On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 21:09:37 -0600, gloria p >
wrote:

>On 9/9/2012 7:45 PM, gtr wrote:
>
>> I first started going to TJ's in Costa Mesa in 1990. As far as I could
>> tell they sold a lot of relatively inexpensive wine and lots of cheeses
>
>
>Back in the 80s they had interesting mustards, olive oils, vinegars,
>sauces, pastas, rices, nuts, dried fruit, imported sodas like Orangina,
>things you couldn't find many other places. They also had "job lots" of
>things that were being discontinued by the mfgr and you'd only find them
>for a few weeks. That's the kind of thing they can't do since they have
>expanded to so many locations.
>
>That's where I first discovered Cambozola, and Mushroom brie. Mmmm.
>
>And CHOCOLATE! For a time in the late 80s they carried 10lb bars/blocks
>of Ghirardelli chocolate, milk or dark. When our daughter was at
>UCSD/LaJolla she brought us a bar for Christmas one year. It didn't
>last as long as you might think. ;-) It was so good!
>
>That's now sold in many smaller grocery stores (like Sprouts) broken
>into smaller chunks and individually plastic wrapped.
>
>gloria p

I haven't seen mushroom brie in probably 30 years. It's good to hear
that it is still made somewhere. Lovely stuff.
Janet US