On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:22:25 -0400, George >
wrote:

> On 9/3/2011 7:21 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:10:12 -0400, >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 9/3/2011 4:16 PM, Hackmatack wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Finding tahini in the market can be the challenge: in with the peanut and
> >>> other butters? In the organic section only? In the "Mediteranean foods"
> >>> section? In different markets I've found it in the Oriental aisle, the
> >>> Mexican aisle, and in with the jams and jellies. Sheesh.
> >>
> >> I buy it at a Middle Eastern market. High turnover so it is always fresh
> >> and a plain glass quart jar is like $7.
> >
> > That's too much in terms of quantity and more than I want to pay.
> >
>
> Depends on how often you make hummus.. A quart doesn't last long.
>
Not as often as I buy it. Once to be exact.

> I just looked at the last jar and it was $4.89. I thought it was $7 for
> some reason.

That's because most of them *are* $7. I've looked.

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