[Sca-cooks] Almond powder question

[P. A. Stonnell]

At 11:40 PM 18/09/02 -0400, you wrote:
>On 18 Sep 2002, at 20:31, Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamant wrote:
>
>> You should be able to find ground almonds, though, at any of several
>> different markets serving various ethnicities. I buy mine in an Indian
>> supermarket in one-pound bags,
>
>Same here.  I pay $4/lb for almond meal, which is more than I pay
>for whole almods or even blanched/slivered, but it's worth it for the
>convenience.  When I'm making peach pits, I start with almond
>meal.  (Which reminds me, I committed to making about 100
>peach pits for an event next month.  I'd better get started...)
>

Wow!  I don't remember the price but I can get blanched, slivered, flake
and ground
almonds all for the same amount. And that is in a super market, not a
speciality
store.

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