Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:35:42 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:45:27 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have never seen "fresh" garbanzo beans. All I've ever seen is canned
>>>> and packages of dried. Do they actually sell fresh garbanzos?
>>> Do you have a Fiesta Mart (Mexican market, mostly) near you? For
>>> some reason they have them more often than not. They come in
>>> thin, loose green pods, 1-2 to a pod like a peanut.
>> No Fiesta but La Michuacana (sp) I'll check next time I'm near there.
>
> I've only seen them once at any of the La Michoacana's. Fiesta's
> are full size supermercados (and more). About 24x as big as your
> average La Michoacana. Looks like they're just in Austin, DFW and
> Houston. Wow, 60 stores in all! We only have 2 of them.
>
> -sw

I was in one of them in Houston and I just loved it. I wish we had one
here in The Valley, but HEB is king here. Nothing but a few local
chains, Super WM and a handful of La Michoacanas (which have flies)

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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