-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-08-16  14:16 <=-

 RH>>> Yes, we loaded the peaches picked up in Pa into it to keep them
 RH>>> from going bad. They were quite ripe, had to trim the bad spot
 RH>>> here & there while putting them up but not too much lost,
 RH>>> thankfully.
 NB>>> Kept them cool, but couldn't totally protect against bruising,
 NB>>> I'd guess... :)
 RH>> Not quite, given how ripe they were.
 NB>> That's what I figured.... :)

 RH> We couldn't even save any out for eating "as is", they were that ripe.
 RH> Steve bought 4 at Harris Teeter last week--one was totally bad when he
 RH> cut it open, next was heading toward bad. Third was good & 4th is
 RH> still in the fridge. The Amish ones were so much better!
 
Makes sense... the Amish ones were probably closer to the having been
picked off the tree, and the transportation was your own...  ;)  Did
Steve take the bad ones back to Harris Teeter....?

 RH>> The store brand (Hanniford's) is of a decent quality; we had no qualms
 RH>> about buying a lot of that. Some things we had to get name brands but
 RH>> tried to keep that to a minimum. We went with a better grade of ground
 RH>> beef to avoid a lot of waste from fat--all in all, shopping the way we
 RH>> did was much better than the way we did it last year.
 NB>> And this year you had the benefit of last year's experience... :)

 RH> Yes, some of the things we did this year were a direct result of what
 RH> we learned--our shopping and going ahead of the rest of the team for
 RH> instance. They appreciated having a meal ready for them upon arrival.
 RH> (G)
 
I'm sure they did...  :)   One less thing to have to think about when
one is zonked from traveling...  ;)

ttyl        neb

... How can I run amok? I don't even own one.

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