Sky wrote:
> As subject line says ...... I was shocked today when I went to a local
> grocery store (chain) and looked at the price of ginger root! I
> wanted to buy a pound or a bit more to make some of the candied
> ginger as discussed in the recent thread on RFC, using Goomba's
> slow-cooker recipe.
>
> Imagine my surprise today! I was in a local grocery store chain and
> discovered ginger root had the price of $4.49/lb! OUCH!!!! That's
> even more expensive than ground chuck ($3.19/lb)!!!! What gives ???

Funny, I had the opposite experience today. I picked up some
ginger and, because there was no price posted, I only picked up
one hand, turned out to be half a pound. I was surprised to see it
ring up as $1.29, darn, I should have bought more. $2.49 a pound.

nancy