~patches~ wrote:
> Goomba38 wrote:
>
>> MareCat wrote:
>>
>>> <<crossposted to houston.eats>>
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>>> "Goomba38" > wrote in message
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>>>> I want my sister to try that fabulous Cardamom Spiced Meatloaf
>>>> recipe I've posted before. I even sent her a small baggie with all
>>>> the spices, as I know she's not going to have all of them. Her
>>>> mailbox should have been delightfully fragrant.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Why wouldn't she be able to find the spices locally?
>>>
>> She'd not have any trouble finding the spices, but money is tight and
>> buying a container of cardamom for just one recipe would probably be a
>> splurge she doesn't need to make right now. That's why I thought it
>> would be nice to send the spices ready to go for her.
>> It is the ground lamb she has no clue where to get. SHe claims lamb is
>> hard to come by down there?
>> Goomba
>
> Goomba, does she have a bulk food store in her area? If so, I have
> often bought just enough of a spice there to use for a recipe when I
> know it will be a spice I likely won't use a lot of. A lot of the
> spices are considerably cheaper there too. The one I shop at is called
> Bulk Barn but I'm sure there are others & some grocery stores have a
> small bulk spice & foods section. HTH



Where do you find a Bulk Barn in Houston? I haven't seen anything like
it. There are plenty of places with bulk spices but that's a new one on
me. Even the 99 cents store sells small spice packets. Penzeys has
pretty small jars as well.

Lamb rends to be NZ legs but I suspect that some places like Central
Market would have it ground. The best idea probably is to try a market
in the large Muslim or Hindu areas. I cannot imagine that they would
not have lamb. Start out on Hilcroft.