On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 4:19:36 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:26:20 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
> > On Friday, April 16, 2021 at 9:35:59 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> >> H.E. Butts makes the best refried beans.
> >>
> > H-E-B is the only store that sells this at a reasonable price:
> > https://www.amazon.com/Salsa-Del-Pri.../dp/B00EL5Q5EU
> > It's the only shelf stable salsa we like.
> $1.39/ea on the shelves at The Butt's, not the $9/bottle that Amazon
> charges (contrary to Sheldon's claims that Amazon groceries are
> ALWAYS cheaper).
>
> I didn't really like them. But they used to be $1/ea so somebody
> much be buying them to raise the price 40%. They have sort of a
> chemical/musty taste to me, much like this line of Herdez salsas.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/s?k=herdez+st...ref=nb_sb_noss
>
> So you might like those, too ($2.99/ea at Butts Emporium)
>
> The same "Herdez" brand Salsa Casera in the small can is THE
> STANDARD by which I judge all other tomato salsas (fresh OR
> shelf-stable. Much like I consider Duvel the Standard of Belgian
> Strong Ales. Each are excellent representations of their basic,
> no-frills class of similar products.
>
> https://www.heb.com/product-detail/h...-casera/175814
>
> $.74/can (prices shown online include mark-up for curbside/delivery)
>
> HEB's Smoky Citrus is my second favorite:
>
> https://www.heb.com/product-detail/h...-salsa/1174943
>
> Both are very wet. I sip them more than I use them with food.
>
> I'd offer to send you some of yours or the others, but shipping
> prices are such a rip-off these days for the home one-off shipper I
> don't even send my mother or brother anything (even though I have
> several boxes packed and ready to go!).
>
> But if you have a billing account/shipper # that gets good rates,
> just say the word. I'd even pay for the products myself, but not for
> the shipping. Shipping costs at those retail shipping stores cost
> 10x-12X more than shipping stuff from a company or corporation with
> very low-cast negotiated rates(*). This Homey don't play those games
> (with his wallet).
>
> (*) And yet Amazon is still marking-up your salsa 7X the cost and
> has no physical retail overhead.
>
H-E-B has suspended ship-to-home. I ordered once from them when
they ran a free shipping w/ (IIRC $50) purchase. I got a bunch of bottles
of Del Primo green, a few bottles of their red, and topped up the
minimum purchase with cans of store brand refried beans. Like you
stated, their refried beans are what refried beans should be.

I made some pretty respectable salsa this afternoon. I boiled tomatillos,
blackened some serranos, and zizzed it in the blender with a clove of
garlic, an onion, some fresh-squeezed lemon juice and a little salt. I
never get the proportions perfect because I'm not Mexican.

My wife oven roasted summer squash to put on her tostadas. No
soaplantro was harmed in the making of this meal.
>
> -sw
>
Bryan