On Fri, 08 May 2009 14:54:45 -0700, Joseph Littleshoes wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
>> In article >,
>> blake murphy > wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 07 May 2009 09:49:00 -0700, Dan Abel wrote:
>>
>>>>Hot oil (a pale red liquid with no solids in it) is incredibly cheap and
>>>>can be found at any Chinese grocery. Put it in your food a drop at a
>>>>time. If you find it too hot, find someone to give it to or toss it.
>>>>Whole dried chiles are a little better, but it takes experience to use
>>>>them. Once I get a dish hot enough for me, it's too hot for my wife.
>>>>It's just easier for me to add hot oil at the table.
>>>
>>>hot oil (and sesame oil) have crept into regular grocery stores in the d.c.
>>>area, or at least those with an 'asian food' section. probably not as
>>>cheap, though.
>>
>> I stopped by the local supermarket yesterday and looked. They had three
>> hot oils, two of them sesame oil. The bottles were roughly the same
>> size and price, all over US$4.00 for a few ounces. They did have lots
>> of kinds of chili paste.
>>
>> Our nearest Chinese grocery is beyond walking distance, and it's very
>> small.
>>
>
> Here's some pics of the Asian shopping area, "Chinatown" near where i
> live. With in easy walking distance, strolled through to day and got 8
> small artichokes for a dollar
>
> The building in the first picture has been "gentrified" since the photo
> was taken. "Preserved" and "restored" and so still there even if its
> former 'low rent' tenants are not. The second floor used to be very
> inexpensive apartments
>
> http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles21496.jpg
> http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/20...0499901561.jpg
> http://johnsonleung.files.wordpress....8/img_4173.jpg
> http://www.pandagator.info/images/Sa...-chinatown.jpg

looks like a fun area.

your pal,
blake