Avocados and lima beans

TRed · 02-23-2006, 12:16 PM

I recently moved from socal to AZ, and those two items have become a rare find. I used to buy the big bag of frozen ford hook lima beans, the big kind about the size of a quarter, and now can't find them at all. Some peeps say no one likes them and all they have is canned and the stupid so called baby limas. Those baby limas suck, they are dry and hard and taste shitty. Also the avocado problem is that all anyone has here is these dam Hass avocados, I like Fuerte ones. But you know when I go to a Subway sandwhich place, I always get the turkey bacon avocado foot long, but no subway from az to kentucky has this on the menu. That pisses me off, I mean why the hell don't they have avocado at all subways?

HighToy · 02-23-2006, 12:19 PM

talk to the produce guy at your local grocery store and he can order them for you.

sloth! · 02-23-2006, 01:00 PM

Do they have artichokes? I had a woman(40+) in one of my college classes that had just moved from some southern state and had never seen nor eaten a avacado or a artichoke. Real articulate woman, seemed to be middle class, so it wasnt like she never went to a good grocery store. Never had realized how different the various regions are.

ironpig70 · 02-23-2006, 01:03 PM

guess i'm spoiled in lodi. i'm in the middle of ag fields as far as the eye can see and can about get anything on the road side from jose

skeksis · 02-23-2006, 01:10 PM

I feel Your pain, I recently moved from san diego to near mayer, so I shop in prescott valley & I miss some of my favorite foods as well. Have you shopped at the new frontiers natural marketplace in prescott? They might be able to get what you're after.

sloth! · 02-23-2006, 01:10 PM

One of the better reasons to live in CA. A lot of diffrent veggies and fruits, many available year round thanks to importing from south america and double cropping. When i moved to portland I was shocked by limited produce offerings at major supermarkets.

ironpig70 · 02-23-2006, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by sloth!

One of the better reasons to live in CA. A lot of diffrent veggies and fruits, many available year round thanks to importing from south america and double cropping. When i moved to portland I was shocked by limited produce offerings at major supermarkets.

i live on the east side of lodi also known as "mexico" and if i go to the grocery store down the street, its a mexican store, i can find shit i did not know existed. all kinds of really cool fruits and vegtables and meat that is non existant in a regular white mans grocery store. gotta love a whole store dedicated to one ethniticity.

CaryW · 02-23-2006, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ironpig70

i live on the east side of lodi also known as "mexico" and if i go to the grocery store down the street, its a mexican store, i can find shit i did not know existed. all kinds of really cool fruits and vegtables and meat that is non existant in a regular white mans grocery store. gotta love a whole store dedicated to one ethniticity.

It is like stepping into another country isnt it? At our Super Marcado<sp? you damn well better know enough Spanish to get what you want, cause you are thier world and they aint gonna speak English.

ironpig70 · 02-23-2006, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by CaryW

It is like stepping into another country isnt it? At our Super Marcado<sp? you damn well better know enough Spanish to get what you want, cause you are thier world and they aint gonna speak English.

all the tellers are bilingual but many of the butchers and such are not. alot of pointing and holding up fingers

its actually really cool to buy stuff you know there thats not "normal" like glass bottled pepsi thats made in mexico.

SanDiegoCJ · 02-23-2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sloth!

Do they have artichokes? I had a woman(40+) in one of my college classes that had just moved from some southern state and had never seen nor eaten a avacado or a artichoke. Real articulate woman, seemed to be middle class, so it wasnt like she never went to a good grocery store. Never had realized how different the various regions are.

I can believe that. I grew up in Wisconsin in the 50's and 60's and never saw
an avacado or an artichoke until I got to Cali. For that matter, I didn't even
know what a taco was until I got here. "Mexican food" just didn't exist in
Wisconsin at that time.

BayAreaWheeler · 02-23-2006, 01:52 PM

dude - ive got a huuuuge avacado tree in my backyard. i just picked about 6 bags full...

my boxer loves to eat the avacado's i can tell when there ready to pick cuz he stops eating his dog food.

rockmup · 02-23-2006, 02:01 PM

I feel your pain.
Best thing I've ever done was to move to Louisiana but............. NO MEXICAN FOOD. at all. anywhere.
They have "Tex mex" which means....I don't know what. Other than alot of ground beef.

No Carnitas, chile verde, home made tortillas. Good thing I can make my own

TRed · 02-23-2006, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by skeksis

I feel Your pain, I recently moved from san diego to near mayer, so I shop in prescott valley & I miss some of my favorite foods as well. Have you shopped at the new frontiers natural marketplace in prescott? They might be able to get what you're after.

Thanks, I'm gonna check that place out. As for avocados, I grew up on a avocado grove, we had the fuerte variety, but down the street was the first Hass tree ever grafted, it had a nice plaque at the base with the story. I remeber ordering chile cheese fries in ohio about 15 years ago, and nobody had a clue what that was, so I showed them, and peeps were like wtf?

