The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Figgy1]

Ours is AWFUL. The aisles are narrow so there's constantly a traffic jam. I absolutely loathe the lighting in there. The parking lot layout is confusing, and it's on an incline, so when you're putting groceries in your cart, your shopping cart tries to run away from you. The prices are usually higher than the Safeway nearby; they don't run nearly as many sales. And the checkouts...lord, the checkouts. You're lucky if they open a regular checkout line; usually it's self checkout, and those self checkouts are the absolute worst. Seriously, I went in there today, and there was one checkout lane available. The self chexkouts were free, but there was one person using it and five people in line for the regular checkout. No one was using that thing. They eventually opened another self checkout.

I only go in there for their produce department. If they didn't have markedly better avocados than Safeway, I would never set foot in the place.

How far are you from Wegman's? They always have good avocados

 

[wdwfan4ver]

Sunday gravy is just spaghetti sauce.

Never recalled my parents used that term for spaghetti source before.

 

[Lilofan]

Sunday gravy is just spaghetti sauce.

Love tomato sauce and it's heart healthy!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

How far are you from Wegman's? They always have good avocados

It's a good 15 minutes and they are ALWAYS mobbed. ShopRite is two rights and a left. I can technically walk there.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Maybe it is more of a NY, NJ thing.

The first 15 years of my life I spent in NY State... upper, upper NY! 15 miles from the Canadian border. Never was used there, but that was before the invention of light, so it might not fit the time frame. Can't say I ever spent enough time in NJ to have heard or seen that name. NY City might also be the NY you were talking about and not all the rest of it.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

At least Shop Rite had an entire pasta aisle. Publix has less than half an aisle. There are times I can’t find Ronzoni fusili!

 

[Figgy1]

At least Shop Rite had an entire pasta aisle. Publix has less than half an aisle. There are times I can’t find Ronzoni fusili!

Isn't not having that stocked against the law???????????????????? I can almost understand running a bit low during the big Ronzoni sales. I said almost please tell me that's what you meant

 

[MinnieM123]

At least Shop Rite had an entire pasta aisle. Publix has less than half an aisle. There are times I can’t find Ronzoni fusili!

Isn't not having that stocked against the law???????????????????? I can almost understand running a bit low during the big Ronzoni sales. I said almost please tell me that's what you meant

I don't have those stores in my area, but whatever grocery stores I go to up here, there's always a ton of pasta.

I generally buy whatever is on sale and usually a generic store brand. I can't tell any difference in taste from the name brands, after you boil it. (The only exception to any of this is sometimes I buy Dreamfields -- because hubs prefers that it's lower in carbs for him, when rinsed off after cooking).

 

[Tony the Tigger]

I don't have those stores in my area, but whatever grocery stores I go to up here, there's always a ton of pasta.

I generally buy whatever is on sale and usually a generic store brand. I can't tell any difference in taste from the name brands, after you boil it. (The only exception to any of this is sometimes I buy Dreamfields -- because hubs prefers that it's lower in carbs for him, when rinsed off after cooking).

Whooooa - and you thought political arguments were bad. ()

Fusili is one of the perfect pastas - it’s basically a thicker, curly spaghetti. It holds sauces (Grandma’s gravy) exceptionally well. It’s my favorite by far (although shells can have a similar effect.)

Here is Ronzoni fusili:

Then you have blasphemous companies who try to pass this “chubby rotini” off as fusili:

What?! What the heck is that?! In fact, I’ve never liked rotini except maybe in soup. It’s completely different. But if you ever see fusili on a restaurant menu, you’re more likely to get this.

Stunads!

Thank God for Ronzoni.

 

[Lilofan]

I don't have those stores in my area, but whatever grocery stores I go to up here, there's always a ton of pasta.

I generally buy whatever is on sale and usually a generic store brand. I can't tell any difference in taste from the name brands, after you boil it. (The only exception to any of this is sometimes I buy Dreamfields -- because hubs prefers that it's lower in carbs for him, when rinsed off after cooking).

If I was in a blind taste test, I could not tell the difference between Ronzoni and Barrilla.

 

[Figgy1]

Whooooa - and you thought political arguments were bad. ()

Fusili is one of the perfect pastas - it’s basically a thicker, curly spaghetti. It holds sauces (Grandma’s gravy) exceptionally well. It’s my favorite by far (although shells can have a similar effect.)

Here is Ronzoni fusili:
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Then you have blasphemous companies who try to pass this “chubby rotini” off as fusili:
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What?! What the heck is that?! In fact, I’ve never liked rotini except maybe in soup. It’s completely different. But if you ever see fusili on a restaurant menu, you’re more likely to get this.

Stunads!

Thank God for Ronzoni.

I miss pasta and good bread. They are really the only foods I miss having since going gf I don't miss meat or dairy but pasta I we've found a quinoa brown rice brand that we'll eat but it's not the same not to mention the limited amount of shapes.

 

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[ajrwdwgirl]

I don't have those stores in my area, but whatever grocery stores I go to up here, there's always a ton of pasta.

I generally buy whatever is on sale and usually a generic store brand. I can't tell any difference in taste from the name brands, after you boil it. (The only exception to any of this is sometimes I buy Dreamfields -- because hubs prefers that it's lower in carbs for him, when rinsed off after cooking).

I buy Dreamfields as well because of the lower carbs. I think Ronzoni makes a lower carb/high fiber pasta (it is in a purple box) as well that tends to be a bit cheaper but I can only get that at Walmart.