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There’s something about flu season that suddenly makes open air bulk spices seem less appealing.
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There’s something about flu season that suddenly makes open air bulk spices seem less appealing.
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I disagree. Spices are a protection from all sorts of things.
I don’t know….I just saw those buckets of spices and people walking by sneezing…. You can wash fruits and vegetables when you get home, but you can’t wash sneeze off of dill weed.
Yeah, I think it’s the public, open air factor. I don’t eat fruit or vegetables we buy in the grocery store until they’ve been washed.
lol!
‘cant wash the sneeze of of dill weed’
That is priceless!!!!
In most applications when used the spices are cooked and sterilized. Bo you think spices are uncontaminated in a bottle? Ground up bugs, caterpillar do-do,spores,etc.
LOL! You MIGHT have a point Roger, but the open air bulk spices just doesn’t look very inviting to me.
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…
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?
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.
I bought spices at the Louisburg Cider Mill. Cream of tartar for 85 cents? I love their spices and they are cheap!