On 5/28/2018 8:26 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-05-28 6:50 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 6:01:32 PM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
>
>>> How often do you use your grocery store's web site to see what is
>>> available before you make a shopping list?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Never.Â* I buy what I want when I want it.Â* If nothing looks good when
>> I'm at the store, I go to a different store.
>
> I might go to a store for specials is someone tells me about a good
> deal. Otherwise I just get what is available and looks good when I am
> there. There are some stores that I just don't bother with when I will
> be buying meat.Â* If our shopping is mainly for meat we go to the one
> particular meat market.
>
>
The mom & pop meat market on Lady's Island was sold last year after the
husband developed health problems. I understand it's re-opened under
new ownership but I've not checked it out yet. I'd gotten very
discouraged with the place under the previous ownership. At first they
had a full time butcher and the meat was cut to order and very high
quality. Next thing you know the butcher was gone and they'd put in a
bunch of freezers. Suddenly there was very little in the way of fresh
meats. They started stocking boxes of pre-cut frozen meats; no way to
even get a look at the meat much less pick out individual steaks. Buy a
box of frozen meat and hope for the best is not my idea of a "meat market."

And the woman fancied herself a cook so she started pushing her homemade
meals, which were horrible. We caved and bought one of her "cottage
pies" to take home and re-heat. I have no idea how a British woman
could manage to screw up cottage pie, but she did.

I know it's not fair of me to pre-judge the place based on the previous
owners. Human nature to predispose, I guess.

Jill