What in the Hell is the problem with Central Market's Cheese Section?
Michelle Michel
about Central Market cheese, but I thought it was a fluke!
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Michelle S. Michel (mmi...@sterinfo.com)
John Joseph Medway
After Whole Foods created that nightmare store, I have begun to appreciate
Central Market much much more, with one glaring exception:
WHAT IS THE GODDAM PROBLEM WITH THE CHEESE WHICH ROTS
THE DAY AFTER YOU BUY IT?
Ahem, sorry.
I'm just XO@#! tired of pulling something out of the fridge, which I
bought the day before, and being greeted with the fine aroma of ammonia,
and fuzzy cheese.
It's not like I don't give everything a snif beforehand, either. When I
buy it, it smells like Blue Shropshire, or Peppered Brie, or whatever else.
The next day, it's something from another planet.
BTW: This does not happen with cheese from Food Hole, so it's not my fridge.
It must be the sanitation (or lack thereof) or poor temperature and quality
control at Central Market. I've also heard jokes about their cheeses turning
into "exotic polymers", so there's something others are seeing as well.
Disclaimer: This note was inspired by the 10th time I've had to throw dead
Central Market cheese away. At least I had the Whole Foods cheeses from a
couple of days before. Otherwise hunger would make me even more cranky.
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Mike McNally
>I'm just XO@#! tired of pulling something out of the fridge, which I
>bought the day before, and being greeted with the fine aroma of ammonia,
>and fuzzy cheese.
Oddly, I don't have this problem (and yes, I buy plenty of C.M. cheese).
My refrigerator is home to a frighteningly vast biota, I'm sure.
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Joann Zimmerman
(John Joseph Medway) wrote:
> After Whole Foods created that nightmare store, I have begun to appreciate
Which one? The downtown version? Its worst problems are the noise
(incredible) and the curious parking behavior--I've *never* seen that much
aggro in a parking lot.
> Central Market much much more, with one glaring exception:
>
> WHAT IS THE GODDAM PROBLEM WITH THE CHEESE WHICH ROTS
> THE DAY AFTER YOU BUY IT?
> Disclaimer: This note was inspired by the 10th time I've had to throw dead
> Central Market cheese away. At least I had the Whole Foods cheeses from a
> couple of days before. Otherwise hunger would make me even more cranky.
Dunno, but the same thing happens with their natural chicken. Buy it,
looks fine, smells fine, dies horribly within two days. Un-natural
chicken, on the other hand, doesn't seem to suffer from these problems.
Neither does chicken of either flavor from Whole Foods. Could be a problem
with their (CM's) supplier? So now we eat un-natural chicken from CM, as
going to *three* groceries on a regular basis just doesn't seem to be on.
By the way, my Central Market Gorgonzola is holding up just fine after a
couple of weeks.
As long as we're on the bitch-about-Central Market kick, I had a rather
frustrating experience in their cafe the other night. We needed a quick
meal before grocerying, and it turns out they've done a bit of re-grooving
and retuning of the menu. The Chinese section disappeared in favor of a
grill that alleges to provide grilled chicken, tuna, or something else,
accompanied by interesting sauces, rice and mixed grilled veggies. I ended
up waiting twenty minutes for the food, and got it only after I went and
complained rather bitterly about the time it was taking. (My husband had
ordered Italian after I had, and was almost finished eating before I got
stirred up.) The tuna was seriously overcooked, and the veggies were
practically cold. Now it is my contention that "grilled veggies" implies
something rather like a kabob, and not miniscule strips that have been
fried to a mush. Alas, I got the latter, without the promised poblano
peppers (well, I couldn't find any, but everything was so macerated, it
may have been hard to tell). The lime cilantro cream sauce was short on
both lime and cilantro, but the rice was excellent. I'd say they still
have a few bugs to get out of this new section, which is just not ready
for prime time.
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For filth, I'm glad to say, is in the mind of the beholder.
When correctly viewed, everything is lewd!
I could tell you things about Peter Pan
(and the Wizard of Oz, there's a dirty old man) ..." --Tom Lehrer
Joann Zimmerman jz...@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Bonnie Holloway-Reeves
dates, sniffs, etc. especially on dairy products. And I have had two or
three BAD experiences with opening the pkg. from Central Markup to find
something completely inedible. Of course, you can take it back but what
a HASSLE, especially when you've bought some fancy cheese to use in a
recipe the next day and you made a point of planning ahead. Hmmm, sounds
like a potential Oliver Stone paranoia film script.
Actually, I really think it's a problem with the quantity/quality ratio.
It seems way out of control. Just my opinion.
Bonnie
Ross
excellent and the selection is incredible. Who else has three grades of
Manchega? (sp?) I haven't tried the Cafe recently, but for the other
departments:
Veg: O.K. Meat: Very good but expensive Fish: Varies too much to be
dependable. I wouldn't buy sushi there! Bread: Wonderful but I miss
the original sliced loaves which have been RUINED because of "popular
demand" for bad bread. Oh, and the wine is overpriced. On balance,
pretty good though.