Originally Posted by Starwood Lurker
Yes. Hence the necessity to shop at five different ones, depending upon the circumstances. The one in Hancock Center has a huge organic/health food section and a large wine/beer section. It's almost like a health food and liquor store within the store. This one also has a huge seafood/meat market. The one closest to us is the smallest and has the least varied selection. I use this one for during the week re-supply. The larger store closest to this one is what the wife and I affectionately call "the third world HEB". I swear that someday I will walk in and they will have plucked whole chickens (head on) and hogs' heads hanging in the meat market. LOL. But, it has a large variety and it's closer to us than the Hancock Center store. However, if I want HEB sugar cookies or Schiff vitamins, I'm SOL at this location. The fourth choice I don't go to that often, but it has a huge floral, candy, meat, seafood, and frozen food section. If they rented cots, you could live in this store. The fifth one is the Central Market in South Austin. Let's face it...once you've been to a Central Market, they've got you, but I try to shop there only once a month because it's almost as expensive as shopping at Randall's or Albertson's.
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My problem with central market is that you can not buy anything but food. Because either they do not carry the item or it is the most expensive line of the item. We are talking paper plates and stuff.
I live by Blanco and 1604 in SA, and the HEB their is highend and has a good selection of everything. They even have a someone in the wine section (everytime I have gone) who knows wine and has turned me on to inexpensive excellent wines. He even looks down in your basket and says, with that you should try this.
I am generally not allowed by my wife to do the grocery shopping for the week because I stray from the list and blow the budget. But my favorite thing to do, is invite some friends over, go to HEB, and plan the dinner meal off of what is fresh. Then go home, drink wine, and I assign tasks to the various peoples. Ie you are making the salad and this is how you do it or what should be in it. Stuff that is complicated (sauces) I will do.
I have already trained my kids to be my assistants but they are getting smart now. They now that it means doing dishes and chopping. Got to start somewhere.
I have also teached them certain dishes so that if they need to start dinner they can.
My daughter at 13 is the marinera sauce maker and my son at 14, does the buer blanc and reux and their proginey. Ie-Mac and Cheese.
My 6 year old is mainly quesidillas, eggs, pancakes, & bacon.