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 ML> 1. Wegmans (northeast)
 DS> We like it, but have only been about four times since it opened more
 DS> than a year ago.

The prices are not great, but if you want good selection,
a relaxed shopping trip, and generally good merchandise,
it's a good choice. On the other hand I have been hugely
disappointed by the produce department in Williamsport
and am distressed by the move toward cry-o-vacced meats
even in small quantities.

 ML> 2. Trader Joe's (nationwide)
 DS> Not in the same class -- a niche store.

Niche store, exactly.

 ML> 3. Publix (south)
 DS> I remember them from Florida, and thought then that they were pretty
 DS> decent and they had the majority of the market share.

I'd put them maybe one notch above Piggly Wiggly or Food
Lion, but then I haven't been in one for a while. Maybe
they've gone and reinvented themselves.

 ML> 5. Costco (nationwide)
 DS> We do shop there, but tend to go to BJs more often.

To me, BJ's and Costco are pretty equivalent. They don't
belong in the list because they really don't cover the
ground of a full-service store, either that or they should
be downrated for lack of variety.

 ML> 6. Harris Teeter (east coast)
 DS> Good store, but not near enough to be on our primary shopping list --
 DS> unless they have some special that we want.

Very glitzy, very overpriced. That's not the way they
apparently were when they started in the southeast.

 ML> 7. Market Basket (MA, NH)
 DS> Never heard of those four.

You may well have been at a Market Basket during one of the
clam crawls, as that was the main store that I sent people
to for groceries. It might have had DeMoulas on the front,
as that's the family that owns the chain. As I said, I am
not so impressed with it as the poll respondents. It's a
decent enough chain, but the quality of the butchering and
the cleanliness of the stores are not prime.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

      Title: Chocolate Mint Middles
 Categories: Chocolate, Cakes
      Yield: 6 servings

    350    F oven
      1    Box Yellow Cake Mix
      1    Stick margarine or butter,
           -melted
           Trader Joe's chocolate mint UFOs
           - or similar chocolate wafers
      1    egg

  Melt butter in microwave, stir it, make sure it's not too hot. Stir
  in egg thoroughly, add to cake mix, stir up into a cookie dough. All
  dry ingredients should be moistened.

  At this point you can use it or wrap it airtight and store in fridge
  up to a couple of weeks.

  Scoop about a heaping teaspoon full and mould it around a chocolate
  mint wafer.  If you have a gem pan (shallow muffin tin), put them
  into the depressions.  Bake at 350 degrees, check after 9 minutes.
  ("Cook at moderate heat until done.")

  Cool completely in pan, remove with plastic fork.  Will make more
  than 4 dozen.  --Jocelyn "Mom" Baden, Costa Mesa CA

  [I haven't tried this yet myself; when I went down to TJ's they were
  out of the chocolate mint UFOs, and we don't keep cake mix in the
  house. Mom vouches for it as a great treat to keep on hand for
  cooking in the toaster-oven; the gem pan holds 6 cookies and fits
  neatly on the rack.]

  ["Similar chocolate wafers" should be about the same size as a
  Hersheys Kiss, but flatter.]

  Commentary source unknown

MMMMM

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