SC - regional american food

[Bonne of Traquair]

> > Evidently, maraschino cherries are a regional food.
> > Here in Caid, I can
> > only find a tiny 10-oz bottle on the liquor aisle at
> > the grocery store for
> > $4.
>
>Where are you shopping Girl?

I checked every grocery (not every store, but every brand name) in Irvine: 
Albertsons, Vons, Ralphs, Trader Joes.

>I rarely pay for than a dollar or two
>for maraschino cherries for the 10 oz jar.

where?


> > for cardamom pods.

>Have you tried Smart and Final?

I think I've passed one in Santa Ana but I hadn't included it in my shopping 
habits yet. In the end, since the cardamom was to be in a puree of ginger, 
garlic, cinnamon, turmeric and chilis, I figured that the lack of cardomom 
skins was unimportant.  (Why yes, we are having Indian food for dinner 
tonight!  How did you guess?)

I'll venture to the Smart and Final today.  A quick check of the phonebook 
tells me there is on in Lake Forest, and I go there occaisionally already.  
S&F sounds like the sort of place that might have the big jar of cherries as 
well.  The warehouse store membership has always put me off from Costco and 
Sams, but Smart and Final is supposed to be the same sort of thing w/out the 
fee.

I'm feeling better all around: The computer at home is working again!

Bonne (happily sipping coffee and reading e-mail)
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