On Tuesday, when I went searching for the Earthbound Farm Organic Spring Mix I have been buying from Costco Wholesale for years, I found another brand, above and below.
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The price, $4.79 for a 1-pound package, was the same, but when I made a salad at home, I didn't find the organic radicchio or arugula I've enjoyed in the Earthbound Farm mixture.
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By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
I try to eat a salad after dinner every night, and probably go through more than 50 pounds of Earthbound Farm Organic Spring Mix a year.
Costco Wholesale always has the best price -- under $5 -- and a 1-pound package lasts me about a week.
On Tuesday, I walked into a cold room at the Teterboro warehouse in search of Earthbound Farm and found another brand, Wholesome Garden.
I enjoyed the salad I made that night, but missed a couple of ingredients I usually find in the Earthbound Farm mixture.
At the fish case, I searched in vain for the long-line caught cod fillets from Iceland that are one of my favorites.
I planned to poach the skinless-and-boneless wild cod in a Mexican-style salsa from Whole Foods Market, but settled for another wild-caught fish from Iceland, flounder, at only $7.99 a pound.
Going, going, gone
I've learned to roll with the punches at Costco Wholesale, which runs out of, moves, stops selling or substitutes another product for a surprisingly large number of items.
I waited years for Costco to sell lactose-free milk, but all of sudden, the product disappeared from the refrigerated case, never to return.
I loved the 16-ounce cartons of Kirkland Signature 100% Egg Whites, but again, they disappeared for many months before returning this year.
The Egg Beaters the warehouse stocked instead were a lot more expensive than Costco's own product.
And where oh where are the Frankly Fresh Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves -- delicious when heated -- that I found at Costco several years ago?
One change for the better was when Costco started selling only cage-free whole and liquid eggs.
At the Teterboro Costco on Tuesday, only three of the fish fillets were wild caught.
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I ate my flounder over leftover organic quinoa, which I prepared in an electric rice cooker with Kirkland Signature Organic Diced Tomatoes, black-eyed peas and olive oil.
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