[Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I never liked what my dad called 'old fashioned' PB... it was in a jar and 
from sitting in store had 1/2 " of oil on it which had to be stirred in 
every time....

Mine is thick but very little oil rises to the top when sitting... trace 
amounts.

L

My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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From: "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 1:04 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart

> I really dislike fresh-ground peanut butter.  Give me good ol' Kraft  -- 
> additives and all.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 2/4/2015 11:41 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>> I buy selectively at Trader Joes.. their nuts and dried fruit can be a 
>> good value. Also their quinoa seems to be less expensive (at least last 
>> time I purchased) than anywhere else.  There are finally 3 in our greater 
>> metro area, none of which are close to me (20+ miles) but I'm usually out 
>> and about enough I fit trips in my erratic routine.
>>
>> The Kroger store near me has organic peanuts in a grind-it-yourself set 
>> up for peanut butter. Grind into containers provided, weigh and print 
>> label. It is very good and very inexpensive, IMO. And.... no additives at 
>> all.
>>
>> In some ways I'm spoiled/fortunate that I can shop at maybe 8 different 
>> stores (not Joes) within less than 10 minutes from my house, so I do 
>> selectively buy 'deals' wherever they are (checking circulars, not 
>> hitting all the stores : ). I also have a small freezer so I take 
>> advantage of that and try not to let it 'get away from me'...
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have 
>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
>> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>
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>> From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 10:24 AM
>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] a question you should never ask at Walmart
>>
>>> But Trader Joe's is also very high-end! I went to the new one here a 
>>> couple of weeks ago just to see what all the buzz was about and decided 
>>> I probably won't go back. I did buy some peanut butter made with nothing 
>>> but peanuts and told my daughter about it.
>>> I guess Harris-Teeter is about as high-end as I'm willing to go. For 
>>> every day, I'm a regular Food Lion customer. Ours has very good produce 
>>> and a small, but good, natural and organic section.
>>>
>>>> On Feb 4, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It is always a Good Thing to drive past Whole Paycheck. I used to do 
>>>> that
>>>> every week on my way to Trader Joe's when I lived in Richmond ;->
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:27 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Haven't found one. Maybe up near Jacksonville (but that would
>>>>> mean driving past Whole Foods).
>>>>>
>>>>> Several small farms on the Massachusetts/New Hampshire line
>>>>> have been saved by Asian immigration. Instead of struggling to
>>>>> compete with onions and corn brought in from Pennsylvania
>>>>> and Florida, they now thrive growing bok choy and daikon and
>>>>> gorgeous crisp fresh green vegetable.
>>>>> -M
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No Asian grocery? Seems like there was an influx of Asian
>>>>>> fisherman/shrimpers in the 1979s, but maybe they didn't make it past
>>>>> Texas
>>>>>> and Louisiana. We have a very strange grocery here, run by some Thai
>>>>> folks,
>>>>>
>>
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