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Sarah Gray[_2_]

Sheldon > wrote in news:38d21e14-b234-491c-9fb4-
:

> Cindy Fuller wrote:
>>
>> I have found great bargains on produce at Asian groceries. �
>> I can get a bag of shallots for what it cost to get two or three at a
>> supermarket.
>
> That's too funny... people on a $5/day food budget don't buy
> shallots... whatsamatter, Ms Champagne Taste, ordinary onions ain't
> good enough for your beer pocketbook... well la dee dah, may as well
> pick up a little basket of mushyrooms to go with those shallots,
> there's goes nearly your entire $5/day budget and you didn't eat yet.
> <G>
>
> WTF are you going to do with shallots on your P&J budget.
>

Like she said, if you buy them cheaply in bulk at an Asian grocery, they
are not so expensive...