Comments on: Open air

By: elebrown

elebrown — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:27:37 +0000

I bought spices at the Louisburg Cider Mill. Cream of tartar for 85 cents? I love their spices and they are cheap!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:36:21 +0000

I’m surprised that the spices are open air….don’t they lose their potency this way? I’m with you, I’ll take my spices in a package, thank you.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:12:36 +0000

Kris – City Market, KCMO. I should add that to the photo.

Also – if spices are exposed to air like this, don’t they lose their flavor and their zing?

I prefer to get my spices at The Merc in Lawrence. http://www.flyoverpeople.net/news/2009/02/15/the-merc-in-bulk/

Kris- where is the Natural Food Co-op in Topeka?

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:08:36 +0000

Gee, thanks, Roger. Probably true though, especially since most spices travel quite a distance before they come to us, and who knows what was there to start with.

I’m lucky to have the Topeka Natural Foods Co-op here, and the Community Mercantile aka “The Merc” in Lawrence. They keep their bulk stuff behind glass or plastic. So all you get is whatever was in it when it got there.

Where was that? It’s kind of an appealing picture even if we wouldn’t necessarily want to buy there…

By: Onnalee

Onnalee — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:41:54 +0000

LOL! You MIGHT have a point Roger, but the open air bulk spices just doesn’t look very inviting to me.