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Posted on 05/08/2015 9:46:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
So Whole Foods isn’t where they buy their Arugula and Fleur de sel?
Somehow, I don’t think everything in the world is the Boomer generation’s fault. I seem to recall paying a lot of taxes over the last 45 years or so.
“So Whole Foods isn’t where they buy their Arugula and Fleur de sel?”
That was a new one to me...
I had to look it up: “Fleur de sel, literally “flower of salt,” has been gathered on the island of Ré, off France’s Atlantic coast, since the seventh century. Beloved by cooks, these fine, light crystals have a delicate flavor and high concentration of minerals, making them the perfect finishing salt.”
Maybe the millennials are buying it at Williams-Sonama instead, for the super bargain price of $15 for a little jar. Plus S&H...
Around here it’s called “Whole Paycheck”. Trader Joe’s is almost as bad with very little organic, non GMO, blah blah foods but prices high. It’s just ‘cool’ to go to TJ’s and spend $60 for one bag of weird food.
Here is a cheaper version of finishing salt that is also highly rated.
http://www.amazon.com/Maldon-Salt-Flakes-ounce-Boxes/dp/B001XVW3DC
/johnny
Separating suckers from their money is a timeless business model.
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Maybe people need some physics input. Every sodium atom and ion in the universe is absolutely identical to the best of our knowledge, which is fairly extensive.
We like Central Market on the rare occasions we can afford such things.
My Boomer brother and his wife once had a bag of bland tortilla chips from Whole Foods they had paid 17 DOLLARS for. They were a little lost in la-la land at the time. Whole Foods was THE place to shop. They shop at Walmart now, after going through a bankruptcy. Reality bites.
Just think how much longer they will live than the rest of us, after all the health benefits of eating that $17.00 bag of tortilla chips.
I remember Rush using this same rant (not identical, but similar) in the ‘80’s on his TV show about Kurt Cobain and the grunge generation.
History repeats.
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whole foods is pricey. My little sister has started shopping at the Dollar stores...I’m thinking of doing that also.
That’s why I make my own chips from veggies, potatoes, whatever. Cheap.
Whole Foods is too expensive. On the other hand, a very high percentage of the stuff on the shelves in the average grocery store isn’t very healthy. There has to be room for something in between.
People who don’t have jobs can’t afford pricey food. They can’t afford the cheap imports any more either, which is why they no longer have jobs.
In soup and general cooking, salting pasta water etc., it doesn’t matter, but not sprinkled on your eggs, or on your chocolate, or caramel, on salads, in that situation the shape of the salt, the flavor from it’s origins, and it’s intensity, and the way it blends or melts into the dish, all count.
I’m only just starting to play with those expensive salts and those Malden salt flakes on eggs is great, they aren’t just salt, they are large soft flakes which give little bursts of salt flavor.
Start using a finishing salt and don’t tell people, and you will see them give positive reactions.
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