sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:43:41 -0700, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
> > As soon as I venture
> > into foods of the Middle East or Asia, I have to go shopping. Then
> > I begin to have a collection of spices and bottles and dry goods
> > that don't get used much or ever again.
>
> Yep. My refrigerator is bursting with herbs and spices, some used
> more than others... but I'll be darned if I'm going to buy and store
> all the components for some curry or middle eastern spice mix when I
> can buy it as fresh as if I made it myself... which is one of the
> benefits of city life.

Same here except you'd be hard put to make other than Asian here.


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