[h-cost] More on hard to find items at grocery stores

2012-05-19 Thread Kate Bunting
This is OT, but I've enjoyed cooking Chinese food ever since Ken Hom made his first BBC series in the early '80s. A few years ago when I wanted to make a favourite recipe that needed yellow bean sauce, I suddenly found that the local supermarkets had all stopped stocking it. I emailed

[h-cost] More on hard to find items at grocery stores

2012-05-18 Thread annbwass
Visited our local Wegman's tonight--hadn't been there in a while. They are a tad far away to be my regular go-to store. But I decided to look for tarragon vinegar, superfine sugar, and starch. Found and bought the first two--don't need them right now, but I'll have them for next time, plus I

Re: [h-cost] More on hard to find items at grocery stores

2012-05-18 Thread Joan Jurancich
At 05:32 PM 5/18/2012, you wrote: Visited our local Wegman's tonight--hadn't been there in a while. They are a tad far away to be my regular go-to store. But I decided to look for tarragon vinegar, superfine sugar, and starch. Found and bought the first two--don't need them right now, but I'll