April 22, 2008

Passed over

"Where is your Passover section?" I asked one of Market Basket's older clerks today as he stocked the beverage aisle in the Port Plaza chain.

"The what?" he asked me.

"The Passover section," I repeated. "Matzahs and such."

"Aisle 4," he said.

I walked to aisle 4 (or whatever number he said) and laughed to myself. He must have misheard me and thought I asked for the pasta aisle.

It was not much better down the hill at Shaw's, where two boxes of matzah sat on the top of a tiny shelf matrix for Middle Eastern foods.

Where do local Jews buy their Passover foods?

3 comments:

Gillian Swart said...

The Stop & Shop in Amesbury? I'm just guessing based on my prior experiences with Stop & Shop.

Ari said...

Hmm, I'll check them out.

SteffieB said...

Hi! I can often find kosher stuff and matzo at Market Basket -- check the freezer section over by the produce (I'm not Jewish, but I do like to cook). And I think at Shaw's it might be the Shop the World section..not 100% confident on this, though.