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Skriven 2015-03-20 13:18:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: Penzey's  was: ethnic
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 03-17-15  21:11 <=-

 NB>>> So, what exactly is Penzey's...?  Just spices, or is it
 NB>>> different things for the kitchen...?
 RH>> Penzey's is both catalog/computer sales and brick & mortar stores.
 RH>> The nearest to you is Buffalo; they're also in Albany & Long
 RH>> Island. It's mainly herbs & spices, they also sell a couple of
 RH>> salt & pepper grinders and shakers, glass jars for storage and a
 RH>> couple of advertising things (kitchen towels & mugs).
 NB>> So mostly herbs and spices with related kitchen items...

 RH> Very few kitchen items, 98% herbs and spices.

OK.
 
 RH>> The catalogs and web site feature stories about people who use the
 RH>> herbs/spices and recipes from the featured people. Everything is
 RH>> very fresh smelling, much more so than what you get in ordinary
 RH>> supermarkets. (Wegman's not being "ordinary" might be an exception.)
 NB>> I think the bigger Wegmans stores might have fresh spices/herbs in
 NB>> their bulk department... but otherwise it's just the usual Spice
 NB>> Island and McCormack pretty much...  :)

 RH> But having a bulk herb/spice department is nice. I hit up the one at
 RH> Whole Foods from time to time (or is it thyme to thyme?).
 
:)  As long as the spices are fresh enough, bulk is a good way to get
small bits for something special... :)  

 NB>> We do have a Niblack's Spices at the Regional Market... when I used
 NB>> to use up herbs/spices much more rapidly, I used to buy from them...
 NB>> actually from a predecessor that used to be over on Exchange St that
 NB>> merged with them later...  :)  Those were very fresh smelling and
 NB>> aromatic as well...  :)  I can't use up the bulk spices fast enough
 NB>> to make it worthwhile any more, though...

 RH> Most do freeze quite well. I'll buy in bulk, keep out a jar's worth
 RH> and freeze the rest.
 
Something else to fill the freezer with...  ;)
 
 RH>> Not all of my herbs/spices are from them but an increasing number
 RH>> are, especially some of the more "exotic" ones. I'm in no way
 RH>> associated with the company, just a satisfied consumer.
 NB>> If I were doing more cooking/baking, I might look into them... or
 NB>> start frequenting the local place more...  Lori's also has bulk
 NB>> herbs and spices that are pretty fresh, too... so there's another
 NB>> option for me.

 RH> It's fun trying new ones, as well as using really fresh old friends.
 RH> (G) 

And at Lori's you can get just what you want out of the bins, so you
aren't buying a large quantity of what you might end up not really
liking to use... :)
 
 NB>> I didn't get the chance yesterday to ask how it went, and what
 NB>> actually transpired...  ;)   But on Pi Day, we had a quasi
 NB>> "upside-down" pot pie for supper... I did that "stir-fry" of chicken
 NB>> and veggies that I mentioned in an earlier message, and served it
 NB>> atop of a slice of multigrain bread... I had toyed with the idea
 NB>> of serving it in a bowl with the slice of bread on top, but backed
 NB>> off.  And then for dessert we shared a mini pecan pie from Wegmans,
 NB>> bought the day before...

 RH> So you had a mini celebration after all.

It was too good an occasion to pass up..  :)  Only once in a hundred
years do you get the 15 added... ;)  Forgot to mention that I'd put
curry and turmeric in the stir-fry...  :)  The pecan pie was bought
explicitly for the occasion.  :)  Wegmans had a PI day pie display...
what caught my eye was the full-size cherry pie, but that would have
taken a while to eat up... so we went with the mini pie... They only had
those in apple and pecan when we were there...

 RH> We didn't do any pie celebrating but had corned beef & cabbage
 RH> (with sides) at the American Legion & Auxilary get together.

Doubling your chances for the corned beef and cabbage... :)  What sides
did they have...?

ttyl           neb

... "I think not" said Descartes, and promptly disappeared.

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