"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 08/10/2012 9:54 AM, Goomba wrote:
>> On 10/8/12 3:19 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> Anybody want to place bets on how many posts will end up in this
>>> thread when it's all said and done?
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>>
>> With the consensus that Julie Bove is a whack job with too much time on
>> her hands and too few brain cells?
>
>
> True.
>
>
> FWIW.... I buy my herbs in the Bulk Barn. I pay only a fraction the price
> that I would if I bought it by the bottle in the grocery store. For
> instance, a few years ago when I needed ground ginger, it was $3.99 fr a
> bottle in the grocery store. I kept my old bottle and filled it with the
> stuff I got in bulk for less than 20 cents. One gorcery store sells herbs
> in bulk. I enough marjoram to fill the old bottle and it was so light it
> did not register on checkout scale so the cashier didn't charge me for it.
>
> If the herbs ans spices get old and lose their flavour I throw them out
> and get new. It is much cheaper than buy them by the bottle.

There are places here that sell bulk but I am always leery to buy. I would
have no qualms currently with buying from Whole Foods although I am not sure
if they have bulk spices. But they are a new store so chances are that
their product would be fresh. But at the other stores I have tried buying
nuts, seeds, beans and popcorn and they weren't always fresh. So I would be
afraid that the spices wouldn't be fresh either.