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aa8ij
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So good but so rare
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Mar 4 09:37 UTC 1993 |
Is there a certain item that you use that you would drive out of your
way to get? If so, what is it and where can it be found?
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aa8ij
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response 1 of 29:
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Mar 4 09:41 UTC 1993 |
I have discovered Calder bros milk. From what I know, it can be had only
at Buschs and the Beer depot on william. The unique thing about it is, is
that it stays fresh a longer time and somehow tastes richer than the run
of the mill stuff that can be had at Meijer.
It is pri (1.69) for a quart and 1.00 for the bottle deposit
but IMHO it IS worth the price.
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glenda
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response 2 of 29:
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Mar 4 14:04 UTC 1993 |
Also available at the People's Food Co-ops. It tastes richer because it is
not homagenized or over pasturized; processes which, in my opinion, take away
most of the flavor of milk. My grandparents owned a dairy farm and I was
raised on real milk, straight from the cow. Calder's tastes just about a
close to that as you can get today without owning your own dairy cow.
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shf
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response 3 of 29:
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Mar 4 18:54 UTC 1993 |
Wow, Calder's is a Downriver thang, they have a dairy on Southfield east
of Fort St. Lotsa Ice Cream for cheep price.
I will go out of my way for Tokyo Sushi Iwa, cause it is far superior
to Miki's.
jerusalem gardens, of course:)
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tnt
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response 4 of 29:
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Mar 4 22:21 UTC 1993 |
Food, & frozen Pepsis.
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steve
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response 5 of 29:
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Mar 5 02:49 UTC 1993 |
Calder's is indeed wonderful. Their chocolate milk tastes like
Mississippi Mud Pie, I was told, and they were right. Not for the
faint of artery I'm afraid, but it IS wonderful stuff. If you liked
that Jim, check out the Food Coops; they have all sorts of really
wonderful non-mainstream things there.
I've driven 600 miles out of the way for Chimmichangas at a little
place called "El Minuto" in Tuscon, Arizona. Whenever in that part of
the country, I try to stop by. On the particular trip I'm thinking of,
I got really weird stares from the two people I was with, but they let
me convince them that 600 miles wasn't *that* far out of the way, and if
they didn't like it, they could figure out something nasty to do to me.
Forunately, El Minuto was in fine shape that day, so lunch and dinner
and a carry out midnight snack kept me from having something done to me.
Thats about as far as I've gone out of my way for something. Here to
Chicago for lunch, with dinner on the way was something I used to be
able to get friends hornswoggled into on a regular basis. Sigh.
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tsty
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response 6 of 29:
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Mar 5 02:57 UTC 1993 |
I would drive out of my way a hundred or so miles for Chinese as
served in Evanston, Wyoming.
Years ago , when there really was a Pizza Bob, I'd have to decide
whether to coome here for a Ruben or go to the Snug on WSU campus area.
Piza Bob's was a tad bit better, but geography played a reasonable
part in the decision. Now the Snug's alibi is an atrocity and
nobody in townhere has anythingg resembling a quality Ruben. Oh, well....
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steve
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response 7 of 29:
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Mar 5 04:15 UTC 1993 |
I rememebr him! He gave me a small pizza, once.
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aa8ij
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response 8 of 29:
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Mar 5 05:43 UTC 1993 |
I did buy some Calder's chocolate and yes, it IS r but oh so
good. I am lobbying Buschs on Green to start carrying the red cap in half
gallon bottles. (those quarts tend to be a pain in the ass). From what
the manager has told me, it should not be too much of a problem.
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popcorn
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response 9 of 29:
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Mar 5 05:44 UTC 1993 |
Rob and i drove to the Moosewood restaurant in Ithaca, New York, for
dinner one Sunday. It's roughly 10 hours in each direction; longer if
you stop over at Niagra Falls. The food was worth the trip.
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arabella
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response 10 of 29:
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Mar 6 10:39 UTC 1993 |
I usually buy a supply of pork roll (east coast delicacy) a couple
of times a year when I'm in Philly, but it's not strictly speaking
out of the way, since I go there to visit family. I freeze it and
bring it home in a cooler. Still have some left in my freezer.
On one trip to New Hampshire my family drove about 60 miles out
of our way to revisit a certain pizza joint we had loved several
years earlier. Got a lovely drive along the Kankamangus highway
for our troubles, and great pizza, too! (This was about 17 yrs. ago.)
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popcorn
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response 11 of 29:
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Mar 6 21:28 UTC 1993 |
I bring back H & H bagels from New York when i visit. Freeze 'em and
eat 'em for months.
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steve
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response 12 of 29:
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Mar 6 23:50 UTC 1993 |
Are they appreciably better than say the Bagel Factory? I'm not much
on New York sources of food, but I was really surprised to find that the
bagels I sampled on my deli traipsing around NYC didn't show me anything
better than the BF. Was I missing something incredible, the midwesterner
askes?
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popcorn
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response 13 of 29:
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Mar 7 19:34 UTC 1993 |
well, um, uh...
i grew up hearing that H & H makes the best bagels in the world, and
(unlike for pizza), i'm still totally non-objective about it.
bagel factory makes very good bagels. i've never compared theirs to
H & H bagels side by side.
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mythago
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response 14 of 29:
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Mar 7 20:17 UTC 1993 |
I always get Calder's if I'm making something with milk in it (like
custard). Then I can eat the cream off the top.
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aa8ij
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response 15 of 29:
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Mar 8 10:34 UTC 1993 |
So far, I have been able to find Calders in two places, The Beer Depot and
Busch's. Are there any other places that sell this stuff?
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glenda
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response 16 of 29:
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Mar 8 15:20 UTC 1993 |
Jim, it has already been pointed out twice that the People's Food Co-op
sells it.
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tnt
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response 17 of 29:
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Mar 8 17:26 UTC 1993 |
Too much Calders makes people forgetful.
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aa8ij
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response 18 of 29:
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Mar 9 11:07 UTC 1993 |
oh. sorry about that Glenda. Too much driving, not enough sleep.
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arabella
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response 19 of 29:
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Mar 11 11:15 UTC 1993 |
I'm not positive, but I wouldn't be surprised if Arbor Farms
sold Calders.
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shf
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response 20 of 29:
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Mar 12 17:05 UTC 1993 |
J&J Ice Cream on Allen Road in Allen Park sells Calder's, Jim:)
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mcpoz
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response 21 of 29:
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Nov 15 15:29 UTC 1995 |
Based on STeve's recommendation in response #5, I tried El Minuto in Tucson.
It was really good and I would second that recommendation. (I just happened
to drive by El Minuto and remembered the prior recommendation)
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popcorn
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response 22 of 29:
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Nov 16 15:37 UTC 1995 |
I'm impressed! I'd *never* remember a restaurant recommendation when
travelling near the restaurant, except maybe for El Azteco in Lansing, and
that only because it's been repeated so many times.
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freida
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response 23 of 29:
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Nov 16 19:43 UTC 1995 |
I would, when I could afford it, drive to michigan to get some Saunder's Milk
Chocolate Hot Fudge! I would buy gobs of it and bring it home and savor it
all year...anyone interested in sending me some? I'll be happy to pay postage
too!
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eeyore
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response 24 of 29:
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Nov 17 00:10 UTC 1995 |
i don't know if they still do or not, but the blue heron used to carry caldors.
but i don't know if it stuck around in the owner-switch[D.....and they have
the BEST eggnog.....:_
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