"Alan Edwards" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:38:39 -0500, in rec.food.cooking, Sqwertz
> > wrote:
>
>>Sheldon > wrote:
>>
>>> Someone gifted me with a box of Reed's Ginger Candy Chews... ORGASMIC!
>>>
>>> ---> http://www.reedsgingerbrew.com/index.html
>>
>>Crystallized ginger has been $1/lb at one of my stores. I've eaten
>>probably 4 lbs so far this year.
>>
>>-sw
>
> I have forgotten what a "lb" was but I could spend $4 on Crystallized
> ginger in a day (and eat it).

roughly half a kilo.