OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>
> > sarah bennett > wrote in news:8pTFf.30556
> > :
> >
> > > Switch wrote:
> > >> Generic sux
> > >>
> > >
> > > well, I think wasting money sucks, but maybe that's just me
> > >
> >
> > I remember I needed sesame seedss so I went to the supermarket spice
rack
> > and got a McCormick small plastic jar for about $5. Then in the foreign
> > cuisine aisle I found a jar three times as large at 1/2 the price.
> >
> > Andy
>
> I bought 5 lbs. at the oriental market for $7.00. ;-)
>
> Were cheaper at one point but they went up.
>
> I saved the shaker jar I'd bought and froze the big bag. I fill the jar
> as needed....


Yep, that's what I do...plus which I buy my sesame seeds at a local health
food store, good quality and cheap (about three bux per pound and that's
either for white or black...).

I can't remember the last time I bought spices at a soopermart, I always buy
at ethnic or health food places or The Spice House [ www.thespicehouse.com ]
here in Chicawgo...cheaper by a factor of at least two or three, in some
cases cheaper by a factor of tens.

Folx here think that sesame seeds are some kind of treat or luxury, in fact
they are a staple in many "poor" ethnic cuisines, etc., e.g. Asian, Indian,
Middle Eastern. In those places sesame is abundant and cheap and used by
even the poorest folk...

--
Best
Greg