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Skriven 2015-09-11 07:56:12 av Dave Drum (1:261/38.0)
  Kommentar till text 30775 av Nancy Backus (1:123/140)
Ärende: costco
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-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD>> For food and basic kitchen supplies I have GFS (Gordon Food Service)
 DD>> which has warehouse club pricing without the need to pay dues.
 NB>> Even Wegmans has gotten into the warehouse club pricing for their
 NB>> Family Pack items... and there are the chains like Aldi's and such that
 NB>> also tout their warehouse-likeness withouten the dues...

 DD> AFAICS the ALDI bunch have the no-frills of a warehouse - but not all
 DD> the big-sized deals. I buy quite a bit there - but I still wish I had a

 NB> It's not a place I'm very often, admittedly...

It's on my regular stops list. Especially when I'm out of coffee or dark
chocolate.

 DD> warehouse club other than the WalMart owned Sam's. B. J.'s hasn't moved
 DD> west of Ohio as near as I can see. Costco, having started on the left
 DD> coast is pretty much nationwide. Just not in the medium markets (like
 DD> mine).

 NB> That might be changing... I've thought that Rochester was more a medium
 NB> market rather than a major one... and now we've got a Costco... FWIW...

Rochester is, if "medium" market, on the upper end of that measurement.
Springfield, OTOH, is near to the bottom with only 110K inside the city limits
(250 to 300K metro area if we fling the net wide enough). Peoria is bigger, as
may be Bloomington-Normal - both within an hour's drive.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Springfield-style Cashew Chicken
 Categories: Oriental, Poultry, Nuts, Sauces
      Yield: 4 Servings

MMMMM--------------------------CHICKEN-------------------------------
      1    Boneless breast per person;
           - cut in big bite-size
      1 lg Egg per breast
    1/2 c  Milk per egg
      1 bn Scallions
           Peanut oil
           Self rising flour
           Cashews
           Pepper

MMMMM---------------------------SAUCE--------------------------------
      3 c  Water for 4 breasts
      3    Chicken boullion cubes
           +=MIXED WITH=+
      1 c  Water
      3 tb Cornstarch
      2 ts Sugar
      1 ts Salt
      1 ts Oyster sauce

  Chicken: Salt chicken breasts, dredge in flour, let
  stand 15 min.

  Mix eggs, milk, salt and pepper together. Place floured
  chicken in mixture for 10 min.

  Remove and roll in flour again.

  Deep fry in hot peanut oil. Keep warm in oven.

  Sauce: Boil water to dissolve cubes, remove 1/4 c broth
  mix, mix with cornstarch until smooth. Pour back into
  remaining broth. Add sugar, salt and oyster sauce. Allow
  to thicken. Cut up scallions and cashews. Pour sauce over
  chicken. Top with scallions and cashews and serve.

  From: http://www.grouprecipes.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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