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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 07-25-15  19:56 <=-

 NB>>> And usually I'm just passing through on my way to or from
 NB>>> Rochester.  Now, if Michael got Annie to let him host a picnic at
 NB>>> her house, there might be a reason to actually shop at that
 NB>>> Wegmans...  ;)
 RH>> That might be a thought to consider. but not during Little League
 RH>> World Series time frame.
 NB>> True... things get pretty congested then... I've driven thru at least
 NB>> once at that time...  But, depending on where the house is, it might
 NB>> not make a lot of difference actually...  :)

 RH> Unless we wanted to go out somewhere for a meal. When we were living
 RH> in Pacific Grove, outside of Monterey CA, we went out to eat one night
 RH> with some friends. Had a long wait for a table, after we were seated,
 RH> somebody mentioned the Pebble Beach Golf Tournament was being played
 RH> that week. With all the places to eat in an area like that, we still
 RH> had quite the wait, so reservations would have to be a "must" at that
 RH> time. 

That could be a consideration... but perhaps any place we'd be
interested in checking out wouldn't be as popular with the Little League
crowd...  ;)

 NB>>> featured in that issue... My usual Wegmans is small enough that
 NB>>> it usually is on the list of stores that don't carry certain
 NB>>> featured items...  ;)
 RH>> We had PXs like that in several assignments. (G) If the commissary
 RH>> didn't have what I wanted tho, I always had the option of going on the
 RH>> economy to get it. I did that often, even in Germany, to get whole
 RH>> wheat pasta, among other things.
 NB>> I could always go to one of the bigger stores here, too... even the
 NB>> flagship Pittsford store... ;)   One of the things that is only at
 NB>> that store and at Columbia is their Burger Bar cafe... with fresh-made
 NB>> gourmet burgers and accompaniments... I noticed that in the last
 NB>> Menu...

 RH> Sounds interesting. We popped into the Brockport store on our way in
 RH> the other day, will stop over again some time this week for a few
 RH> things. 

My friend Linda was suggesting that maybe our 4th Sunday group might
want to go there sometime, if it's open at the right time... apparently
she's been there and thinks that the food might be worth the prices
being charged... 

 RH>> That too. I definately prefer not to shop at some stores for certain
 RH>> things. I usually don't buy baked goods tho, with few exceptions
 RH>> (farmer's market being one of them).  Snagged some spelt cinnamon
 RH>> rolls, empanadas, a pistachio shortbread cookie and a strawberry pop
 RH>> tart yesterday.
 NB>> Fancy stuff that you'd not be so likely to make, or wouldn't want the
 NB>> quantity of making it yourself...  :)  I still buy bread and bagels
 NB>> and muffins, but we go through them pretty slowly... Fresh made might
 NB>> go stale faster on us... :)

 RH> Basically show our face at the market, tell some of our favorite
 RH> vendors and market manager that we were going to do some travelling.
 RH> Grabbed things we'd be eating before leaving out.
 
Convenient for you, and didn't want them worrying when you didn't show
up for over a month... ;)

 NB>> It's got a significant Italian population (along with all the other
 NB>> significant ethnicities) and Gioia pastas are made locally, along with
 NB>> the Italian sauces...  Ragu, Prego, LeDestri are also local
 NB>> companies...

 RH> I'd not looked at pasta boxes to see where they were made. My family
 RH> didn't eat as much of it as Steve's did, and Mom always got the A&P or
 RH> Victory store brand, or Muellers. Never anything else, always cheap,
 RH> white mushy stuff.
 
And, I guess, that was all that the kid was finding when he went
shopping in the Philly area... the cheap mushy stuff...

 NB>>> I was mailing 1 lb boxes of Wegmans spaghetti to my son in the
 NB>>> Flat Rate Priority Mail envelopes along with the piles of mail I
 NB>>> was sending down to him, as he couldn't find any spaghetti that he
 NB>>> thought was decent in the stores in the Philly area...  ;)
 RH>> And students live off of pasta. (G)
 NB>> Quick, easy and filling...  :)   And cheap...  :)

 RH> Yes, we ate a lot of it, especially when the girls were home. We've
 RH> slacked off a lot on our consumption in the last 3 years, adding more
 RH> salads and suchlike, less pasta per meal.

I did more grains back when we needed quick, easy, filling and cheap
meals... things like millet and cheese...  ;)

ttyl         neb

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