[rightly_dividing]

Both of you are more knowledgable than I on spices, but if I may throw in my 2 cents, I stock up on my spices when I visit an Amish store. They sell in larger sizes, and can actually sell in any amount that you may want. The prices really beat the grocery stores by a mile. But, they are not likely to have all those Asian spices, Mexican, or other specialty items.

Amish stores are surprizingly more common than you may first think, many are in areas that contain no Amish community. And some have webpages where you can shop from home, of course shipping and handling come into play here. Some Amish stores are actually Menenite or neither, as in the case of the first one that I visited, they are just connected to Amish/Menenite producers.

Just my take on buying herbs and spices.

[Flamenco Lady]

Thanks for that idea. I am not aware of any Amish/Menenite stores around here, but our Saturday Market should be starting up soon and we often get Menenite farmers there, so I will ask them about a store. They do frequently have both fresh and dried herbs there, but they are usually limited to things like basil, thyme, marjoram, rosemary, parsley and others that grow well here in Oregon. I haven’t noticed that their prices were much different than that of the other farmers at the market, but I wasn’t really paying that close attention either. Herbs that can be grown locally are usually pretty cheap to buy here in the summer months.