Asparagus!

"sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I don;t buy anything unless its on sale or at ALDI. Or like, if we're out
of TP or toothpaste and I need some ASAP. I get callled a cheap [censored] by
my in-laws, so i assumed it was not a common practice.

Well, I don't know where that's coming from, you know how I feel
about them, but nice talk about the mother of their grandchildren.

Whatever. I go through a couple of circulars and made a list.
Two things, what's on sale and inspiration for dinner sometime
that week. No, I don't always just buy what's on sale, I often
just buy what I want even if it isn't.

And if I only bought on sale? I would expect no one to say a
thing about it. Not their business. Are your children starving?
No. Are they eating a garbage non-nutritious diet? No.

That's all that counts.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

"sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I don;t buy anything unless its on sale or at ALDI. Or like, if we're out
of TP or toothpaste and I need some ASAP. I get callled a cheap [censored] by
my in-laws, so i assumed it was not a common practice.

Well, I don't know where that's coming from, you know how I feel
about them, but nice talk about the mother of their grandchildren.

she grew up poor and thinks being frugal is cruel.

Quoted message said:

Whatever. I go through a couple of circulars and made a list.
Two things, what's on sale and inspiration for dinner sometime
that week. No, I don't always just buy what's on sale, I often
just buy what I want even if it isn't.

And if I only bought on sale? I would expect no one to say a
thing about it. Not their business. Are your children starving?
No. Are they eating a garbage non-nutritious diet? No.

That's all that counts.

agreed 🙂

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On Thu 16 Mar 2006 07:08:10p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it sarah
bennett?

Quoted message said:

Nancy Young said:

"sarah bennett" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I don;t buy anything unless its on sale or at ALDI. Or like, if we're
out of TP or toothpaste and I need some ASAP. I get callled a cheap
[censored] by my in-laws, so i assumed it was not a common practice.

Well, I don't know where that's coming from, you know how I feel
about them, but nice talk about the mother of their grandchildren.

she grew up poor and thinks being frugal is cruel.

My dad group up very poor, although my mother did not. Neither of them
absolutely never scrimped on food, but he wisely did buy many things on
special.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Whatever. I go through a couple of circulars and made a list.
Two things, what's on sale and inspiration for dinner sometime
that week. No, I don't always just buy what's on sale, I often
just buy what I want even if it isn't.

And if I only bought on sale? I would expect no one to say a
thing about it. Not their business. Are your children starving?
No. Are they eating a garbage non-nutritious diet? No.

That's all that counts.

agreed 🙂

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA

In article <[email hidden]>,

sarah bennett said:

I don;t buy anything unless its on sale or at ALDI. Or like, if we're
out of TP or toothpaste and I need some ASAP. I get callled a chap
[censored] by my in-laws, so i assumed it was not a common practice.

My in-laws shop like we do, even though they have lots more money.
They were in much the same position when Rich was a kid, and so they've
always just husbanded their money as well as they could.

Do you have any grocery outlets near you? We shop there and find all
sorts of great deals on cheeses, cereal, canned food, wine, kids' snacks
for school, etc. Also, if you are on the west coast, there are Cash and
Carry stores that are much like Costco without the membership card and
fee. They take cash, credit or debit, no checks. We get amazing
produce there for very little money, buy SAF yeast for just over $2.00
for a pound, we get meats and cheeses and either split them with another
family, or split and freeze, if they are the right kind of food for
that. We also buy our bread and all purpose flour there in 50 pound
sacks (they come in smaller sizes) and our sugar. We pretty much only
use Costco for the gas now, though occasionally we pick up some things
there that make it worth it to us to keep our membership. Since we pay
much less for it (Rich was given an option for one from work) than we
would for a walk in membership, we figure it's worth it.

Regards,
Ranee

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Nancy Young said:

And if I only bought on sale? I would expect no one to say a
thing about it. Not their business. Are your children starving?
No. Are they eating a garbage non-nutritious diet? No.

That's all that counts.

Exactly. It's so bizarre that anyone would criticize a family for
being frugal.

My mom thinks it's shameful and a sign of how far down I have come
that I buy my kids' clothes largely at consignment shops. What do I
care, I buy nice things for less than a quarter of the retail price,
sometimes still new with tags. The kids wear them out or stain them, we
aren't out a fortune.

