On Sat, 05 Mar 2016 10:37:34 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> sf wrote:
> >
> > Gary wrote:
> >
> > > I can buy them from my grocery store's salad bar but I don't.
> > > I'm not paying $5.99/lb for stupid baby corn (mostly baby cob).
> >
> > Your salad bar is only $5.99? That's a bargain, ours is $8.99.
>
> I looked this morning. Salad bar is now $5.49. Prices seem to be
> a lot less on this coast.

For the most part, yes they are. I have a friend in NC who constantly
taunts me with what he pays for this or that. However, I saw baby
corn (fresh) in the produce section today. It was a 8-10 oz package
of corn mixed with sugar snap peas for $2.99.

> I can buy chicken quarters (thigh & leg)
> for 39 cents a pound this week (sold in 10lb bags)

I guess you get those good prices because you're surrounded by chicken
processing plants. Currently, boneless chicken thigh and breasts are
$1.99 lb and I can buy them individually from the meat case. I
thought the price would go back up this week, but it hasn't.
>
> I also bought an 8lb bag of russet potatoes for $2.99 today.

I don't know what I'd do with 8lb of potatoes. They'd spoil before I
used them up - you know the saying: the most expensive food is
whatever you throw out.



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sf