Cabin Boy · 02-23-2006, 10:39 PM

You should try the cactus. It's MmmMmm delicious.

Hellbound · 02-23-2006, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BayAreaWheeler

dude - ive got a huuuuge avacado tree in my backyard. i just picked about 6 bags full...

my boxer loves to eat the avacado's i can tell when there ready to pick cuz he stops eating his dog food.

"LUCKY" in best Nepolean voice

I wish I could grow them here in Hell!!!

Kitty Cat · 02-24-2006, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SanDiegoCJ

I can believe that. I grew up in Wisconsin in the 50's and 60's

WOW that's a LONG time ago

APRILRAZZ · 02-24-2006, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SanDiegoCJ

I didn't even know what a taco was until I got here. "Mexican food" just didn't exist in
Wisconsin at that time.

That’s because Montezuma didn’t want to export them to you all in the Colonies

02-23-2006, 12:16 PM	#1
TRed Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Member # 12100 Location: Priskitt AZ Posts: 1,146	Avocados and lima beans I recently moved from socal to AZ, and those two items have become a rare find. I used to buy the big bag of frozen ford hook lima beans, the big kind about the size of a quarter, and now can't find them at all. Some peeps say no one likes them and all they have is canned and the stupid so called baby limas. Those baby limas suck, they are dry and hard and taste shitty. Also the avocado problem is that all anyone has here is these dam Hass avocados, I like Fuerte ones. But you know when I go to a Subway sandwhich place, I always get the turkey bacon avocado foot long, but no subway from az to kentucky has this on the menu. That pisses me off, I mean why the hell don't they have avocado at all subways? __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by randii if you're a Pickle, rolling down the trail in a Smurf, dispensing bowls of dicks. FWIW, I don't want to see pictures of that, either! Randii

02-23-2006, 12:19 PM	#2
HighToy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Member # 1983 Location: Rio Linda, CA Posts: 1,568	talk to the produce guy at your local grocery store and he can order them for you. __________________ Ryan #354 #113 The Original Techno Hick.

02-23-2006, 01:00 PM	#3
sloth! Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Member # 62531 Location: sonorA,ca Posts: 157	Do they have artichokes? I had a woman(40+) in one of my college classes that had just moved from some southern state and had never seen nor eaten a avacado or a artichoke. Real articulate woman, seemed to be middle class, so it wasnt like she never went to a good grocery store. Never had realized how different the various regions are. __________________ 4runner..SASed,Bobbed, Longfield, Locked, 37mtrs, Geared, and rolling with Marlin dual cases. retired 90 xcab sased with all the good junk.

02-23-2006, 01:10 PM	#6
sloth! Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Member # 62531 Location: sonorA,ca Posts: 157	One of the better reasons to live in CA. A lot of diffrent veggies and fruits, many available year round thanks to importing from south america and double cropping. When i moved to portland I was shocked by limited produce offerings at major supermarkets. __________________ 4runner..SASed,Bobbed, Longfield, Locked, 37mtrs, Geared, and rolling with Marlin dual cases. retired 90 xcab sased with all the good junk.

02-23-2006, 01:52 PM	#11
BayAreaWheeler Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Member # 14563 Location: BayArea Ca. Posts: 777	dude - ive got a huuuuge avacado tree in my backyard. i just picked about 6 bags full... my boxer loves to eat the avacado's i can tell when there ready to pick cuz he stops eating his dog food. __________________ RIP Ryan

02-23-2006, 01:03 PM	#4
ironpig70 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 6957 Posts: 4,189	guess i'm spoiled in lodi. i'm in the middle of ag fields as far as the eye can see and can about get anything on the road side from jose

02-23-2006, 01:10 PM	#5
skeksis Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Member # 50520 Posts: 6	I feel Your pain, I recently moved from san diego to near mayer, so I shop in prescott valley & I miss some of my favorite foods as well. Have you shopped at the new frontiers natural marketplace in prescott? They might be able to get what you're after.

02-23-2006, 02:01 PM	#12
rockmup Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Jan 2003 Member # 16699 Location: Greenwell Springs La. Posts: 2,819	I feel your pain. Best thing I've ever done was to move to Louisiana but............. NO MEXICAN FOOD. at all. anywhere. They have "Tex mex" which means....I don't know what. Other than alot of ground beef. No Carnitas, chile verde, home made tortillas. Good thing I can make my own __________________ __________________ The clock is laughing in my face.

02-23-2006, 10:39 PM	#14
Cabin Boy O Join Date: Nov 2001 Member # 8220 Location: Anthem, Az Posts: 828	You should try the cactus. It's MmmMmm delicious. __________________ . . http://iamchurch.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Cabin Boy; 02-23-2006 at 10:46 PM.

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