Aldi opened closer to me. Went there 1 day after opening day. Bought $0.59 cents large eggs, brioche dinner rolls and dry cure ham. And delicious Snap Dragon apples. The apples are small, and I prefer small apples. Crunchy and sweet. So now I have 3 favorite apples: Jazz, Snap-Dragon, and Ambrosia. All sweet and crisp.
They had 10 pounds russet potatoes for $1.39. Saw a woman buying 4 bags! I did not buy, they would end up rotten. I do like potatoes, but 10 pounds for 1 person is too too many. Bought lots of crackers type snacks with cheese. I just love them.-- A closer Aldi is going to open next year. About 5 minutes drive from my house. It used to be a Vietnamese restaurant with dancing on week-ends I think called Galaxy. Had wonderful 'salad' made with baby clams, served with a large 'cracker' with black sesame seeds. One of my favorite foods, that finally I learned to make. The owner decided he wanted to go back to Vietnam. So Halalco took over the store, a Pakistani halal food store, who lost its space nearby when a neighboring store caught fire and the whole strip mall had to be vacated. So now he is again looking for another place. I buy my goat meat there. Its neighbor used to be a Russian store and both of them will be the new Aldi. The Russian store is empty already, they had lots of European jams. Expensive.
Talking about Russia: to my surprise I found a Georgian dumpling recipe exactly like the dumplings from Shanghai: Xiao Long Bao! My guess is that Georgians moved to Shanghai and then went back and brought Xiao Long Bao and made it their own. Yummy dumplings that Donnerville often brings to our meetings.
