Hi Dave,

 DD> I've not seen pre-bagged salads w/apples or fruit. But, then, I don't
 DD> do anything tainted with WalMart affiliation. And seldom buy bagged
 DD> salad in any event.

 RH> We'll get them from time to time, good when fresh vegetables aren't as
 RH> readily available or too expensive. IIRC, Wegman's has one with apples
 RH> also but then too, you don't have them in your area.

 DD> But, I do have Hy-Vee - recently named as the #1 grocery chain  in
 DD> USA.

Do you know where Wegman's fell on the list?


 DD> One of the things I like about the local truck-stop's restaurant is
 DD> that any non-breakfast meal you order comes with a chice of one of the
 DD> soups of the day (they always have two except Sunday - when it's
 DD> Creamy Chicken Rice soup only) or you can take a "side salad" with
 DD> lettuce, shredded carrot, some sliced or diced tomato and a couple
 DD> nice slices of cucumber. Even a burger & fries comes w/that choice.

 RH> Sounds good to me; I'll most likely take the salad, especially if
 RH> they have 1,000 Island dressing.

 DD> Oh, they do.

 RH> I'll take that, on the side please.

 DD> That's how they bring it. In a nice plastic "souffle" cup. If you ask
 DD> for "lots" as I do w/blue cheese dressing - they bring two cups. Bv)=

I'm finding that one cup is usually enough for me these days. I don't
like salads drowned in dressing so usually ask for it on the side. One
exception is Olive Garden (we were there yesterday); their salad has a
nice amount of dressing, not too little, not drowning in it. I know they
probably put most of it together well in advance but they don't add
things like the tomatoes and crutons until it is ordered so it's nice
and fresh.


 DD> I ran across one of the guys later and asked (facetiously) how he
 DD> liked his lunch. He said, "Shoulda listened to her and let Steve
 DD> be a "Hero" by himself."

 RH> Pays to listen to the waitress. I got some Thai once in HI, started out
 RH> nice and mild but got hotter the more I ate of it. Good, but didn't
 RH> want to roast my mouth. Steve finished it for me and admitted that it
 RH> was hot, even for him.

 DD> Now that I'm not doing hot stuff regularly it takes a lot less to "get
 DD> my attention".  Bv)=

Same here. I used to go for just above medium hot but now my heat
preference is somewhere between mild and medium.

 DD> This is fairly mild as long as you stay away from the "Big Jim" DD>
 cultivar of the NuMex chilies. I'll be making this for Happy Hangover
 DD> Day (01 Jan) even though I never go out on Amateur Night.


 DD>       Title: Pollo Poblano (Chicken w/Tomatillos & Poblanos)
 DD>  Categories: Poultry, Vegetables, Chilies, Herbs
 DD>       Yield: 4 Servings

Looks good to me. We're not going anywhere for New Year's eve, just
going to have a quite night at home. That way I don't have to inhale
smoke from the fireworks.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... You learn something useless every day.

--- PPoint 3.01