Indian Grocery Stores

[kogase]

I went to the local Indian grocery store to check out the goods, gotta say it's amazing how much cheaper the bulk ingredients are there than the healthfood store. Nuts (peanuts, almonds) are half the price, and spices are way cheaper. Also good deals on imported basmati rice, but I was sort of puzzled by the brown basmati. Brown rice has a decent amount of fiber and iron, but the nutritional information on the bags of brown basmati (by sight it was clearly brown rice) was the exact same as the info on the bags of white basmati. Is this just laziness on the part of the packers, or a widespread misprint? I noticed this on both brands of brown basmati they had.

 

[Cristatus]

Tilda?

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: logic1485
Tilda?

Don't really remember the brand names. There were a bunch of big bags full of a variety of basmati and long-grained rices, plus jasmine. Then there were some smaller plastic tubs of brown basmati.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

I went to an Indian grocery store and...

my nose wasn't too happy.

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: Rip the Jacker
I went to an Indian grocery store and...

my nose wasn't too happy.

Dude...I love the smell in indian stores ( I got used to it ) and I'm an avid curry eater

 

[kogase]

The smell was pretty good. Honestly I was surprised by the amount of actual Indian people I saw there. I expected it to be full of dirty white hippies, but I was the only white person there. I'm not a dirty hippy though...

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: kogase
The smell was pretty good. Honestly I was surprised by the amount of actual Indian people I saw there. I expected it to be full of dirty white hippies, but I was the only white person there. I'm not a dirty hippy though...

I remember when my family and relatives went together on a trip to an indian district. My cousin (who's white) got pretty nervous since he "believes" that he was being watched by the /indians/ , because he's the only white kid on the block literally. oh , he's 12 yrs old lol.

 

[compnovice]

Originally posted by: kogase
The smell was pretty good. Honestly I was surprised by the amount of actual Indian people I saw there. I expected it to be full of dirty white hippies, but I was the only white person there. I'm not a dirty hippy though...

Indians in Indian grocery store...Thats surprising...

 

[kalster]

Indian food FTW

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: kogase
The smell was pretty good. Honestly I was surprised by the amount of actual Indian people I saw there. I expected it to be full of dirty white hippies, but I was the only white person there. I'm not a dirty hippy though...

Indians in Indian grocery store...Thats surprising...

In a very heavily commercial area (such as the area I live in) I'd expect any ethnic grocery store to be mostly a gimmick to attract New Age hippy white people who want to feel like they are participating in something exotic.

 

[athithi]

Originally posted by: kogase
I went to the local Indian grocery store to check out the goods, gotta say it's amazing how much cheaper the bulk ingredients are there than the healthfood store. Nuts (peanuts, almonds) are half the price, and spices are way cheaper. Also good deals on imported basmati rice, but I was sort of puzzled by the brown basmati. Brown rice has a decent amount of fiber and iron, but the nutritional information on the bags of brown basmati (by sight it was clearly brown rice) was the exact same as the info on the bags of white basmati. Is this just laziness on the part of the packers, or a widespread misprint? I noticed this on both brands of brown basmati they had.

I would take that nutritional information (and the basmati rice) with a pinch of salt - I am sure they are approximately correct, but the Indian concept of approximation is very different from the Western one

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: athithi

Originally posted by: kogase
I went to the local Indian grocery store to check out the goods, gotta say it's amazing how much cheaper the bulk ingredients are there than the healthfood store. Nuts (peanuts, almonds) are half the price, and spices are way cheaper. Also good deals on imported basmati rice, but I was sort of puzzled by the brown basmati. Brown rice has a decent amount of fiber and iron, but the nutritional information on the bags of brown basmati (by sight it was clearly brown rice) was the exact same as the info on the bags of white basmati. Is this just laziness on the part of the packers, or a widespread misprint? I noticed this on both brands of brown basmati they had.

I would take that nutritional information (and the basmati rice) with a pinch of salt - I am sure they are approximately correct, but the Indian concept of approximation is very different from the Western one

Take the basmati with a grain of salt because... it might not be authentic?

 

[ghostman]

Originally posted by: kogase
I went to the local Indian grocery store to check out the goods, gotta say it's amazing how much cheaper the bulk ingredients are there than the healthfood store. Nuts (peanuts, almonds) are half the price, and spices are way cheaper. Also good deals on imported basmati rice, but I was sort of puzzled by the brown basmati. Brown rice has a decent amount of fiber and iron, but the nutritional information on the bags of brown basmati (by sight it was clearly brown rice) was the exact same as the info on the bags of white basmati. Is this just laziness on the part of the packers, or a widespread misprint? I noticed this on both brands of brown basmati they had.

No clue about Indian food nutrition facts, but I recently bought some japanese/chinese snack thing (mochi/daifuku) in a chinese store. The nutrition facts stated 0% fat, 0% cholesterol, etc., which was hard to believe since it comes in some very rich flavors. Surely enough, another brand listed more realistic nutrition facts (and quite unencouraging for dieters). So, I wouldn't really trust "Nutrition Facts" on many imported products.

 

[raz3000]

I live on the heart of the Midwest Indian district, Devon Avenue. There's always Indian food smell here. Everyone is used to it.

 

[athithi]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: athithi

Originally posted by: kogase
I went to the local Indian grocery store to check out the goods, gotta say it's amazing how much cheaper the bulk ingredients are there than the healthfood store. Nuts (peanuts, almonds) are half the price, and spices are way cheaper. Also good deals on imported basmati rice, but I was sort of puzzled by the brown basmati. Brown rice has a decent amount of fiber and iron, but the nutritional information on the bags of brown basmati (by sight it was clearly brown rice) was the exact same as the info on the bags of white basmati. Is this just laziness on the part of the packers, or a widespread misprint? I noticed this on both brands of brown basmati they had.

I would take that nutritional information (and the basmati rice) with a pinch of salt - I am sure they are approximately correct, but the Indian concept of approximation is very different from the Western one

Take the basmati with a grain of salt because... it might not be authentic?

No, no, that was just a lame attempt at a pun

 

[BullyCanadian]

Originally posted by: athithi

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: athithi

Originally posted by: kogase
I went to the local Indian grocery store to check out the goods, gotta say it's amazing how much cheaper the bulk ingredients are there than the healthfood store. Nuts (peanuts, almonds) are half the price, and spices are way cheaper. Also good deals on imported basmati rice, but I was sort of puzzled by the brown basmati. Brown rice has a decent amount of fiber and iron, but the nutritional information on the bags of brown basmati (by sight it was clearly brown rice) was the exact same as the info on the bags of white basmati. Is this just laziness on the part of the packers, or a widespread misprint? I noticed this on both brands of brown basmati they had.

I would take that nutritional information (and the basmati rice) with a pinch of salt - I am sure they are approximately correct, but the Indian concept of approximation is very different from the Western one

Take the basmati with a grain of salt because... it might not be authentic?

No, no, that was just a lame attempt at a pun

lol

 

[Jassi]

I LOVE the smell of an Indian Grocery store. I agree with the others, don't rely on nutritional info on the packets.