mystery. Lidl and one of the Aldis I could understand.

good for you. Trader Joe's and Aldi are subsidiaries of Aldi
Nord and Aldi Sud respectively, long-term family frenemies,

That is an interesting thought.... Here in Rochester, we've had Aldi

Not to say that they are the same, TJ's being hipper and Aldi
more budgety, but their clienteles seem to coincide pretty
closely.

(multiple locations) for quite a while, over a decade at least, probably more... but only in the last few years, we also acquired a Trader Joe's

What I'm wondering is if there has been a rift in the gentlemen's
agreement or if it's all part of a grand scheme to ship a greater
share of our pocketbooks back to Germany.

(at least one location, maybe another one or two)... Perhaps the Aldi
Nord and Aldi Sud decided that they might as well overlap territories
after all....? So far we don't have any Lidl here, so far as I know...

That would, of course, make it harder for Lidl to gain a
foothold, but there's still the cannibalization aspect that
makes me wonder about the strategy. Ah, well, they no doubt
have biz whizzes in the back doing the calculations.

... The young know the rules, the old know the exceptions.

The very old know that there are no rules and/or no exceptions.

Nasi pecel
categories: Indonesian, vegetarian, main
servings: 5

250 g fried peanuts
10 birdseye chiles or tt
3 cloves garlic
1 in aromatic ginger
1 ts terasi
Brown sugar
Salt
Water
Sweet soya sauce
h - Vegetables
400 g Mung bean sprouts, cooked lightly
300 g spinach, cooked lightly
300 g kangkung, cooked lightly
200 g cassava leaves, cooked lightly
Tofu, fry dried, then cut into pieces
Tempe, fry dried, then cut into pieces

Make a paste of peanuts, using food processor. Set aside.

Make a paste of birdseye chilies, garlic, aromatic ginger,
terasi, brown sugar and salt. Add this to peanut paste, and
blend to a smooth mixture. Add water as needed. The paste
has to be not too thin and not too thick. Add sweet soya
sauce. Stir until the mixture is well mixed. Add more salt
and sugar if needed. And the sauce is ready to use.

Put all vegetables including tofu and tempe on the plate.
Pour some peanut sauce, and mix well.

Served with peanut fritters and sambal.

(One presumes rice, too).

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