I don't know what other families do to celebrate Father's day, but this is what our family did. Any of you who are regular readers, know that our family gets great joy from supermarket tourism. Our kids began discussing what to do to celebrate their father. Initially they thought that we should go to a Lower East Side pickle festival, My husband loves pickles. I can't eat them and our youngest detests pickles and the smell of brine. Those of us who are not pickle inclined were ready to go along for the ride because we love the honoree. We had discovered that the festival would be less attractive a destination than anticipated. So we suggested instead a visit to Netcost in Rego Park . The last time we had gone, in addition to the vast array of Eastern European foods they also sold kosher meat. We thought that the perfect Father's Day activity would be grocery shopping. We all met at the market. There are two different sour cream departments. One of them showed Israeli ...
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