On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 19:45:14 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>Check this out personally. I did. Steinfeld's Pickles are made in
>>>India - just as bad!
>>>
>>most all cucumbers and pickles are from India.
>
>I doubt that, cukes don't ship well, have a short shelf life... and it
>certainly doesn't pay to ship pickles all the way from India, the
>shipping alone would cost five times as much as growing cukes locally
>and bringing them to market. Cucumbers are extremely prolific,
>there's no reason to ship them long distance. Pickling spices come
>from India but not the cucumbers.

That sort of reasoning no longer applies these days, all sorts of
highly perishable goods get shipped from one side of the globe to the
other all the time... and still be cheaper than the local product.