What do you think of this?

My grandson works at Fred Meyer, in the meat department. He used to work in the Deli.

At our family dinner Sunday he was telling us that the Fred Meyer Deli does not make its own bread/buns for the deli sandwiches. In fact, the in-store bakery doesn't really bake anything.

All breads, cookies, cakes, and donuts come already made and baked, he told us. The donuts come in a box. The cakes come in boxes. And so on. He did not know where they come from.

Yesterday I was at Walmart. A young woman was setting out baked goods, so I asked her if the bakery there bakes them.

No. The bakery there bakes nothing. Everything comes in boxes, already baked. The French bread, hoagie buns, cakes, donuts (I know, it's really doughnuts), cookies, everything baked comes already baked. Or as we say in today's culture, pre-baked.

They do warm up the donuts before setting them out for sale, she told me.

"Where does it all come from?" I asked.

"Arkansas," she said.

"That's pretty far away," I said.

"I know," she said.

And then I remembered that Walmart's headquarters are in Arkansas.

"Hmmm," I said.

"Only Krispie Kream is doing the fresh donut baking. It's disappointing, isn't it." She said it. I agreed.

Now that I think of it, I'm sure it's the same story at Albertsons and Winco.

And so I wonder about eating out. Where does that stuff come from? I mean, we already know that most salads restaurants serve come out of a bag and taste of the stuff they treat the bag with.

Maybe we should just stay home and make our own food, most of it, anyway. That's what we used to do.