What I wouldn't give to have an Indian market around here! I keep a list of the things I can't get at the Mennonite store and every six months or so when someone has to go into Columbus (90 min away) we stock up on whaever Asian and Middle Eastern supplies we need.
Right now hubby is jonesing for hummus, but I'm out of tahini. It will be a while, (poor Baby) as nobody has a current reason to make the trip. Ah well, there are compensations to living out in the country. Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- --- On Wed, 10/5/11, annbw...@aol.com <annbw...@aol.com> wrote: > From: annbw...@aol.com <annbw...@aol.com> > Subject: [h-cost] Spices--probably OT > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 10:21 PM > > > > I get pounds of cloves, alspice and stick cinnamon for the > > oliday pommanders > > You can also get inexpensive bulk spices at Indian > stores--we buy our cloves for pomanders this way. > > Ann Wass > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: REBECCA BURCH <ctrvlyf...@sbcglobal.net> > To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Sent: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 12:30 pm > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy > wearing today? > > > If you have any Amish or Mennonite communities nearby you > are in luck. I get 10 > ound sacks of canning (non-iodized) salt from the local > Mennonite bulk store. > his is also where I get pounds of cloves, alspice and stick > cinnamon for the > oliday pommanders that I make every Christmas. Much cheaper > than all those > ittle bottles from the grocery. > Rebecca Burch > enter Valley Farm > uncan Falls, Ohio, USA > The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones > between the flat folds and > he brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- > > -- On Wed, 10/5/11, Mary + Doug Piero Carey <mary.d...@pierocarey.info> > wrote: > > From: Mary + Doug Piero Carey <mary.d...@pierocarey.info> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy > wearing today? > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 9:43 AM > > <chuckle> Well, if its an archaeological dig that > you're wanting... hmmm...on top... > > my green resist dye dashiki whose fraying seam allowances > need work > > new black pants for shortening > > old black & tans striped pants for waist elastic > > deep red shirt with loads of braid from a friend's trip > to > Greece to be disasembled & cut down 2 sizes - without > disturbing the braid! > > a VERY odd black leatherette cropped jacket which Dear > Hubby spotted in a second hand shop& INSISTED I must > buy > if it fit, "that's part of some costume, I know it, and > you'll never find anything like it when you need it" > despite > my policy of "NO NEW PROJECTS! Tanjd@mmit!" and his > policy > of "No conventions, I want to do other vacations for a > while!". So, why do I need a costume piece I have > NO > glimmer of an inspiration for? To go to the bottom > of > an at least 15 outfit list, for destinations that we > won't > be going to for at least 5 years? <sigh> > > and finally, Dear Hubby's pirate costume shirt from last > Halloween, whose cuff & buttons never got done when > my > buttonhole feature revolted. (Praise the holy name > of > the saint who invented safety pins!) > > Do the dozen knitted scarves in the basket in the laundry > room count? They are the almost completed summer > stash > reduction project. How about the basket full of > clothes awaiting their dyebath? I gotta find a > grocery > store with NONiodized salt for the dyebath. Pounds > and > Pounds of it.! > > And I have cleared at least 1 square meter of sewing room > floor this last week!!! > > Back to my mending! > > Mary Piero Carey > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > -costume mailing list > -cost...@mail.indra.com > ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
