price and selection are better than at the supermarket,
though not really cheese shop quality. Booze where available
is at competitive prices, though not so good as Costco.

I'll keep that in mind.... I found some really nice dark chocolate and pistachio coated english toffee bars there... and the Seville

Did you prefer them to Rocas? I should have stolen some
of those Rocas - could have used one to cleanse my palate
after a similar but inferior product yesterday.

marmalade... both things I'd not found at Lori's or at Wegmans...

One unexpected source for Seville orange marmalade that
the Shipps found was Safeway, a store that no longer is
common around here, though its better-reputed brand
Albertson's is still a major player in California.

Things to avoid are meats and vegetables, which offer no
advantage over grocery store offerings and often are of a
certain antiquity.

Definitely will keep that in mind... tttt, they didn't look all that promising when I was in the store scoping things out... :)

It seems to be an attempt to horn in on the regular grocery
niche, but if so, why not bother to do it right?

No doubt... :) And they might just figure that there are enough people/shoppers available in some markets to mitigate the
cannibalization aspect.... If enough are shopping each store, nobody
loses market share really....

Yep, a cost-benefit analysis but more complicated.

Isn't that what computers are for....? ;)

Perhaps, but computer models often don't work right.

Fig-cranberry chutney
categories: vegetarian, holiday, sauce, relish
yield: 1 batch

12 oz cranberries
18 dried figs (black mission preferred)
1/2 orange, juice and zest
1/2 c Port
1/2 c sugar
1 Tb grated ginger
1/2 ts ground black pepper
1/4 ts salt
1 rosemary sprig

In a large bowl, soak the dried figs with Port. Let
soak for 30 min. Put the cranberries and sugar in a
pot and heat over medium until the sugar dissolves.
Add the fig mixture (with the Port), ginger, orange
juice, zest, pepper, salt, and rosemary. Bring to
boil. Drop heat and simmer, stirring sometimes,
until the berries burst. Turn off the heat and toss
in the sprig of rosemary. Chill before serving.

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spoke to Nancy Backus about 187 grocery competiti <=-

One unexpected source for Seville orange marmalade that
the Shipps found was Safeway, a store that no longer is
common around here, though its better-reputed brand
Albertson's is still a major player in California.

Unfortunately, Safeway has stopped carrying that line of their
preserves, jams and jellies. Their replacement is inferior. But we did
find a decent version at Trader Joes, I belive thanks to Nancy. That is
about the only thing we have bought from Trader Joes in several decades.

I see two problems with this recipe: First, what are borlotti beans?
Second, they are not in the ingredients list and so no idea how much to
use. In the stores here in the USA, most dried beans are sold in one
pound bags -- but given the source I'm not sure that would have been
true where they were.

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Title: FRESH BORLOTTI BEANS WITH EGGPLANT AND CAPSICUM
Categories: Sidedish, Vegetables
Yield: 10 Servings

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3 ea To 4 tablespoons olive oil
200 ea Pancetta, chopped roughly
2 ea To 3 garlic cloves, peeled
-but left whole
1 ea To 2 teaspoons fresh
-rosemary needles
Freshly ground black pepper
-to taste
1 x 430g tin of Campbell's Beef
-Comsomme
Salt to taste
2 ea To 3 red capsicums, seeded
-and membranes removed
8 ea To 10 small eggplants,
-trimmed and cut crosswise
-into 3 pieces

Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a frying pan and gently saute
the pancetta and garlic for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the beans, rosemary,
black pepper, the beef consomme and enough water to cover the beans.
Cook gently, uncovered, until the beans are tender. Add salt to
taste at the last moment so that the skins of the beans do not
toughen. Line an oven tray with foil and lightly oil it. Place the
capsicums and eggplants on the tray and roast in a preheated 175oC
oven for about 30 minutes. Remove the eggplants from the baking tray
and set aside, and cover the capsicums with foil and set aside to
cool. After the capsicum have sweated a little, remove their skins
and cut them into broad slices. When the beans are tender, strain
them, reserving a little of the liquid. Heat the remaining oil in a
frying pan and add the beans, capsicums and eggplants. Gently stir in
a little of the reserved cooking liquid from the beans and adjust the
seasoning. Cook until the vegetables have heated through and serve
with the roast neck fillets. These beans are also delicious served
hot or cold as part of an antipasto. Sue Fairlie-Cuninghame Bon
Appetit-Exec.Chef Magnus Johansson

Submitted By SHERREE JOHANSSON On 08-22-94

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-05-19 11:47 <=-

price and selection are better than at the supermarket,
though not really cheese shop quality. Booze where available
is at competitive prices, though not so good as Costco.

I'll keep that in mind.... I found some really nice dark chocolate and pistachio coated english toffee bars there...

Did you prefer them to Rocas?

I find them both good... At one time, long ago, Lori's had a similar
one to TJs but with crushed almonds or walnuts as the nut coating...
They all are better than Heath, which is an inferior substitute... ;)

I should have stolen some
of those Rocas - could have used one to cleanse my palate
after a similar but inferior product yesterday.

They were out on the table in the living room... available to
whomever...

and the Seville marmalade... both things I'd not found at Lori's
or at Wegmans...

One unexpected source for Seville orange marmalade that
the Shipps found was Safeway, a store that no longer is
common around here, though its better-reputed brand
Albertson's is still a major player in California.

And the Safeway no longer carries it... which is why I looked for it at
TJ's, as Dale wondered where he could get it when Safeway discontinued
it....

Things to avoid are meats and vegetables, which offer no
advantage over grocery store offerings and often are of a
certain antiquity.

Definitely will keep that in mind... tttt, they didn't look all that promising when I was in the store scoping things out... :)

It seems to be an attempt to horn in on the regular grocery
niche, but if so, why not bother to do it right?

You'd think.....

No doubt... :) And they might just figure that there are enough people/shoppers available in some markets to mitigate the
cannibalization aspect.... If enough are shopping each store, nobody loses market share really....

Yep, a cost-benefit analysis but more complicated.

Isn't that what computers are for....? ;)

Perhaps, but computer models often don't work right.

They do, after all, have to be programmed correctly....

ttyl neb

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