There is a great site out there, where an individual posted on his quest to get a real meal out of things purchased from a dollar store. I can't find the link at present but here is a reporter that ate from a dollar store for a week;
http://www.jameslogancourier.org/index.php?itemid=3901
A pretty interesting read.
Today my son and took a trip to one of our local dollar retailers. The Dollar Tree here in Corvallis. A little while later we walked out with a couple of interesting food items, both of which I will review here.
The dollar store is an interesting retail environment for sure. The food items sold include plenty of brand name items but usually only a very limited amount of their product line. Find a brand such as Del Monte and you may online find a little purchased item here, when compared to another store. Today for instance it was Del Monte canned spaghetti sauce in both mushroom and meat flavors ( I really wish that whenever someone calls something meat flavor they would readily display which meat, but I could be overly sensitive)
The items purchased today include an interesting pickled vegetable medley by "Seres Gourmet" and some crisp bread rounds with oregano.
The dollar store has some really interesting foods and snacks to be sure, with some very interesting brand names. My vegatables are a product of Turkey and the "Bruschettine con Origano " are a product of Italy of course. Both brand names I have never seen before, so it will be interesting to see how they taste.
Well more to follow, but until then here are a couple of pictures.
