converted to spicy RH> brown so we weren't buying 2. DD> When I was at home (40s & 50s) mustard was yellow (French's). Then I DD> was introduced to Mr. Mustard ... claimed to be DiJon style and hard DD> to tell from the mustard served in Chinese restaurants. Lit up my DD> life, it did. My folks bought Mr. Mustard quite often, also Goulden's but don't recall them buying French's. DD> Only place in town I've found Duke's is at Sav-A-Lot (a "budget" DD> grover) I did see that Taste of Home did a comparo of various DD> store0bougt mayos and Duke's was the winner. Hellmans/Best Foods was DD> second and Kraft was far down the list. RH> Duke's usually does come out on top. I missed it when we were stationed RH> outside of the deep south, had to make do with others that generally RH> weren't as good. I've been in a Sav-A-Lot a couple of times and been RH> less than impressed. Bought a bag of chicken leg quarters one of the RH> times, most of the quarters were broken at the joint, had the tip of RH> the drumstick missing or other issues. Don't recall what else we got RH> there but it wasn't the quality of main line grocery stores. DD> That's down to the operator of the Sav-A-Lotd in your area. The RH> This was up near Nancy's camp on Boyd Pond. I don't think there are any RH> Sav-A-Lots around here. I was in one in FL with my MIL years ago and RH> saw nothing that I'd want to buy. DD> As with any market I'm careful (mostly) with what I buy WRT both price DD> and quality. The only meat I buy at Sav-A-Lot is prepackaged smoked DD> sasusage or lunch meat things. Or their bacon ends 'n' pieces - which DD> are great for applications where the bacon is going to be shopped and DD> used as flavorant or texture. Regular strip bacon I still buy at GFS - DD> where they just finished a Memorial Day sale w/3 lb packages of either DD> regular or thick-sliced for U$9.95. I'm now well stocked. RH> I know, I don't buy meat at a number of grocey stores, except maybe RH> lunch meat. Even then, it's usually bought at Wegman's. DD> I buy nearly all of my meat at Humphrey's. Occasionally I'll pick up a DD> round of pre-stuffed pork chops at Hy-Vee if the price is attractive. We get a fair amount of meat at Wegman's. I don't buy the pre stuffed pork chops but will buy pork chops and make my own stuffing mix. Will usually put the stuffing (dressing, since it's not stuffed into anything) down in a pan, put the pork chops over that and bake. Easier than trying to wrestle with putting stuffing into the chops--tried that when we were first married but found it easier to do unstuffed chops. DD> It may depend on which commisary the franchisee uses for items like DD> that. We've only got one KFC store left here (down from 4). I only go DD> there for the lunch AYCE buffet with friends - never at my suggestion. RH> We've not gone to KFC in years, tho there's at least one in WF. DD> My favourite fats food chicken used to be Brown's, a Chicago-based DD> chain. They, at one time, had five stores in my town (Springfield, IL) DD> which DD> did very good volume. Then in the early 90s came the "Brown's Chicken DD> Massacre" near Chicago and overall sales dropped by almost half. Soon DD> the chain contracted to just the Chicago area. I still miss them. DD> But Popeyes keeps me afloat. We hit them up every so often, there's one in the same plaza as Harbor Freight down in Raleigh. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... If you think you are confused now, wait until I explain it! --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .