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| - The early half of February was not kind to my digestive system. A glut of fast foods, soda and convenience items left me feeling sluggish and weak. I decided one Saturday morning to take the fam down to the vaunted West Side Market. They were closed. Still. After some ten days following a small fire that left some smoke damaged pierogi and soot covered baklava in its wake. Was rather surprised it would take longer than that to restore what is undeniably one of our rare economic powerhouses. The produce part was open, but without the accompanying stroll through the indoor market, I just gave up and left. We slogged through another week of bad food. Finally, the realization that we needed to eat something that was once in the ground became imperative. The wife wanted to brew up a batch of veggie soup to last all week.
We ended up at Aldi for the first time in about five years. Usually, I handle the shopping duties after work(6 am) at the only two venues open at that time- Giant Grouse or WormMart. The last time we shopped there was when my wife got laid off and we believed we had to pinch every penny possible. That lasted one month. I soon got promoted and she got a new job, so back to the other stores. But this particular Friday found us in search of rock bottom produce prices. Which, the Giant obviously does not offer, and Wal Mart, when other options are available, is a no go. We got about ten lbs of veggies and various frozen items for around thirty bucks. A haul that would normally ring up double anywhere else. And don't buy into the hype that Narc's is cheap! I have compared prices, and they are maybe 20 cents cheaper than the Giant on most items. Plus they're non union, so F that.
There are some stipulations. The veggies are not in a fresh open display with misters. They come cellophane wrapped from god knows where. But I gave them a thorough wash and dug in. Now here's the real kicker. I bought a package of their Encore knockoff salisbury steak( a personal favorite my dog and I like to share). That night the headline breaks that some Aldi frozen items claiming to be beef are actually HORSEMEAT. Luckily, mine was not among them. It was mostly lasagna imported from France(?) with its meat originating in the ultra transparent safe food haven that is ROMANIA. Not that I would really object to eating a horse. It would probably have less hormones in it than most industrial cow. But the prospect of my meal bellowing "Hey, Wilburrr" at me is a bit unsettling.
All in all, the lowest prices anywhere. Just watch some of those products of mysterious origin. You could be eating a Preakness winner named Papa's Mustache or Fuzzy King Creole.
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