Actually it came to SLP. "-)

Trader Joe's opened early last week in the near SW suburb of
Minneapolis, St. Louis Park. I haven't looked at a newspaper in weeks
so I missed the article and knew naught until Niece Patty asked me a
couple times if I'd been. I knew it was coming but had other things on
my mind..

It's about 15 miles and 20 minutes from me. By happenstance I parked on
the street in front of it (I don't know the area all that well and
didn't know there was a parking lot off street -- just as well -- it was
full). I moseyed in and grabbed a basket. I figured for some Mojito
sauce based on what Gloria Puester had posted, some cheese (said in the
newspaper article to be considerably less expensive than Byerly's but I
don't shop there anyway, some dried fruits (I needed dried cherries for
brownies) and some tapenades. Along the way, my basket got very heavy
and I snagged a cart. Eighty-four dollars later I went next door to the
wine store for some vino for Rob. Four bottles of red stuff for $16 and
change. Other stuff I got: trail mix stuff, fresh pineapple pieces,
crackers, Italian pasta for 70 cents a pound, canned crab meat, rosemary
ham, grilled vegetable bruschetta, jasmine rice, gyoza, frozen peaches.
They didn't have any cioppino sauce, which is okay because I still have
a couple three jars that Dimitri brought me.

I liked it. I would never go on a weekend, though. That would be
asking for trouble.

I'm thinking about using some of the peaches (they look really nice) for
Bloomer Droppers for Saturday.

{ Exported from MasterCook Mac }

Bloomer Droppers

Recipe By: Posted to r.f.cooking AGAIN by Barb Schaller, 5-23-06
Serving Size: 3

6 ounces lemonade concentrate
6 ounces vodka
18 ounces water
1 peach
powdered sugar

Blend together and freeze for slush drink. Four times the recipe will
fill an ice cream bucket.

--
-Barb
http://jamlady.eboard.com Updated 5/22/2006, Church Review completed
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Melba's Jammin' wrote in
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brownies) and some tapenades. Along the way, my basket got very heavy
and I snagged a cart. Eighty-four dollars later

LOL!! I have this very same problem whenever I go into a good deli :-)

Last time I went to get some olive oil, and approx $90 later walked out
with a large variety of 'stuff'!!


I went next door to the
wine store for some vino for Rob. Four bottles of red stuff for $16
and
change.


$4 a bottle???!!!

What sort is it? US, French, Italian??? It couldn't be Aussie for that
price!! :-)




Bloomer Droppers


Is that the same as 'Drop your Knickers'??




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

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LucasP wrote:

Melba's Jammin' wrote in
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brownies) and some tapenades. Along the way, my basket got very heavy
and I snagged a cart. Eighty-four dollars later

LOL!! I have this very same problem whenever I go into a good deli
:-)

Last time I went to get some olive oil, and approx $90 later walked
out with a large variety of 'stuff'!!

When the Delmonico brothers were alive and ran their small Italian
grocery store in NE Minneapolis, I could never get out of there for less
than $30. (Twenty years ago.) It was an Experience. God rest their
souls.

I went next door to the
wine store for some vino for Rob. Four bottles of red stuff for
$16 and change.


$4 a bottle???!!!

On average, yes. :-)

What sort is it? US, French, Italian??? It couldn't be Aussie for that
price!! :-)

One Chilean, three American. Two were $3/bottle (TJ's famous Charles
Shaw label, affectionately known as Two- (or Three-, depending on where
you are) Buck Chuck, and two were $5.

Bloomer Droppers


Is that the same as 'Drop your Knickers'??

Pret' near, Peter. Pret' near.

--
-Barb
http://jamlady.eboard.com Updated 5/22/2006, Church Review completed
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Melba's Jammin' wrote in
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Bloomer Droppers


Is that the same as 'Drop your Knickers'??

Pret' near, Peter. Pret' near.



I used to have a Bowen Mango tree in my back yard. One year there was a
plethora of fruit and I had to come up with all these different ideas on
what to use the fruit for. At about the same time, someone, for some
unknown reason, gave me a bottle of Grand Marnier (at that time, I just
drank beer!!). I opened the GM and it smelt like oranges, and I looked
at the mangos and thought........Hmmmmmmmmm...... so I cut some up and
poured some over and left it in the fridge for a couple of days.

had some friends over for a dinner party and had got some cheap bubbles
for the girls. So i put a spoonful of the 'marinated' mango in a large
glass and topped it with bubbly.

By the end of the night, I had nicknamed my drink "The Legopener" :-)

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

In article ,
Melba's Jammin' wrote:

Actually it came to SLP. "-)

Trader Joe's opened early last week in the near SW suburb of
Minneapolis, St. Louis Park. I haven't looked at a newspaper in weeks
so I missed the article and knew naught until Niece Patty asked me a
couple times if I'd been. I knew it was coming but had other things on
my mind..

It's about 15 miles and 20 minutes from me. By happenstance I parked on
the street in front of it (I don't know the area all that well and
didn't know there was a parking lot off street -- just as well -- it was
full).

Smart move. The off-street parking associated with the TJ's in Seattle
is hazardous to one's paint job. The spaces are striped to fit Pintos,
and folks will try to park Explorers in them.

