My suggestion is to buy spices at Olie's if one is local to you. The Olie's brand of ginger for instance costs 97 cents for a jar and it's six times the quantity of MacCormack's spices. This is often the case with most other spices sold at Olie's too.
On Fri, 21 Sep 2012, Sandy wrote: > Spices are very! Expensive; I have a friend who does a lot of Mediterranean > cooking, and she says saffron would really break one's bank account! You > might try places like those dollar stores, and get off brands. The trick is, > due to their exhorbitant costs is not to waste them, but some times there > are recipes where you only need stuff occasionally, and they go flat; wish > you could store spices in the freezer! Any feedback on my thought? > > Let two! grins! grow! where one! grouch! was before! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Claudia > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 4:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CnD] Buying Spices? > > > hi, > > Bought ginger and nutmeg yesterday, at grocery store. > I could only find the McCormick brand, and i paid almost $5 for each. > And, I believe jars are only 1.6 ounces. > It is ridiculous that spices should cost this much, and for so very little. > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <[email protected]> Adobe fiend for failing to Flash _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
