On May 7, 11:14*am, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 07 May 2009 11:49:12 -0400, HK wrote:
a. the lousy, crustless, tasteless substance that was being passed off
as bread. No matter what sort of bread it was pretending to be, it had
the same sponginess and pretty much the same taste. Lousy rolls, too.
We found *one* deli in the entire Jax area that "imported" its bread
daily from Baltimore, and it was pretty good.

I've bought decent bread at Publix. *They bake on site. *French and
Italian. *Might be local practices. *Never found the ryes or black
breads we get baked locally here.
Selection is much better in Florida than it was 10-20 years ago.
I'm talking Charlotte Harbor area.

b. the high price of produce. I really thought we'd be paying a lot less
at the grocery store for produce. Nope.

My dad is always bitching about that.

--Vic

When we moved to Florida, Publix had lousy bread. I'm glad to hear it
has improved, at least in your area. We'll be in Florida later this
month, and will check it out.

Herr Krause.

This must be true regardless of what the locals may believe, because
everywhere you go you only seek out the finest and anything else is
sub to your standard, but probably to no one else.