I moseyed in and grabbed a basket. I figured for some Mojito
sauce based on what Gloria Puester had posted, some cheese (said in the
newspaper article to be considerably less expensive than Byerly's but I
don't shop there anyway, some dried fruits (I needed dried cherries for
brownies) and some tapenades. Along the way, my basket got very heavy
and I snagged a cart. Eighty-four dollars later I went next door to the
wine store for some vino for Rob. Four bottles of red stuff for $16 and
change. Other stuff I got: trail mix stuff, fresh pineapple pieces,
crackers, Italian pasta for 70 cents a pound, canned crab meat, rosemary
ham, grilled vegetable bruschetta, jasmine rice, gyoza, frozen peaches.
They didn't have any cioppino sauce, which is okay because I still have
a couple three jars that Dimitri brought me.

TJ's also has good prices on King Arthur flours and Barbara's cereals.

I liked it. I would never go on a weekend, though. That would be
asking for trouble.

You've got that right, unless you get there right at opening time.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

In article ,
LucasP wrote:

had some friends over for a dinner party and had got some cheap bubbles
for the girls. So i put a spoonful of the 'marinated' mango in a large
glass and topped it with bubbly.

By the end of the night, I had nicknamed my drink "The Legopener" :-)

Shame on you.
--
-Barb
http://jamlady.eboard.com Updated 5/22/2006, Church Review completed
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

had some friends over for a dinner party and had got some cheap
bubbles for the girls. So i put a spoonful of the 'marinated' mango
in a large glass and topped it with bubbly.

By the end of the night, I had nicknamed my drink "The Legopener" :-)

Shame on you.

Shame where?
Recipe noted, thanks Lucas
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
Actually it came to SLP. "-)

Trader Joe's opened early last week in the near SW suburb of
Minneapolis, St. Louis Park.

It's about 15 miles and 20 minutes from me. By happenstance I parked on
the street in front of it



I am SO jealous! You can't imagine how often Dear Daughter and I have
kidded about renting a van and driving to San Diego to fill up at TJ and
Ikea. As you may have noticed, it's not the kind of place you can send
someone else with a list because there are too many impulse items you
couldn't imagine unless you saw them in person.

My mojito reference wasn't a cooking sauce, altho it sounds wonderful.
Mine was a very nice, yummy drink with lime and mint and rum.

I don't know about the TJs in other parts of the country, but in San
Diego they have all kinds of beautiful bouquets and potted plants
(including very healthy orchids) for great prices. Oh, and their
chocolate bar selection is dynamite.

Look for the tubs of mini cookies (choc chip and triple ginger
gingersnaps) and the big jars of apricot sauce (yummy over desserts or
pancakes/French toast).

Aaargh. I've been told Denver will never get a TJ because we have Wild
Oats and Whole Foods. Not. The. Same. Thing. at all.

Sob.

gloria p

"Puester" wrote in message
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
Actually it came to SLP. "-)

Trader Joe's opened early last week in the near SW suburb of Minneapolis,
St. Louis Park. It's about 15 miles and 20 minutes from me. By
happenstance I parked on the street in front of it



I am SO jealous! You can't imagine how often Dear Daughter and I have
kidded about renting a van and driving to San Diego to fill up at TJ and
Ikea. As you may have noticed, it's not the kind of place you can send
someone else with a list because there are too many impulse items you
couldn't imagine unless you saw them in person.

My mojito reference wasn't a cooking sauce, altho it sounds wonderful.
Mine was a very nice, yummy drink with lime and mint and rum.

I don't know about the TJs in other parts of the country, but in San Diego
they have all kinds of beautiful bouquets and potted plants (including
very healthy orchids) for great prices. Oh, and their chocolate bar
selection is dynamite.

Look for the tubs of mini cookies (choc chip and triple ginger
gingersnaps) and the big jars of apricot sauce (yummy over desserts or
pancakes/French toast).

Aaargh. I've been told Denver will never get a TJ because we have Wild
Oats and Whole Foods. Not. The. Same. Thing. at all.

Sob.

gloria p

Not sure if this matters at all, but Wild Oats is about 1 block from one of
our TJ's. We don't have a Whole Foods but we do have Mustard Seed that
sounds like it's the same as Whole Foods from what I have read here. It's
near by as well.

On Wed, 24 May 2006 15:44:19 GMT, Puester
wrote:

Aaargh. I've been told Denver will never get a TJ because we have Wild
Oats and Whole Foods. Not. The. Same. Thing. at all.

That doesn't stop them. Albuquerque has both of those, plus a
Sunflower market, and we just got a Trader Joes back in March.

It has to do with where the distribution centers are, from what I have
read.

Christine

Melba's Jammin' wrote in
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In article ,
LucasP wrote:

had some friends over for a dinner party and had got some cheap
bubbles
for the girls. So i put a spoonful of the 'marinated' mango in a
large
glass and topped it with bubbly.

By the end of the night, I had nicknamed my drink "The Legopener" :-)

Shame on you.


:-)


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

"Vilco" wrote in news:wXZcg.10618$cX1.171108
@twister2.libero.it:

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

had some friends over for a dinner party and had got some cheap
bubbles for the girls. So i put a spoonful of the 'marinated' mango
in a large glass and topped it with bubbly.

By the end of the night, I had nicknamed my drink "The
Legopener" :-)

Shame on you.

Shame where?
Recipe noted, thanks Lucas


No sweat :-)


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915