MissMethuselah's Profile
Mis-marked items at the supermarket- is it a crime?
Hey BiscuitBoy, as someone who works in a grocery store, whether the item is over marked or under, it isn't intentional. Most large groceries use complex data systems to make sure that everything rings up period, has a tag that has all of the product info, etc. and those data systems make mistakes. As you've pointed out, lots of states have laws that then grant the customer the item for free(excepting alcohol, at least in WI), and regardless of laws, any store that gives a rats rear about business should have the same policy. If any grocery store execs are yachting, trust me it isn't on a "miss-ring" dime. More likely they vay-kay at the expense of employee well-being, by not paying living wages or offering benefits, etc.
Restaurant "Regulars" Under Interrogation!!!
Wow. Perhaps it was all in the tone, which none of us could gather without being there, but I think if this place is without blemish otherwise (you say you go back again and again because you "really enjoy the food and service there."), this seems like a silly complaint. Is it that hard to just say "Oh, we were away for a while." And if the questions persist, "We'd rather not say."? Why not discuss where you were away unless it was a personal or sensitive trip (funeral, etc.)? You may find out that you have something else in common, like a shared vacation spot, that you would have never before discussed! I guess to the Midwesterner in me, the whole idea of the "issue" seems a bit cold to me.
What Food Job Would You Like?
I've got two "dream food jobs". As I'm a wine buyer already (which is pretty great) I'd love to take that experience and that of my fiance (who's a chef) and we'd like to open a little restaurant with a small, consistent menu and nightly specials that let us experiment with our wild ideas, a great bar(we are Wisconsinites) and a small retail section with wines, cheeses, charcuterie, etc. OR...I'd like to high-tail it back to a University and become a food anthropologist and/or historian. Imagine "research" for that one! Yes, please!
Pumpkin Beer
I don't know if it's available where you are, but Lakefront Brewery(Milwaukee,WI) Pumpkin is like pie in a bottle! It's really rich and sweet, well like a pumpkin pie!
Favorite Chocolate Bar
I'll also answer Toblerone without hesitation! But then all of the other favorites come creepin' in...
Vosges Barcelona or Naga Bar
Take 5 (It's the pretzel thing!)
Whatchamacallit
Twix
and any really good dark, but only plain. Will not eat it if there's "stuff"
What Modified or Value Added Food Labels Do you Avoid?
sueatmo,
some of us may choose not to consume dairy, and some of us have bodies that made that choice for us. green leafy veggies and other sources of calcium are hard to eat enough of EVERY DAY to get ones total DV. hence, calcium fortified OJ, etc.
all that aside, I find myself avoiding any products with "hidden" weird ingredients ("natural flavors" "spices") or. pretty much anything that I don't recognize as food. Fat free in most cases, bleached white flour, HFCS, and and any animal additives from animals I don't eat. I only eat fishes, so no beef flavor, chicken fat etc. The exception...cheese. You just can't eat some of the world's best cheeses w/out the rennet:)
Txacoli
Yea for Txakoli! I love the Xarmant Txakoli. It should be pretty ubiquitous, and is usually between $12-15. I find it to be very light, but with a smooth, round mouthfeel loads of tropical fruit aromas, tangerine and lime zest and a gentle bubble. So clean and just acidic enough to keep it dangerously refreshing! Awesome eye-catching bottle too.
Napa’s newest wine bar - Whole Foods … Sipping 1988 Chateau d’Yquem sauterne and dropping names like Quetzal, Riverdog, Bouchon and Model Bakery
rworange, hhc,
The Mo's Bacon Bar you desire would have been in the Specialty Department, w/ wine, cheese & olives. Though one certainly has an excuse for missing a chocolate bar amongst the "Wine/Cheese Bar!" Oh, if only the Midwest market had enough people to appreciate a WF like this... I am so envious. Guess I'll have to plan that trip out West.
favorite potato chips
Any Midwesterners(or Wisconsinites, in particular) out there for De-lish-us chips?!? These are the business! Mmmm...cheddar cheese, sour cream and chive...who am I kidding, I could wolf down bags of any flavor. These are so perfectly thin, airy, crisp and not at all greasy and I love the fact that all of the flavored chips are really subtle. So great!
How/Why did you pick your screen name?
I am a wine buyer and also a tiny lady, and sometimes it's really amusing to myself and others, how buff I've gotten throwing cases 40hrs plus a week( or to some, shocking that I can do it, boo I say.) ! So I thought the name Miss Methuselah (as in 6L bottle of wine, more than the Biblical figure) was an appropriate illustration of my daily contradiction! And plus, the more wine, the better, right?!
Decent NY style Deli in Milwaukee area?
You may get more of a welcoming response and advice if you keep YHO about the city to a minimum. This is a site about food, not cities and their crime rates. As a MKE native, your comment really incites quite the opposite feeling of "welcoming," and consequently doesn't make me want to let you in on any food secrets here. At any rate, most of the best stuff is in neighborhoods where you would seemingly never deign to set foot in. Your loss, I guess.
Just Moved from Boston, now in Glendale, WI
Try Pizza Man on the East Side (Corner of North and Oakland Aves. www.pizzaman.org) They have a great deep dish, perhaps not as good as Chicago, but darn good, and without the cost of gas! Some think they have the best 'za in town period, but their wine list is really the gem here. As for Milwaukee "cracker crust," be sure to check out Zaffiro's on Farwell Ave. also on the East Side. Be forewarned however, don't expect any atmosphere here other than "family-owned dive joint." As for other places, check out Roots and all of Sandy D'Amato's places (Coquette Cafe/Harlequin Bakery and Sanford). There are tons more little "hidden gems" and "diamonds in the rough" here to discover, that for some reason people tend to never post about. Bombay Sweets for Indian, Nessun Dorma for cozy, rustic Italian Bistro, Comet Cafe for homey, American comfort-food. There is so much here other than the overhyped or overpriced stuff that tends to get mentioned most frequently. Cheers and welcome to town! Happy eating!
What was your New Year's Eve champagne?
Nothing too fancy, as I knew that we'd be out at local watering holes, without the benefit of glasses (or atmosphere) appropriate for anything in the cellar. At a bowling alley(how Milwaukeean), with a handful of great friends, we cracked a bottle, secretly, of Louis Latour's Simonnet Febvre Crémant de Bourgogne N/V, which we "decanted" into a mini glass beer pitcher and passed around at midnight! It's an awesome bubbly made in Chablis and is my favorite inexpensive go-to sparkler. as mojoeater said, not perhaps the most "Chowhound-ish" but such great memories, with friends who are family.
