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On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 07:33:34 -0700 (PDT), A Moose in Love
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> On Sep 1, 5:29*pm, sf > wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:51:56 -0700 (PDT), A Moose in Love
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > On Sep 1, 3:45*pm, sf > wrote:
> > > > What's up with avocado prices this year? *Horrible! *I should be
> > > > complaining about having to pay $1 for three instead of the usual 4
> > > > for $1; but the best price I see now is $1.89 at the local green
> > > > market and they're tiny. *Everywhere else charges a $1 more for
> > > > avocados that aren't much bigger than that.

> >
> > > I just bought 2 smallish avocados. *They were $1.00 each. *I didn't
> > > want to do it, but they are good for the health.

> >
> > You're in Canada? *Do you know where they're coming from?

>
> I'm in Canada. I just checked the label, and the country of origin
> isn't mentioned. They are haas avocados, and the brand is ma tzuri.
> What's that? Greek, Israeli?
>

Thanks, not sure either so I plugged it into google and it returned
"Hebrew" sites. I guess you're on the East Coast, so that makes
sense. East Coasters get a lot of stuff from Africa too, don't you?
I know you have a better selection of African wines than we do.

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