[Sca-cooks] curious at the cost of mushrooms

[Terry Decker]

A kilo of the least expensive mushrooms available normally costs between
eight and nine dollars US (although they will go on sale irregularly for
about $5 per kilo).  Shitakis, portabellos, etc.  are 50 to 100 per cent
higher and don't go on sale.  Asparagus costs seven to nine dollars per kilo
US.  In Oklahoma, of course.

Bear


>A few people have mentioned that mushrooms are in the "luxury" price range,
which has piqued my curiosity.
>
>How much do you pay per kilo for mushrooms in the US?  I haven't ever
thought of them as  "luxury" ingredients.
>
>Now asparagras, _thats_ luxury.
>
>Kiriel