Sqwertz > wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:55:23 -0400, Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:

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>>>
>>> I'll look for it at the stores. I don't usually peruse the spice
>>> section to much anymore because I just don't trust some of that stuff.
>>> But we do have a new store in town where all the stuff should be
>>> fairly fresh.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> Gee, I wonder why you don't have such trust, Steve. For that
>> matter, thinking of the prickly oil...
>
>Some of the stuff in Asian stores looks like it's been there since the
>store opened. Especially in the freezer sections where it's pretty
>obvious. It's why I like to hit up the stores when they first open.

That does seem to be a universal problem. Someone warned me that
Asians rub the sell-by dates off things and I scoffed and wrote them
off ---- but now I see it often. If I can't find the sell-by date, I
pass. Only took one big box of rancid almond cookies to make a
believer out of me.


Jim