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Skriven 2014-12-11 14:36:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: moving 413
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 12-09-14  19:40 <=-

 ML>> I was thinking something like that. Or one of the
 ML>> commoner mixes, Chinese with Thai or Filipino or
 ML>> Indonesian or stuff like that.
 NB>> Someday, if I feel rude enough, or acceptable enough, I might ask...
 NB>> We have gotten into conversations that get close to that sort of
 NB>> thing... 
 ML> It would be interesting to know, but don't jeopardize your
 ML> rapport with the guy just to satisfy a curiosity.

Oh, I wouldn't...  It's the sort of thing that might come up in
conversation, though...  and I'd not actually be brazenly rude.... more
in the way of one Chinese waitress we had once that finally couldn't
contain herself any longer, and had to ask if we were Buddhist, since we
treated the food with respect using chopsticks...  Yes, it was rude, but
we didn't take it so, and had many subsequent conversations with An.. :)
And when she and her sister opened their own dimsum restaurant, we went
there as well..  ;)
 
 ML>> Not being a traditionally dairycentric cuisine, green tea
 ML>> and red bean ice cream notwithstanding.
 NB>> Would they have made those with other than milk, too...?
 ML> No - they're a pretty new phenomenon and influenced by
 ML> western tastes.
 
Ah, ok.  :)

 ML>> I'm not superclear on the roles of genetics and environment
 ML>> on this issue.
 NB>> I would have weighed in on the side of genetics, but I'm not sure
 NB>> either any more... maybe it's getting bred out...?  Not every Asian has
 NB>> problems with dairy, though most I've known have had...  :)
 ML> The generally-cited figure is 90% or so.

Seems plausible...  :)
 
 NB>> Price-Rite prides itself on no-frills... I'm not sure what the quality
 NB>> of their produce, dairy, meat and other fresh items is, not having
 NB>> shopped them at all.  The neighborhood fit their model better than it
 NB>> fit the "new" Wegmans model of up-scale... Probably that sort of thing
 NB>> in the Wegmans that was there didn't move very quickly, and it was a
 NB>> smaller store, so couldn't do some of the fancier things anyway... 
 ML> Ah. So a not so subtle shift in emphasis to correspond with
 ML> the needs of the community (and the maximum soaking thereof).

Dunno about the maximum soaking thereof, not having actually checked out
that store since it became a Price-Rite...  But, yes, a not so subtle
shift, corresponding with the perceived needs of the community...  I
have a (non-driving) friend who lives within walking distance of the
store and patronizes it, she doesn't seem to think that it is too bad. 
But then she also shops regularly at the dollar store across the street
(which used to be a Rite-Aid, IIRC)....

 ML>> I'll pick it up next time I'm in the area, for use in
 ML>> January, when I will actually need it.
 NB>> Makes sense.  :)
 ML> It was still there and is now tucked safely into my
 ML> ticket wallet.

Good, that.  ;)

 NB>>> Another, sadder, hypothesis might be that the supplier changed the
 NB>>> formula... testable by getting one from Market Basket to see if their
 NB>>> house brand is as bad as the one you just had from IGA...  
 ML>> That is a sad thought. I don't have ready access to a
 ML>> Market Basket but may ask Bill the conductor to take me
 ML>> there tomorrow if it fits into his schedule (I'm doing
 ML>> 3 concerts for him this weekend, and he owes me).
 NB>> One hopes for the best, there.  ;) 
 ML> Turns out that Market Basket has gotten rid of the product
 ML> altogether, now carrying several varieties of Silk (traditional
 ML> soy and almond; regular and light; vanilla, chocolate, and
 ML> plain - in various permutations).

Perhaps the house brand supplier did slip in quality, then... or Market
Basket just decided not to take up shelf space with their own brand...
Wegmans has done that with some things that apparently it gets more
return from on the brand than it was on their own house brand...  Sad,
at times, since some of those were actually better in the Wegmans brand. 

ttyl          neb

... If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right???

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