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NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
And milk is milk AFAICS.
A lot depends on how it is handled... sitting out at warmer temps gives
an off-taste to the milk, as well as letting it spoil more quickly....
ALDI milk (eggs, too) is in a reach-in cooler. Not in an open gondola
as is common with many stupormarkups.
As is Wegmans milk and eggs... But even when it was more open, they
were keeping their milk better than at other supermarkets...
We don't eat a lot of bread either.... and have had similar
long-lasting results with Wegmans' breads... :)
As I don't have a Wegmans' in range (yet) I cannot compare.
True... But it is what I have for comparisons... ;)
What I miss around here is the Used Bread Stores .... when Hostess/Wonder
took the gas pipe all of the Wonder and Butternut Bread outlet stores
closed. I finally located an outlet store on the near west side of my
corner of the Great American Outback and stopped to get some "last day
of sale" (really marked waaaaaaay down) bread to use for stuffing. I was
told by the clerk/manager when I was checking out that her store was the
*only* example in Illinois. When I asked "Including Chicago?" she said TastyKake was looking at some "downstate" locations but noting in Cook
county or the collar counties.
When K-Mart bought Sears, locks, stock and debt load I was convinced
they had stepped in it with golf spikes. Sears is dragging K-Mart more near to the oubliette with each passing struggle. Our local K-mart and Sears seem to be doing well - stores clean and well-stocked. But,
there are not enough similar examples in the chain to save the black
hole that the morass of debt has become.
They've both been doing well enough here, as well... although the
K-Marts have been shutting down here, leaving just Sears...
Illinois stores have been shuttering about equally. Leaving more K-Marts
than Sears .... of curse K-Mart had more boxes than Sears - which was
mostly seen anchoring a maul somewhere.
Lum's was a hang-out back in the day. The local HoJo franchise
restaurants were co-owned by a school-mate's family. I used to like the AYCE deep fried rubber bands and/or fish on Wednesday and Friday. And
the rest of the menu was pretty decent too. And nearly every HoJo I was
in - locally, near-by or at a travel plaza on the Pennsy Pike was the same.
I have good (if mostly vague now) memories of HoJo's.. yes, the clams especially, and that the food in general was good....
Oddly, I can't remember ever having had the I scream at HoJo. My favorite
thing that was not seafood was the hot beef sammich.
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Title: Roast Beef Manhattan
Categories: Beef, Potatoes, Sauces, Breads
Yield: 4 Servings
2 lb Deli sliced roast beef
2 lg Russet potatoes; washed, in
- 1" cubes
2 qt Water
1 ts Salt
1/4 c Whole milk or half & half
2 tb Butter
8 sl Whole Grain wheat sandwich
- (square) bread
24 oz (2 jars) Heinz Homestyle
- Beef Gravy
Lay out the deli-sliced roast beef in 4 equal portions.
In 3 quart saucepan, add potatoes and salt. Bring to a
boil. Cook uncovered for 12-15 minutes or until potatoes
are fork-tender.
Drain potatoes in colander. Transfer to mixing bowl. Add
butter and milk or half & half.
Using hand mixer, mash potatoes until creamy. Add
additional milk if desired.
Place a slice of whole wheat sandwich bread on an 8"
plate. Top with meat mixture. Cover with a second slice
of whole wheat. Slice corner-to-corner and spread the
halves, leaving a vee between them. Fill the vee with a
scoop of mashed potatoes. (separate recipe follows)
Top all with heated gravy. Serve with veggie side dish,
tossed salad or fruit slices.
Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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Title: Garlicky Mashed Potatoes
Categories: Vegetables, Potatoes, Dairy
Yield: 4 Servings
6 Potatoes
8 cl Garlic; peeled
1/2 ts Salt
2 tb Butter
1/4 c Milk
White pepper
Peel Potatoes and cut into quarters. Place in medium
saucepan with garlic and salt; add enough cold water to
cover. Bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to
medium; simmer, covered 25 to 30 minutes or until potatoes
are tender. Drain well; return saucepan to turned-off
burner to dry potatoes.
Mash roughly. With electric hand mixer or wooden spoon,
beat in butter and enough milk to make a creamy
consistency. Season with pepper to taste.
Serve at once.
Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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... "All sorrows are less with bread." -- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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