>The Joneses writes:
>
>>PENMART01 wrote:
>> >The Joneses:
>> >PENMART01 wrote:
>> >> all I could smell was cardboard, there wasn't even a hint of spice aroma.
>> >
>> >Sounds like y'all had a bad day. I guess I'm just lucky. Most of the
herbs
>> >& some spices I can grow.
>> >Anyway >my bay leaf tree is 30 feet tall and needs more pruning. Shall I
send
>> > you a bagfull?
>>
>> Thank you, but it's not just about the bay leaves, this incident is
>> representitive of how the quality has deteriorated with all the rest of
>Penzeys products too...
>
>That's the nice thing about the farmer's markets, one can visit with the
actual
>growers. I sold pounds of bay leaves this summer, both fresh & dried, and
other
>herbs. Our market is over for the season, drat.

Yes. that's another consideration, the growing season of most locales is not
perpetual, therefore folks eventually need to frequent the retail stores. I
maintain a huge vegetable garden but no one can grow everything. I would be
happy to plant a laurel tree of my own but I don't think it would survive the
winters of northern NY.

>Maybe your rantin & ravin will wake 'em up there at Penzey's.

Ahhhh... now why didn't I think of that?


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