I talked to my great aunt last night who is in her nineties these days. She was talking about that little “nigger” boy E-L that helps her around the yard and house for a few dollars and some change. I cringe when she talks that way – a relic of the old South, but it is more common than you think. Her generation in the South grew up racist it seems and talk like this was commonplace. Thank God Rosa Parks changed the world with her one act of defiance on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
My great aunt was also going on about how fat her legs have gotten. I told dad this last night and he laughed and laughed.
“Dad, she is going to be 95 years old soon. Wouldn’t you think she would have more pressing things to worry about?”
Dad just laughed and said. “That’s your Auntie Myrtis!”
The Great Hot Sauce Debacle…
I had told mom to pick me up a large bottle of Louisiana hot sauce when she went and got my groceries last Monday. Well, mom brought me a large bottle of Tabasco sauce which is just too hot for my tastes which I let slip out to mom when I should know better. My favorite hot sauce is the Crystal brand. It is not too hot and it is very vinegary as I like it. Mom has fretted over that for days which I didn’t realize that was going on. She finally tracked down Crystal brand hot sauce across the river in Georgia at Givorn’s Foods. I told mom she had earned a free day in bed with no one bothering her.
Do You Also Shop for Store Brand?
That’s what mom does for me and I am usually pretty happy with the store brand of products. Mom says she can save up to $30 a week buying Kroger brand with my groceries doing so. I eat a lot of cereal and milk and mom said store brand cereal prices are so much better.
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Absolutely, the best way to save money is to shop for store brands! And you know, especially with things like cereals, often they're made by the same company, just sold under different brand names. Unless we like a specific name brand item and can tell the difference in taste, we go store brand all the way.
I agree, I always buy store brands. We have discovered Aldi's and they have cereal for $1.69/box compared to name brands at over $3/box.
I don't always buy store brands, but I generally try them to see how the quality is. Some are actually better than name brands... Aldi's has great store brands, and Kroger's grape pop is an addiction of mine that no other brand can satisfy!
Yes, and our dollar store has name brands for like $2.50 a box...what a bargain!
I often get store brands too..we do have an Aldi's even in my small town of Tamworth( England)..and i love to shop there..i have been only this week...some of the foods are really good I love the Mild Peri Peri Chicken with their microwave rice...but my fave of all time is the packs of Rich marzipan chocolate bars, 5 little bars in a pack. Trouble is i like them TOO much and end up eating too many..as i have recently been diagnosed as diabetic i have to only buy one pack at a time now...as i'd just be tempted if i had too many.
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