In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Steve Wertz > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> The Power of Oprah <sigh>. Leeks just went up $.50/ea.
> >
> > I've never understood the popularity of leeks. They cost a lot of
> > money and are hard to clean and cut. Then they tell you to throw
> > half away (or "save for other uses").
>
> Wait a minute, aren't you in California? Leeks don't grow around where I
> live but I don't consider 50 cents/lb to be expensive. Sure, you don't use


US$.50 per pound is pretty cheap. I can't imagine ever finding that
price, though. They are US$1.99 at my local supermarket right now. If
you are referring to Steve's comment above, it wasn't per pound. I
don't think it is even per leek, but rather an *increase* of that amount
per leek.


> the green part but there's nothing difficult about slicing the white part of
> a leek. It's just like slicing up a very large green onion.


Because of the way they are grown, they usually have dirt inside of
them. Before you can slice them, you have to clean out the dirt.

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Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA