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"Sheldon Martin" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:09:43 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>Whole Foods now has Just Mayo in stock for shipping. At least I hope they
>>do. It's the kind that must be refrigerated. They did have brown rice
>>syrup
>>but when I tried to place the order, it said it was out of stock. The
>>order
>>will arrive tomorrow, so I'll see what I will get.
>>
>>What I couldn't find was normal Ricotta cheese. The only stuff I found was
>>at PCC and I physically had to go there. None was visible so I had to ask.
>>The guy dug way to the back of the case. There were a few containers of
>>organic stuff. Small, overpriced or really small and super overpriced. I
>>opted for two of the small, overpriced. I don't care for cottage cheese in
>>lasagna.
>>
>>I am annoyed with Safeway. I had placed an order for delivery. They had
>>the
>>Best Foods vegan mayo on sale. They have recently changed the recipe and
>>online reviews are horrible but I actually like it as it doesn't separate
>>out. The old recipe did. Anyway... I got no mayo, no ricotta, and no
>>tamales. They don't normally sell the Texas Tamales but they were listed
>>for
>>sale and for about$4 less per pkg. than Central Market. I was able to get
>>the tamales and the overpriced Ricotta there. I totally forgot to look for
>>the mayo, hence the Whole Foods order, but if they did have it, it would
>>likely be very overpriced.
>>
>>Maybe a lot of people here make lasagna for Christmas. I dunno. Safeway
>>and
>>Albertsons almost always seem to be out of it no matter what time of year.

>
> Since I'll be home cat sitting, my wife left yesterday to visit her
> two sons and three grands, I will just need to cook for me and feed
> the cats, and give Miche his two insulin injections each day (he's
> doing much better), my wife will return on the 28th. I'll cook the
> half ham for me, my wife doesn't eat ham anyway. I've no plan to make
> anything to go with the ham... probably I'll have ham sandwiches with
> Guldens spicy brown. I need to go into town this morning for my 11 AM
> haircut appointment, so I'll stop at Tops and find semolina bread and
> onion rolls at their bakery.
>
> Julie is much too fussy an eater for someone who hardly cooks... and
> has to have her food delivered because she's too lazy to go to the
> store.


I'm not lazy. We're supposed to stay home and not go to the store.