[Sca-cooks] Akim's back

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> For a small town in rural Tennessee, this kind of store was rather unexpected.
> On the other hand, I am not aware of anything like it (affordably) in nearby
> Nashville.  Have others on the list discovered similar stores that they frequent
> for exotic dainties?  I suspect that they remain quiet secrets if they do.

Oh yes. We do a lot of shopping at such stores in Lancaster county. 
There's a small chain called "Sharp Shopper," as well as 2 Amish-run 
discount/overstock stores (Lantz's, in Leola PA, and Glenola Farms, in 
Ephrata PA) that I use to stock up on things like cheese, as well as 
catch-as-catch-can dainties. My roomates tease me that I will buy 
anything if it is 99 cents or less. (Well, I will pay 1.99 for a quart
jar of Polaner's all-fruit.)

In the non-closeout arena, there is an Amish run bulk and Natural foods 
store outside of Kutztown PA where we get all our strange grain products 
and high quality nuts and dried fruits. I should buy more at the Trader 
Joe's near my work, but there's the siren call of Echo Hill store... :) 
They make their own almond and other nut butters and sell a number of 
essential oils for cooking. That's where i get my barley and other grain 
groats, as well as quinoa, millet, etc.

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