"Gloria P" > wrote in message
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>
> Dear Daughter and I stopped in to the new Penzey's store that recently
> opened in Littleton, south of Denver. It's a little closer to us than
> the other (NW) Denver area shop in Arvada, but still not close enough.
>
> To celebrate their opening they had a $5 coupon in the local paper
> which was a nice incentive.
>
> I bought cinnamon to replenish all that I've used the past few weeks
> making zucchini bread. Also bought basil, arrowroot, more chicken and
> beef bases, whole nutmegs, red pepper flakes (DH uses it on pizza) and a
> couple of other things I can't remember offhand.
>
> Spent about $50 as did Daughter. She'd never been to a Penzey's and was
> quite impressed.
>
> gloria p
>
>
If you'd hunt down a good Indian market in your area you'd find you could
have purchased the spices you bought for about 10-15% of what you paid at
Penzey's.