On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 08:47:23 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:40:20 -0600, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
>
>> What I *am* paying through the nose lately is for garlic - $.75 for a
>> dinky bulb. Used to be 3 for $1.
>
>I saw an ad this week for garlic - 2 for $1. AFAIC, garlic heads are
>always dinky and the individual cloves are almost not worth peeling.
>The rest of the country seems to get the better food. My ex-SIL moved
>to NYC and raved about the size of the artichokes they sold there...
>for less than we pay.

I get a bag of garlic at Costco. The bulbs last almost to the end of
the bag. The price is far better than individual bulbs at the
supermarket. The bulbs are very large and the cloves a generally
huge. The taste is really good. Not hot.
Janet US