It is a generic brand from a company I have never heard of in New Jersey. We found it tucked into a corner of the top-most shelf amongst the Asian specialty foods. There are triple the required number of ingredients including several that eliminate a peanut butter from my consideration: corn syrup, preservatives and two types of hydrogenated oils. I had to cross Budapest to get it, taking 2 trams, a bus and a lot of walking with kids in tow. The corner markets have none and are not likely to ever stock it. No one I asked had any idea what I meant. But yesterday, I saw a sign for Tesco. This British chain store would have not only peanut butter but better deals on all the food staples we could carry!
Problems began when, tracing our steps back to where I saw the sign, we hopped off the bus and headed to the arrow pointing to "Tesco here!" and noticed the small "3 kilometers". Okay, no problem, walk a bit, grab another bus, consult GPS, walk a bit more. Of course, all the walking and switching will have to be repeated to get home so this limits how much we can buy due to the need to carry it. That explains why I am eating peanut butter on a bran muffin; bread did not make the cut for items unique enough or discounted enough to warrant lugging home. It is the best peanut butter I have ever tasted.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
