There are many times that people have told me I was nuts for popping to Costco for a grocery run every now and then. They'd laugh over my huge packages of toilet paper and dish soap, and say that they don't think it's worth the steep membership fee. Sometimes, they're right -- there are products in there that seem like a good deal, but are no more (or, in fact, a little more) than regular store prices. But I just had to tell you Slashfoodies about my shallot find last weekend. Sometimes it's wonderful to buy in bulk.
Since I was out of shallots, I begrudgingly picked up a small bag of shallots at a big-box grocery store -- the bag only had 250 g, or 8.8 oz, which totaled approximately 5 shallots. As I put the bag in my cart, I wistfully remembered summer days where local shallots were cheap and plentiful, and then moved on. A few hours later, I found myself at Costco, staring at a three pound bag of shallots.
The cost difference? The smaller was $3, while the large bag was around double that. As you can see from the labels, they're both from the same company. It's a shallot dream come true.
Now I've just got to decide what to make with them....
What Can I Get You Folks? - Eating Out for Thanksgiving
In Defense of Guy Fieri
'Top Chef Vegas' - And Then There Were Five
