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Sticker shock at the store again!
"Robert Miles" > wrote in message
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> On 8/21/2011 11:12 PM, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
>> In >, "Julie
>> >
>> wrote:
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>>> "Malcom "Mal" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> In >, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh she can but then we have to wash the slicer and I don't like to do
>>>>> that. It gets all sticky. And then there are the cores and seeds that
>>>>> have to be put in the green bin. Of course with a whole apple this is
>>>>> a
>>>>> problem too. But no stickiness to get all over things. I would much
>>>>> rather buy them sliced. They are very cheap at Costco and Winco.
>>>>
>>>> Yet another moan on how terrible life is. I wonder if you use dishes
>>>> and
>>>> tableware, after all they get dirty, sticky and otherwise messy.
>>>>
>>> We don't tend to eat sticky foods for dinner.
>>
>> How is an apple that you slice less sticky than an apple that was
>> pre-sliced?
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>> Maybe you do. But we don't.
>>> And yes, I do have a dishwasher and *gasp* I have even had the plumbing
>>> fixed
>>> so I can use it again! I just freaking don't like cutting up apples and
>>> no
>>> one in my house likes to either. If you've got a problem with that I
>>> guess
>>> that is pretty damned pathetic.
>>>
>>>> Is it no wonder that you have financial problems when your willing to
>>>> pay
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>> From: "Malcom \"Mal\" >
>> Newsgroups: alt.food.diabetic
>> Subject: Sticker shock at the store again!
>> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:12:59 -0700
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>> In >, "Julie
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>> wrote:
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>>> "Malcom "Mal" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> In >, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh she can but then we have to wash the slicer and I don't like to do
>>>>> that. It gets all sticky. And then there are the cores and seeds that
>>>>> have to be put in the green bin. Of course with a whole apple this is
>>>>> a
>>>>> problem too. But no stickiness to get all over things. I would much
>>>>> rather buy them sliced. They are very cheap at Costco and Winco.
>>>>
>>>> Yet another moan on how terrible life is. I wonder if you use dishes
>>>> and
>>>> tableware, after all they get dirty, sticky and otherwise messy.
>>>>
>>> We don't tend to eat sticky foods for dinner.
>>
>> How is an apple that you slice less sticky than an apple that was
>> pre-sliced?
>>
>>
>> Maybe you do. But we don't.
>>> And yes, I do have a dishwasher and *gasp* I have even had the plumbing
>>> fixed
>>> so I can use it again! I just freaking don't like cutting up apples and
>>> no
>>> one in my house likes to either. If you've got a problem with that I
>>> guess
>>> that is pretty damned pathetic.
>>>
>>>> Is it no wonder that you have financial problems when your willing to
>>>> pay
>>>> over three times the price for a food that has additional preservation
>>>> techniques. Makes me wonder if you've ever considered the effect they
>>>> are
>>>> having on DD
>>>
>>> Liar! I don't happen to have a bag of the apples from Winco now but I
>>> believe the cost was $3.33 for sliced apples. It's a huge as in
>>> industrial
>>> sized bag. Lasts us a good two weeks usually. You can buy about three
>>> whole
>>> apples here for that price. I guarantee you that not only are there
>>> more
>>> than three apples in that bag there are probably at least 12 apples in
>>> that
>>> bag. Not expensive at all.
>>
>> At costco, the pre-sliced apples are 6 8oz packages for about 7.95 which
>> works
>> out to about 2.65 per pound which is at least 2.5 times the cost of whole
>> apples. If you are getting bags that contain the equivalent of 12 apples,
>> which
>> is highly doubtful, that's about 50cents per pound which is highly
>> doubtful
>
> Have you bothered to check if she's from an apple-growing area where
> the farmers cut up their rejects so they can at least get some money
> from them?
I'm in WA state. We are known for our apples here.
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