When I was pregnant with Amira a family from church that didn't know
us well, but was friends with another family that did, asked through
them, if we would be offended to receive some of their granddaughter's
hand me downs. This granddaughter came from a wealthy family that
bought all new, replaced every thing each season, etc. We said, please
offend us. We clothed her for the first two years of her life largely
on those clothes, most of which still had the tags on them. Between
that huge sack, some hand me downs from another friend and the new stuff
from the shower and my mom, all we had to buy was shoes.

Regards,
Ranee

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Ranee Mueller said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

sarah bennett said:

I don;t buy anything unless its on sale or at ALDI. Or like, if we're
out of TP or toothpaste and I need some ASAP. I get callled a chap
[censored] by my in-laws, so i assumed it was not a common practice.

My in-laws shop like we do, even though they have lots more money.
They were in much the same position when Rich was a kid, and so they've
always just husbanded their money as well as they could.

Do you have any grocery outlets near you? We shop there and find all
sorts of great deals on cheeses, cereal, canned food, wine, kids' snacks
for school, etc. Also, if you are on the west coast, there are Cash and
Carry stores that are much like Costco without the membership card and
fee. They take cash, credit or debit, no checks. We get amazing
produce there for very little money, buy SAF yeast for just over $2.00
for a pound, we get meats and cheeses and either split them with another
family, or split and freeze, if they are the right kind of food for
that. We also buy our bread and all purpose flour there in 50 pound
sacks (they come in smaller sizes) and our sugar. We pretty much only
use Costco for the gas now, though occasionally we pick up some things
there that make it worth it to us to keep our membership. Since we pay
much less for it (Rich was given an option for one from work) than we
would for a walk in membership, we figure it's worth it.

we have ALDI, which is comparable in prices to the warehouse stores, or
better, but you dont have to buy huge quantities. The downside is they
dont have the selection of those stores.

--

saerah

http://anisaerah.blogspot.com/

email:
anisaerah at s b c global.net

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
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sarah bennett wrote on 16 Mar 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

am I the only one who shops according to whats on sale?

Yes...I buy according what I think I might like, call me Mr. Impulse
Consumer. I don't go into the grocery store knowing what I want...veggie
wise...I just see what strikes my fancy that night.

--
-Alan

Mr Libido Incognito said:

sarah bennett wrote on 16 Mar 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

am I the only one who shops according to whats on sale?

Yes...I buy according what I think I might like, call me Mr. Impulse
Consumer. I don't go into the grocery store knowing what I want...veggie
wise...I just see what strikes my fancy that night.

Normally I check the sales flyers every week to get ideas. A different kind
of impulse buyer, I guess. I try not to have fixed ideas of what I want and
let the sales push me in one direction or another. Aside from saving
considerable money, it keeps me from getting into a rut too... they don't
have the same things on sale week after week after week.

Just because something is on sale, doesn't mean I'm going to buy it. It has
to be of good quality and something I have some desire for. Luckily for me,
I'm not a picky eater, so I am extremely flexible in what might appeal to
me. Of course there are things I just must have now and again, but even some
of those desires are driven by season. Last weekend I was thinking we must
be coming into season for shad roe, I just want some. Sure it's relatively
expensive, but shad roe only comes around once a year for a couple of
months. I won't go broke indulging this habit a few times each spring.

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Wayne Boatwright' wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com said:

$3.99 is also the "normal" price around here, too. The prices at Safeway
here do not seem to vary from store to store. Typically, not all chains
are running good specials on asparagus at the same time. When I've seen
it
at one or two chains ~$1.00/lb at one chain (including Safeway), it may
still be at $1.99-$3.99 at other chains. It certainly pays to read the
ads
before shopping.

