"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 5/1/2019 10:43 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 23:01:38 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
>> snip
>>>>
>>>> yeah, I know. Julie has more trouble over the years with the quality
>>>> of the produce she buys from a multitude of stores.
>>>> I store cold cuts and mostly cheese in my 'meat drawer' because it is
>>>> designed to be the coldest spot in the fridge. 'Crisper drawers' are
>>>> 2 lidded boxes at the bottom of the fridge. In all my refrigerators
>>>> these boxes have had a lever that you pull to open wide for less
>>>> humidity and close for a lot of humidity. It's up to you to decide
>>>> what humidity serves your choice of veggies and fruit best.
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>> I actually haven't had a lot of problems. The recent celery thing is not
>>> me.
>>> Got some at Winco today. $2.48 a stalk but most stalks had only 6 ribs
>>> that
>>> were barely thicker than a pencil. I did find one with more ribs,
>>> although
>>> some were broken of. The ribs were thicker but not as thick as I'd like.
>>
>> What I can remember -- over the years you have complained about Winco
>> purposely stocking rotting peppers, Costco stocking rotting
>> onions/potatoes, you are currently complaining about limp.small
>> celery.
>>
> That's pretty much how I remember it, Janet. The co-op didn't work out
> for her, either. Celery barely thicker than what size pencil?
>
> I don't understand buying bad or poor produce. I don't actually care how
> much celery she *thinks* her household needs. Life will not cease to
> exist simply because there isn't any celery. I'll go out on a limb here
> and say most folks would just do without celery or find something else
> rather than buy crap celery then bitch about it.

The celery didn't look bad when I bought it. As I said... Something was
wrong with it. A clerk at Yakima Produce said that theirs did the same
thing. Looked good when it arrived. Next day it was wilted.