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February 8, 2010

Market report

I have to admit that the minute I heard the magic words "six to ten inches," I got in the car and headed for the Giant. What can I say? We were down to a pound of butter.

Just kidding.

But I outsmarted myself. I beat the crowds, but I also beat the trucks that were supposed to bring the food in, and the shelves were bare. The vendors might not even get in until tomorrow, I heard one employee say, but that's not written in stone.

Posted by Elizabeth Large at 10:04 AM | | Comments (11)
        

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I figure it'll be the same at the Highlandtown Market, but I doubt there was a run on yogurt and I need to get away from my neighbourhood.

Besides, got to make sure Chicken Rico survived the storm.

Get some heavy cream, pour it in a jar, shake it viciously for a couple minutes. You'll have butter in no time at all.

One of my friends works in a grocery store. He told me that over the weekend, they ran out of Spam Lite. Kind of says it all to me.

I walked to the safeway in canton yesterday afternoon and was shocked at how well stocked the store was. I'm starting to wonder if I should make a store run (finally got the car clear!) if we're in for more snow.

So, how do the magic words, "10-20 inches" grab ya? Makes me want to curl up in a ball on the rug and lie there until Thursday...

The Elkridge Giant was pretty well stocked at 10am, other than produce.

Just came from the Safeway in Long Gate (EC). Produce was good but some of the frozen food cases were empty. Glad that I overstocked for last weekend and only needed chocolate. Had dinner at Outback. There was a line at 6:30 when I was leaving. Seems a lot of people were suffering from cabin fever.

Spam at 11:58

Don't make me laugh out loud at 3 a.m. EL

I'll take the blame for the laugh...but you're totally responsible for the timing, EL.

Most women get excited when they hear 6 to 10 inches :)

Like so many men, Mr. Ravioli, you've got no clue what women really want.

(At this point, I want a Bobcat, 10 kilos of chocolate and a chest freezer for all the stuff I'm cooking.)

Wasn't it Mae West who said something like: "Meeting a new man is like getting a snowstorm - you never know how many inches you're going to get or how long its going to last."

It sounds like something she might have said.

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Richard Gorelick was appointed The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic in September 2010. Before joining the paper staff fulltime, he contributed freelance criticism and features articles about food to area and regional publications. Along the way, he dispatched for short-distance trucking companies, shilled for cultural non-profits, and assisted in cognitive neurology research – never the subject, always the control.

He takes restaurants seriously but not himself, and his favorite restaurant is the one you love, too.
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