Maybe the reason I am seeing the price differences between Safeways is this
area might be a bit more "complex" than where you are. I believe they charge
different prices based on a few factors, one of them being their cost of
doing business. I'm pretty sure they charge more for smaller stores in city
neighborhoods with low competition than they do in large suburban stores
with lots of competition. I also think they charge different prices by the
state they are in. Here we essentially have three states within a very short
distance (DC, VA, MD). Years ago when I was working at one location, I
crossed state lines four times just going to work! ;-)

The price difference thing is not just in supermarkets... a couple of months
ago I encountered the same thing at Staples office supply stores. I was
buying some foam board and the first store I went to was out of stock. So I
had them call over to another store, a mere five blocks away, to make sure
it was in stock there. When I got there, it was something like 50 cents more
expensive. So I made them do a price match to their first store. I'm a cheap
[censored] with a good memory.

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On Thu 16 Mar 2006 09:18:48p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it wff_ng_7?

Quoted message said:

Wayne Boatwright' wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com said:

$3.99 is also the "normal" price around here, too. The prices at
Safeway here do not seem to vary from store to store. Typically, not
all chains are running good specials on asparagus at the same time.
When I've seen it at one or two chains ~$1.00/lb at one chain
(including Safeway), it may still be at $1.99-$3.99 at other chains.
It certainly pays to read the ads before shopping.

Maybe the reason I am seeing the price differences between Safeways is
this area might be a bit more "complex" than where you are. I believe
they charge different prices based on a few factors, one of them being
their cost of doing business. I'm pretty sure they charge more for
smaller stores in city neighborhoods with low competition than they do
in large suburban stores with lots of competition. I also think they
charge different prices by the state they are in. Here we essentially
have three states within a very short distance (DC, VA, MD). Years ago
when I was working at one location, I crossed state lines four times
just going to work! ;-)

The price difference thing is not just in supermarkets... a couple of
months ago I encountered the same thing at Staples office supply stores.
I was buying some foam board and the first store I went to was out of
stock. So I had them call over to another store, a mere five blocks
away, to make sure it was in stock there. When I got there, it was
something like 50 cents more expensive. So I made them do a price match
to their first store. I'm a cheap [censored] with a good memory.

Yes, it's probably geographical. Greater Phoenix (including all
surrounding towns) encompasses a huge area, and although there are varying
economic levels from place to place, the general cost of doing business is
probably more consistent.

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
____________________

BIOYA

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#1.29 a pound yesterday at the Safeway. It will be on the menu tonight
along with liver and onions and mashed potatoes. Fruit for dessert.

Made Wayne's cream of asparagus soup, to have for lunch tomorrow. Tastes
delicious. Thanks, Wayne!

Dora

Last night I had dinner at my folks' house up there in Vista. My dad looked
at his plate when he got to the table, smiled at my mom, and
oh-so-innocently asked "Did we get a good deal on asparagus?"
They'd had it a couple times already this week 😉 And...it *was* a good
deal! lol I did have to laugh at his subtleness, though!

kimberly

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Quoted message said:

#1.29 a pound yesterday at the Safeway. It will be on the menu
tonight along with liver and onions and mashed potatoes. Fruit for
dessert.

Made Wayne's cream of asparagus soup, to have for lunch tomorrow.
Tastes delicious. Thanks, Wayne!

Dora

Dora

Asparagus is still expensive here in St. Louis. It was "on sale" this week
for $1.97 a pound. A buck 29 sounds good to me. How much did you buy?

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

sarah bennett <[email hidden]> hitched up their panties and
posted news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

am I the only one who shops according to whats on sale?

I'm normally not a sale person but I look at the ads. If something I like
is on sale I will stock up on it. For some mysterious reason Shop 'N Save
has had tinned tomatoes on sale for weeks. I've got at least 6 tins each
of whole tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes and
various herbed tomatoes. I've got 4 chuck roasts from Dierbergs in the
freezer and a couple of flank steaks. When it's something I keep on hand;
I guess I can say I shop the sales.

Michael <- buys fish regardless of price

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

In article <[email hidden]>,

limey said:

#1.29 a pound yesterday at the Safeway.

Geez, I thought $2/lb was good. This will be the second bunch I've
bought this season. And I get it all to myself! Yeay!
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-16-06, Sam I Am! Hamantaschen and
Peanut Butter cookies for Grandpa; Church review #9 and Musgovian
Vegetable Soup.

"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

In article <8hnSf.31766$_f4.13492@trnddc03>,

wff_ng_7 said:

I guess there was a reason New Jersey was
called the "Garden State".

