We shop Aldi sometimes. Cheap and good, and not dangerous unless you're afraid of little old ladies trying to make their Social Security check stretch farther.
You want some unpretentious shopping? Hit up the Super G Mart on West Market in GSO. More Asian and Latin American weird foodstuffs than you can shake a chalupa at, nobody speaks English, and the whole back of the store is a giant fish market with Asian dudes chopping the heads off of huge carp. Best selection of seafood in the Triad. Place is amazing.
this thread just reads like "southern whites with bad taste and worse options."
Super Bowl Unpretentious Dip
1 block of Velveeta
Can of ro-tel
Can of beanless Hormel Chili
Can of stewed tomatoes
Serve with Lipitor
just to catch up.
Salmon Patties are not pretentious and were the first meal my Mother made for my Father after getting married. At the time they lived in a trailer near what is now Cary and he was a student at State. They are also delicious.
Aldi is not pretentious and actually quite awesome and better than buying your groceries at Walmart.
Pretentious - Whole Foods, Earthfare, Trader Joes and Fresh Market. I love the stores but laugh at the customers and the prices. Chain Butcher shops area also pretentious. Butchering your own meat and buying direct from a Farm or a place like Nahunta (pork products direct from farmers) is not pretentious.
Large Farmer's markets and "popup" farmer's markets are pretentious. Rural road side vegetable stands and backyard gardens are not pretentious (unless you post pictures of your backyard garden on Pinterest and other social media and brag about "heirloom" varieties.)
Produce and Seafood cooperatives that deliver boxes of stuff directly to your house or a pickup location are pretentious.