In article >,
"Ala" > wrote:

> "Miche" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > Mark Thorson > wrote:
> >
> >> Prices of garlic in China are skyrocketing.
> >>
> >> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worl.../02/2003479382
> >>
> >> I remember when Chinese garlic first hit the market here.
> >> For $0.99 you could buy something like a stock with
> >> several perfect heads of garlic in it. I imagine that
> >> must have been devastating to U.S. producers. Now,
> >> we may face a situation like the Mexican corn farmers.
> >> NAFTA made it possible for cheap U.S. corn to put the
> >> Mexican corn farmers out of business, then ethanol sent
> >> corn prices through the roof.
> >
> > Chinese garlic is cheap here but I never buy it. Looks great but
> > doesn't taste like anything. NZ garlic will rip your tongue off and
> > then slap you round the head with it. Now we're talking.
> >
>
>
> I;ve never seen any store distinguish the source.

The good ones here do.

Miche

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