I haven't been there in years but I remember being surprised at how
beautiful it was. Shattered a stereotype of it being industrial and
nothing more. Seems to me I've heard good things about tomatoes grown
there, too.
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-16-06, Sam I Am! Hamantaschen and
Peanut Butter cookies for Grandpa; Church Review #9, Musgovian Soup.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

In article <[email hidden]>,

sarah bennett said:

am I the only one who shops according to whats on sale?

I do it, too, Sarah, although not exclusively. Mostly I buy what I need
to keep my pantry stocked as I like it. Usually my sale shopping is for
canned goods -- usually tomato products or canned soups or canned beans
(I'm thinking of the stuff that gets stored in the basement) -- and
meats. MOF, I almost never buy meat that's not offered at a sale price.
AFA produce goes, I buy what I want and need when I want or need it --
that is, I think, a benefit of not having to be quite so careful about
expenditures since it's just two adults in house.
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-16-06, Sam I Am! Hamantaschen and
Peanut Butter cookies for Grandpa; Church Review #9, Musgovian Soup.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

"Melba's Jammin'" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

wff_ng_7 said:

I guess there was a reason New Jersey was
called the "Garden State".

I haven't been there in years but I remember being surprised at how
beautiful it was. Shattered a stereotype of it being industrial and
nothing more. Seems to me I've heard good things about tomatoes grown
there, too.

The turnpike is hideous and manages to be so pretty much from
end to end. People can be forgiven if they think that's what it's
like.

nancy

In article <[email hidden]>,

Michael \'Dog3\' Lonergan said:

Asparagus is still expensive here in St. Louis. It was "on sale" this week
for $1.97 a pound.
Michael

Here, too, at Cub. It's from Mexico. Local doesn't come in until about
mid-May.
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-16-06, Sam I Am! Hamantaschen and
Peanut Butter cookies for Grandpa; Church Review #9, Musgovian Soup.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

In article said:

#1.29 a pound yesterday at the Safeway. It will be on the menu tonight
along with liver and onions and mashed potatoes. Fruit for dessert.

G'day Dora,

I have to say that Qld Rail's liver and bacon was one of my favorite
breakfasts; but I've never managed to make it to anything like the
same standard. :-(

So I'm interested in alternatives such as your liver and onions.

Care to reveal your recipe and method, please? No detail is too
trivial to mention when it comes to a liver neophyte like me! TIA

Quoted message said:

Made Wayne's cream of asparagus soup, to have for lunch tomorrow. Tastes
delicious. Thanks, Wayne!

Cheers, Phred.

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sarah bennett said:

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Thu 16 Mar 2006 05:20:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it wff_ng_7?

Quoted message said:

"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Depending on the store, I have been buying asparagus at 97¢ or 99¢ per
>pound for several weeks now and I don't consider where I live to be an
>especially low cost area. Although it used to be somewhat cheaper to
>live here than it is now. However, the asparagus is grown in Mexico
>and I live in Arizona, which I'm sure accounts for the low cost. Some
>of the nicest, bright green, thin asparagus I've seen in a long time.

I know I've seen asparagus from Mexico around here too this time of
year, maybe that's where my latest batches came from. In summer, it can
come from closer areas. Some of the nicest asparagus I've seen in recent
years came from New Jersey, of all places. I guess there was a reason
New Jersey was called the "Garden State".

The "normal" price for asparagus at my local Safeway supermarket is
$3.99 a pound. I believe that is what I saw it at today. I won't buy it
at that price (or anywhere near it). That price is not necessarily
indicative of the price for the region as a whole. I live in downtown
Washington, DC. I believe Safeway sets prices store by store. But during
sales, prices are uniform region wide. The sales flyers always say "save
up to [censored]" because the normal price varies by store.

$3.99 is also the "normal" price around here, too. The prices at Safeway
here do not seem to vary from store to store. Typically, not all chains
are running good specials on asparagus at the same time. When I've seen it
at one or two chains ~$1.00/lb at one chain (including Safeway), it may
still be at $1.99-$3.99 at other chains. It certainly pays to read the ads
before shopping.

am I the only one who shops according to whats on sale?

Nooooo.....Sharon, who is going shopping this morning with a list
comprised of sale items from two local stores...