SC - Inexpensive Spices re:Personal recipes

[Joseph Tolbert]

Hi Bonne:
          Do you know about Noah's food co-op in Raliegh ?
We found it while I was at a Northern telecom school there about
20 years ago,and still stop in when in town. . . back then,
membership was $.50 a month which we saved on the first bunch of
celery with a discount for workers . . .when we left we had about
an extra 40 hours work credit because it was a fun place to hang
around,work,and meet interesting people (sort of like in the
kitchen at a feast).

     FABCIC! Ninety Six Fabric makes some effort to serve
re-enactors: it even stocks some period patterns,buttons,trim,
feast gear etc. the SCA groups from Augusta,Ga and Greenville,SC
regularly make field trips here . . .

Joseph L. Tolbert,Jr                  jlt6 at hotmail.com
Ninety Six,SC

>From: "Bonne of Traquair" <oftraquair at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>Subject: Re: SC - Inexpensive Spices re:Personal recipes
>Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:02:14 PDT
>
>
>>
>>Where I am, we have very few good places to buy spices nearby, other than
>>your very basic items. The nearest with some selection is about an hour
>>away, the best nearby is two hours away, and Frederich's area is about 4
>>hours away,
>>
>>Don't know about the rest of you, but because of the difficulty in getting
>>to civilization,
>
>Perspective is everything.  I live in a metropolitan area ("Research
>Triangle Park" aka Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, NC).  My daily commute is
>40 minutes one-way, so I consider an hour away to be "close" when shopping.
>Two hours a not unreasonable distance to drive for a special item. I'd
>probably combine it with exploring other SCA-useful shops in whichever town
>I was going to OR check the baronial list for someone living nearer to the
>store in question, have them make the purchase and pass it to me at an event
>or through others attending various guild meetings and practices in the
>barony.  Four hours is well beyond the edge of the barony in any direction,
>but still within a Saturday afternoon range, perhaps take a carload and find
>out what other stores are in the area, or combine it with a trip to an
>event.
>
>Admittedly, most of my spice purchases can be made at one of two stores
>within walking distance, or several ethnic groceries that are on my
>commuting route.  On the other hand, the Piece Goods Fabric chain went
>bankrupt last year, and now the chain that bought their properties is
>closing as well. We have no place in Durham to buy fabric except Wal-Mart's
>limited stock. So now I must drive a minimum of 40 minutes, and farther yet
>to get to a store I can actually afford.  I'm so lucky my interest is in the
>kitchen and not the sewing basket!
>
>Bonne


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