"Sheryl Rosen" > wrote in message
...
> in article , Melba's
> Jammin' at wrote on 11/22/03 9:25 PM:
>
> > In article >, Wayne
> > Boatwright > wrote:
> >
> >> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
news:barbschaller-
> >> :
> >>
> >>> I bought about 4 tbsp for 39 cents at my food co-op this afternoon.
> >>> :-P
> >>
> >> Barb, I'd say you were ripped off. I bought a 1 lb. bag of arrowroot
at
> >> the Asian grocery for $1.89.
> >>
> >> Wayne
> >
> > I'm quite content, thank you. If it proves to be something I'll want to
> > keep around in any quantity, perhaps I'll look for a better price. As
> > is it, if I don't like the way it works, I'm only out 39 cents when I
> > toss it. :-)
>
> That makes sense to me.
>
> I bought a small jar of it from Penzey's, well under $2, which seemed
cheap
> to me until I read about the prices at Asian groceries.
>
> Still--I have seen Asian and Indian markets and they always seem dirty to
> me. I have gone in, looked around, seen some good buys, but I don't trust
> them because the stores seem dirty and I don't really know what the
> standards for packaging plants in the far east are. Also, who knows what
> kind of infestation there might be on those cargo ships? It's all too
scary
> to ponder. I just pay extra for the (Perhaps false sense of) security from
> foods manufactured or packaged here in the U.S. The only imported foods
I
> will use are canned or jarred.
>
> I don't even like to buy certain types of foods at those closeout stores
or
> dollar stores, because they don't look particularly clean, and also
because
> much of their (non-food) merchandise comes from China and again, I'm
> concerned about infestation from those freighters.
>
> Call me prejudiced if ya want. I just prefer not to buy food that has even
> the remotest possibility to be infested.
>
This may shock you, but other ethnic groups have cleanliness standards too.
The asian market I visit is spic-and-span and I wouldn't hesitate for one
moment before a purchase. I haven't been to a specifically Indian or
Mideastern market since I lived in Colorado but those places were very clean
as well. hehe, you need to get out more!
Jack Xeno