On 9/4/2011 1:52 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:22:25 -0400, >
> wrote:
>
>> On 9/3/2011 7:21 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:10:12 -0400, >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/3/2011 4:16 PM, Hackmatack wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Finding tahini in the market can be the challenge: in with the peanut and
>>>>> other butters? In the organic section only? In the "Mediteranean foods"
>>>>> section? In different markets I've found it in the Oriental aisle, the
>>>>> Mexican aisle, and in with the jams and jellies. Sheesh.
>>>>
>>>> I buy it at a Middle Eastern market. High turnover so it is always fresh
>>>> and a plain glass quart jar is like $7.
>>>
>>> That's too much in terms of quantity and more than I want to pay.
>>>
>>
>> Depends on how often you make hummus.. A quart doesn't last long.
>>
> Not as often as I buy it. Once to be exact.
>
>> I just looked at the last jar and it was $4.89. I thought it was $7 for
>> some reason.
>
> That's because most of them *are* $7. I've looked.
>
So you would rather buy 1/4 as much in a little jar for the same price?