"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:33:34 GMT, jay wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:39:18 GMT, Steve Wertz wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:24:57 GMT, jay wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:12:07 GMT, Steve Wertz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>And I live in Texas (flame bait).
>>>>>
>>>>> -sw
>>>>
>>>> only the ignorantz live *t*here*...Lol
>>>
>>> Those Austinites, especially, are the worst.
>>
>> *One* reason the OP did not find the ingredients..
>>
>> 1. ALBERTSONS ..don't even bother.
>>
>> Asiago cheese and dried cherries are not too hard to find. Whole Foods
>> has
>> both. Their website has recipes that include both ingredients. The
>> recipes would not be there if they did NOT have the ingredients. None of
>> the items on the OPs hard to find list are hard to find here. Central
>> Market and HEB also has all of those things and multiple brands of most
>> of
>> them. Locally we have access to the best supply of groceries on EARTH!
>
> Yeah - Randall's and Albertsons are completely useless. They're
> like Safeway (which is Randall's here) in California. They both
> remind me of the scene in Natural Born Killers where he's looking
> for snake bite antidote: big shelves full of one brand selections.
>
> HEB has 90% of the things I need/use, and Hole Foods and CM fill
> in the gaps, and also provide higher-end stuffs of the same items
> I can get at HEB.
>
> I've lived and shopped in more than a few states and Austin here
> does have the best selection (and prices at HEB).

Dammit, Steve, just when I thought I was finally adjusting to life here in
Baltimore, you have to go and remind me of the great stuff I left behind in
Houston (much of which I can't find in the tiny supermarkets around here).
Meanie...

I can easily find asiago cheese and kalamata olives at any supermarket in
this area, though. (Can't say much about the rest of Terry's list, as I've
never looked for any of those items.)

Mary--long live HEB!