"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:43:14 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > wrote:
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>>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> > On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:30:28 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > > wrote:
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>>> >> I have gotten spoiled produce at Costco. I will never buy onions or
>>> >> potatoes there again even though they are cheap. Much of the other
>>> >> things
>>> >> they sell comes in far too large of a quantity for me.
>>> >
>>> > You seem to be the only one on this ng who consistently manages to
>>> > find subpar or spoiled vegetables. The rest of us don't have that
>>> > problem.
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>>> I can choose my veg from open boxes so I can feel if they are good. Do
>>> all
>>> your veg come ready packed?
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>> Mostly no, but some do. Fortunately, those that come prepacked are
>> excellent quality where I shop. I certainly don't mind buying
>> packaged lettuce because there's a huge variety of mixes that isn't
>> available when they are sold loose. I prefer Trader Joe's packaged
>> lettuce mixes over Safeway because Safeway's is too wet and needs to
>> be used immediately or taken out and dried. I'm not willing to do
>> either. I also don't mind buying broccoli and cauliflower by the
>> package because the packages are crown only and pieces are the size
>> I'd be cutting the crowns into if I bought them whole.
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>> I wouldn't buy my produce from a store where I needed to paw the
>> produce to figure out if they were still good or not.
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> First the eyes then the hands. Don't you wash your veg when you get them
> home? Even in ready packed someone has handled them and I doubt those
> field workers hands are too clean.

The bagged salad has most likely been washed and bagged by machine.