Text 17963, 77 rader
Skriven 2007-07-14 10:41:21 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 17939 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: A food road trip
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Dale Shipp wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:

 DS>    All of the Trader Joe's that we have been to were much smaller
 DS> than    "regular" supermarkets in our area.

Upon retrospect, it was very well stocked for such a small store.

 DS>    TJ's does have a number of "interesting" items.   Much of what
 DS> we    have seen in them is out of the mainstream of what "ordinary"
 DS>    supermarkets carry -- which is what makes them a neat store. 

Maura was telling me that what TJs is known for is their healthy premade
organic items.  I'd never heard of them until I saw them mentioned in here and
I asked Maura about them.  There was a demo of some great chicken and turkey
sausage...delicately spiced...I had to have it.  Maura found some other turkey
sausage she liked.  Then she got some spinach pie made with phylo (?).  We
bought several other little things there too.

 DS>    There are also freezer bags that you can buy.  They are some
 DS> sort of    reflective foil and will keep food frozen for a moderate
 DS> while in the    back of a car.   Our DIL introduced them to us some
 DS> time ago.  She    uses them when she goes shopping at the
 DS> commissary.

Yeah, I know what those are.  They used to sell those at Wal-Mart, but I
haven't seen them there.  Next time we go back, they have a nice-sized freezer
bag for $5 that would hold all of the frozen stuff we'd buy.  I've since made a
promise to Maura that we'll go up there on my day off at least once a month for
her (and me too!).

I was very impressed and enjoyed shopping there, so it's worth putting up with
all the nasty traffic to get there for me. <G>

 DS>       Title: Italian Pork Stew With Polenta

Sounds good!  I checked and I have that recipe in my MM database...I marked it.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Stewburner's Italian Pork Appetizer
 Categories: Game, Pork, Appetizers
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      2    Whole pigs' feet, about 1
    1/2 lb Each, cleaned and scrubbed
      1 lb Boneless lean pork shoulder
      2    Cloves garlic, minced
      1 tb Dried rosemary
      1 c  Coarsely chopped parsley
      3 c  Thinly sliced red or green
           Peppers
     10    15 small sharp Italian green
           Olives
    3/4 c  Olive oil
    1/3 c  Wine vinegar
           Salt
           Black pepper
 
  In a large pot place the pigs' feet, pork shoulder, garlic, rosemary,
  and enough water to cover. Bring to boil, cover, and simmer 3 hours.
  Lift out and cool. Remove the meat from bones; discard bones. Cut all
  meat into long, thin strips.
  
  In a bowl toss together the meat, parsley, peppers, olives, olive
  oil, wine vinegar, salt, and pepper. Marinate two hours at room
  temperature before serving. From: "Stewburner"
  <stewburner@sailorradate: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:13:26 ~0500
 
MMMMM

Later,
Sean

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