On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:16:10 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >, "Kent" >
> wrote:
>
> > "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>
> > > To my thinking if you are gonna nuke your roux, you might as well buy it
> > > in a jar in the supermarket.
> > >
> > >
> > Where and what brand of roux is there in a market? At what price?
>
> I got 29 hits from Amazon for "roux":
>
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...%3Dgrocery&fie
> ld-keywords=roux&sprefix=roux
>
> About half looked like jars (the others were mixes), most were priceless
> but one was US$60 for a dozen bottles of 16 ounces.

Why buy it, especially at that price? Dark roux isn't hard to make.

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