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Edited on Fri Jan-21-05 02:52 PM by merci_me
We live in a very diverse part of the city and everything you could need is within 5 to 15 minutes and if it wasn't for city traffic, closer than 15 minutes. The very closest ethnic market is an easy walk, but it's Japanese and talk EXPENSIVE!!!
We have all the major supermarkets within the area and I do most of the "normal" shopping there. Then we have a Whole Foods (organic) right outside the subdivision. There's a nearby kosher only store. I love the Asian markets, especially the huge supermarket in a nearby Asian mall. It's choices and prices for produce and kitchenware is fantastic, but I don't go near the seafood. The sights and "aromas" just don't sit well with me. Don't get me wrong the place is clean as can be and fortunately big enough that you can get produce and baked goods without even knowing there is a seafood department in the store. Then I manage to go into the food court and chow down without even thinking that the seafood I'm eating is the same as I just avoided looking at in the grocery.
But my very favorite shopping place is a middle eastern place. Not a good place for meats and produce though. The meat is all halal, so more expensive and the produce is slim pickings, except for the plentiful dates and figs. But whoa!! the spices (at give-away prices), olive oils, varieties of breads (again very inexpensive), jarred fruits and various pickled stuff in jars is mind boggling.
In the same strip they run a deli, so you can get fresh knock you to the ground garlic paste, falafel and all the dips. All just a mile from my kitchen door!!
We have a lot of Central/South American stores too, but I don't speak Spanish and unlike the other ethnic stores, they pretty much don't speak English, so I don't go to them. It's not like they sell anything I can't find in all the supermarkets. Our supermarkets all cater to the Hispanic community with fresh bakeries and every sort of pepper and plantain I'd ever need. I also avoid Indian markets. I love non-curried Indian food and even some lightly curried, but the aroma of curry in the strength it is in the market, gives me a raging headache. So I don't go in there anymore. Never should food give me a headache. That's just downright sacrilegious. LOL
Mary
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