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Skriven 2013-08-02 18:12:44 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 3099 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Mayo & Spices
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Hi Dave,

 DD> well - especially the *small* (about 1/5 the size of a McCormick's
 DD> container) size packages of spices/herbs - which knowing cooks
 DD> understand that they will be able to use before it goes stale.

 RH> Sounds reasonable. I keep a number of my green herbs in the fridge, and
 RH> those I've extras of, in the freezer. We bought some spices in 8 oz
 RH> bulk at Penzey's a few months ago, filled jars and put extras (double
 RH> sealed) in the deep freeze.

 DD> I get most of my dried herbs/spices from GFS or Kellner Food Service
 DD> (a locally owned firm) except for some exotics like specific chilli
 DD> spice mixes and Worcestershire powder - which I get from Pendery's. I
 DD> keep the 5# bottle of chilli spice and the 1# container of cumin in
 DD> the ice box. Dried herbs, etc. just go in the cabinets.

A number of our green herbs are ones we grew/dried. Others I bought at
The Fresh Market and found they kept better if stored in the fridge. I
bought them in zipper bags instead of the jars there but put them into
glass jars at home. Those I buy in bulk at Penzey's and Whole Foods also
get put into glass jars for the amount I keep on the shelf.


 DD> I haven't watched TeeVee for some time - but, I don't remember any
 DD> Miracle Wisp commercials. Not like the dancing Kool Aid pitcher, or
 DD> Mayor McCheese for McDonald's, etc. Or the Stan Freberg series of
 DD> commercials for Chun King.

 RH> Some featuring a dog--one I recall is the dog going into the kitchen to
 RH> make up a sandwich for his master. He puts together a great Dagwood
 RH> sized one, goes to add the MW and finds the jar is empty. Sandwich gets
 RH> tossed into the cat's dish (cat gives it a puzz;ed look) to voice over
 RH> of MW's tag line "A sandwich just isn't a sandwich without MW>".

 DD> Dale pointed out that the adverts are recent - which is why I haven't
 DD> seen them. I enjoy advertising with some imagination or with a skewed,

The one I mentioned ran in the early 00's, when we were in Hawaii.

 DD> non-serious look at things. Like the old Nissan ads when they
 DD> introduced their cross-over SUV the Murano ... and the tagline "Life's
 DD> a journey. Enjoy the ride".

It's fun hearing the background music on some--"oldies" from the 60s &
70s that are now out of copyright protection. Brings back some memories.
(G)


 RH> I was brought up on salad dressing (the A&P or Victory Markets house
 RH> brands) but switched to mayo when I got married and moved to NC. After
 RH> label reading the various ones on the market at the time, I went with
 RH> Duke's. Label read when we went to a Whole Foods and chose their 365
 RH> (house brand) as an alternative; both are equally good.

 DD> We doan gots no Whole Foods. Or World Market or even a Trader Joe's.
 DD> Fracking stick-in-the-mud marketers. I gave it the old college try to

 RH> Food desert out there. (G)

 DD> Yeah, if it's not mainstream Mittleamerika .....  This town has a huge
 DD> dose of "not invented here" syndrome in its buying/marketing habits.

I'd be either going nuts or getting out of town to find food sources,
even if I had to get out virtually.

 DD> get Costco to come to town - including getting the ball rolling on a
 DD> Tax Increment Financing boondoggle for their benefit. But, Hy-Vee
 DD> glommed the location and the TIF deal - which isn't bad but not what I
 DD> was trying for.

 RH> Bummer! You got a grocery store but just a run of the mill one.

 DD> Hardly "run of the mill". That would be Sav-A-Lot or Shop & Save. Or
 DD> even Schnuk's. I'm going to enjoy having a Hy-Vee next to my
 DD> workplace. I am going to enjoy more watching the other stupormarkups
 DD> being forced to "raise their game" in order to compete.

OK, I didn't know it was that big a store. Kroger just bought Harris
Teeter but they plan to keep the HT name & brands. They're a few notches
above Kroger, IMO in the quality of their products.

 DD> I still druther have had a Costco - doing China-Mart/Sam's a poke in
 DD> the eye. But, Hy-Vee isn't a bad consolation prize.

 DD> With sales of more than $7.6 billion and more than 235 retail stores
 DD> across eight Midwestern states, Hy-Vee ranks among the top 20
 DD> supermarket chains and the top 50 private companies in the United
 DD> States. Supermarket News, the authoritative voice of the food
 DD> industry, has honored the company with a Whole Health Enterprise Award
 DD> for its leadership in providing services and programs that promote a
 DD> healthy lifestyle.

 DD> http://www.hy-vee.com/company/about-hy-vee/default.aspx

If we ever move to an area that has a Hy-Vee, we will check them out.


 DD>       Title: Moroccan Quinoa
 DD>  Categories: Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts
 DD>       Yield: 6 servings

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I might try an adaptation of this. Harissa seasoning,
apricots, pine nuts.....................

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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