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Default 10 cent ears of corn.

Got a flyer in the mail for a store in Woodinville called County Market.
Apparently they just opened. There is another in Lake Stevens. Owned by
Super Valu and went in where Albertsons were. I went there only for the
corn and soda pop. They were the only store in this area with a good soda
sale. Limit of 4. Yes, I know that I could have gone back through the line
again but the sale price was 4/$11 which is a good price but not super good
and 4 will get me through until next week's sale.

Anyway... This store like many others had disposal bins where the corn was.
But what the shoppers were doing with them seemed odd. They didn't have a
lot of corn out there for sale. And people were all over it, partially
peeling back the husks, then looking disgusted and chucking it back down.
Every once in a while they would look happy and put an ear in their cart.

Normally when I see people make use of those disposal bins, they put all of
the husk and the silk in it. But not these people! They seemed to only be
putting the outer leaves in it and they weren't peeling the husk back any
further. What could they have been seeing at that point that made them
decide that the ear was bad? At least I peeled it back until I could see
the corn kernels. I bought the first two that I picked up. Seemed fine.
And no worms. That's one thing that I hate about buying fresh corn. I have
gotten a worm in it many times.

I only bought two because corn isn't really in season, I can't eat it and
daughter didn't want it. Husband does love corn on the cob so he can have
it tonight with steak, baked potato and salad. And then again tomorrow with
turkey and stuffing.

I doubt that I'll be going back to this store unless I just happen to be in
the area and/or they have another good sale. My overall impression was that
they were pretty much the same as Albertsons but with higher prices. All of
the food seemed to be the same. Nothing new to see there except for a
little change of decor.

 
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