"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 5/13/2013 1:38 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 12 May 2013 16:24:43 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been buying the Tellicherry black peppercorns at Costco.
>>>
>>> What is the BFD about "Tellicherry" peppercorns? I've bought unnamed
>>> black peppercorns and I've bought "Tellicherry"... not because I
>>> wanted to buy them, but because that's what Costco sells. I don't
>>> understand why people feel the need to name it. It's pepper. Period.
>>
>> Dunno. I only bought them because they were at Costco and it was the
>> cheapest peppercorns I could find. I just don't understand why these
>> seem
>> so much different than the ones I bought prior.
>>
>>
> From what I can tell from reading RFC (no Costco near me) a lot of items
> at Costco are hit or miss (or seasonal). They probably bought this batch
> from a different supplier. That's what I'd expect from a club/warehouse
> store.

Yes, that could be. Sometimes the Kirkland items have the actual
manufacturer on them, such as the Hormel bacon. But I don't think the
pepper does. Am still annoyed with the hummus cups. They used to sell
really tasty stuff. But the Sabra that they sell now was inedible. Had a
really off taste to it. Probably the soybean oil that I think shouldn't be
in hummus. And they have other things that we like but they only get them
in maybe once or twice a year to even once every two years. I just never
know what they might have.