On Apr 15, 3:01*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> aem wrote:
> > On Apr 14, 5:09 pm, Billy <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom> wrote:
> >> With the price of gas to consider, I wouldn't drive two blocks trying
> >> to save five cents on a head of lettuce or a bunch of radishes.
>
> >> Driving thirty blocks to an "ethnic" store is more than ridiculous at
> >> this time. Driving by the store,.....a very possible maybe.
> >> [snip]
>
> > The survey asks the wrong question. *It says, "If the prices at a
> > farmers' market, etc. [meaning ethnic markets] were always at least 10
> > cents less per item/lb. is it worth driving there to you?" *But small
> > price saving is not why people go to farmers'/ethnic markets. *It's to
> > find/get things that are not available at the supermarkets, whether
> > that is clearly superior produce or special ethnic items. *Price
> > savings are sometimes there, and sometimes large but that's not the
> > main reason for going in the first place. * *-aem
>
> I can (mostly) get the same items at the supermarket. *What do you find at a
> farmer's market that isn't in a grocery store? *I don't shop at ethnic
> markets for a number of reasons, but the main reason is the availability
> more than ever of "ethnic" ingredients right there in my regular store. *The
> second reason would be I don't cook things which require ingredients I can't
> find without driving all over to get them.

Yabbut... I like those foods. I've got a list for the Asian
grocery. Right now
it's got fermented black beans and Korean hot bean paste on it. My
supermarket
doesn't carry either of those. One of these days I'm going to have
the time and
inclination to go to the Asian grocery; I'll get those items (and
anything else
that turns up on it between now and then). Until then I can't cook the
recipies
that I like that use those ingredients. Incidentally, the Asian
grocery is only
a few miles from my house, and I drive by it occasionally, but I
rarely have
the time or desire to make the stop.

I'd rather take a little trouble to source ingredients that I like.
But I won't take
any trouble to save money. In fact, I drive right past two grocery
stores to shop
at the one that I like.

Cindy Hamilton