Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bruce Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Campbell's soup Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 06:13:34 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 117 Message-ID: References: <27f05ac7-62e0-eed2-36ac-174076d59892@example.net> <20240513134321.3b8ae0fb@me6pd1kb9> <20240514115008.348b6f26@me6pd1kb9> <0uWdnZ8TPuXSmNj7nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com> <20240515165541.4d0c5a5c@me6pd1kb9> <20240516125921.7b9fcea5@me6pd1kb9> <20240516134436.3001fe11@me6pd1kb9> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 22:13:38 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="815793bdc3bf0ee60e087e192494d84b"; logging-data="1846159"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/eXBEhJX6grNdv6mxlzImr" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:YQepDCPFrGKcYxomlVUOxFHx4Cw= Bytes: 6301 On Thu, 16 May 2024 13:44:36 -0600, Jordan Almond wrote: >On Fri, 17 May 2024 05:23:59 +1000 >Bruce wrote: > >> On Thu, 16 May 2024 12:59:21 -0600, Jordan Almond >> wrote: >> >> >On Thu, 16 May 2024 16:30:38 +0000 >> >"cshenk" wrote: >> > >> >> Jordan Almond wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Wed, 15 May 2024 18:56:15 +0000 >> >> > "cshenk" wrote: >> >> > >> >> > > Jordan Almond wrote: >> >> > > >> >> > > > On Tue, 14 May 2024 17:29:28 +0000 >> >> > > > "cshenk" wrote: >> >> > > > >> >> > > > > Jordan Almond wrote: >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > On Mon, 13 May 2024 19:13:56 +0000 >> >> > > > > > "cshenk" wrote: >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > D wrote: >> >> > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > On Sun, 12 May 2024, cshenk wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > jmcquown wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > On 5/11/2024 6:08 PM, cshenk wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > > > > Jordan Almond wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 10 May 2024 16:44:50 +0000 >> >> > > > > > > > >>>>"cshenk" wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Yup, all Malmart meats and produce are >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > problematic. >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > This has NOT been my experience in the meat >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > case by any means. >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > Some fresh produce however could be a bit >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > less limp. >> >> > > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > I've gotten produce home and had it webbed with >> >> > > > > > > > > > > mold by dinner, more than once. Don's gotten >> >> > > > > > > > > > > meat and it was substandard due to 'added >> >> > > > > > > > > > > flavor'(salt water to make it weigh more). I >> >> > > > > > > > > > > don't go back. >> >> > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > I don't buy meat from Walmart (salinated, as you >> >> > > > > > > > > > imply) but I've not had any issues with their >> >> > > > > > > > > > fresh produce. I do prefer to shop at nearby >> >> > > > > > > > > > farm stands but I don't always have cash on hand >> >> > > > > > > > > > and that's the way they do business: cash. >> >> > > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > > Jill >> >> > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > Suspect management has much to do with the >> >> > > > > > > > > produce. I just get my produce at more reliable >> >> > > > > > > > > vendors. Meats as well. >> >> > > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > > Don agrees after the last experience with a >> >> > > > > > > > > 'Walmart brand' beef steak. It looked good in the >> >> > > > > > > > > package but tasted like nothing and leaked so much >> >> > > > > > > > > water, Don had trouble keeping coals lit under it. >> >> > > > > > > > > Tough cooked medium rare and tasted only weakly >> >> > > > > > > > > of 'beef' when we tried it. Nope, we don't shop >> >> > > > > > > > > there for veggies or meat. >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > > How much of the water leak is due to added water and >> >> > > > > > > > how much would you expect in a high quality steak? >> >> > > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > >> >> > > > > > > How much does it take to affect coals under it on a >> >> > > > > > > grill? It was NoT fat which sizzles and burns. >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > Something had to have leaked in there, wet meat is not >> >> > > > > > normal. >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > That's why we don't get meat at Walmart. Catching on yet? >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > If that happens every time you buy a steak there yes, so does >> >> > > > it? >> >> > > >> >> > > Don made a mistake 3 months later and yes it did. That's why >> >> > > we don't shop there. Getting it yet? >> >> > >> >> > I get that is twice, yet somehow in 30 years of my shopping there >> >> > it's not happened once to me. Perhaps your local WM has systemic >> >> > issues. >> >> >> >> I assume it is my local one. It was at the start of the thread. >> > >> >Check. >> > >> >Just beware Target's beef - looks almost too red and I have twice had >> >product that smelled way past expiration, enough to drive back and >> >return it. Customer service just nodded, didn't want to sniff check >> >me. >> >> Eeww. Reminds me of a Tasmanian butcher whose mince meat turned green >> after a day. > >Needs fresher rabbits. "Why would I sell rabbit when their running around for free in the hills?" His literal words.