OK - it was the the fact that @buckytom said they were "pretty out there as far as an ingredient goes" that I thought they may be hard to find. Evidently not.
Juniper Berries - have you ever used them?
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IIRC:@buckytom does not have a Walmart anywhere near him. I don't know if it's changed but Walmarts typically are not found in Union territory.OK - it was the the fact that @buckytom said they were "pretty out there as far as an ingredient goes" that I thought they may be hard to find. Evidently not.
Don't they have everything in the Big Apple?
Walmart was just a store I picked because I know of it so maybe other stores sell them.Yes, they have everything where @buckytom lives. The catch may be finding it because I think everything is so specialized up there.Don't they have everything in the Big Apple?
I just looked. At our local grocery store, juniper berries are $8.18 for 1.3 oz. £6.45 for 37 grams
That is very expensive compared to here.
If I wanted to take the time, I could find bulk ones for $14.99 a pound, but they are more than 100 miles away.
£11.83 for 454 grams at more that 161 km away.
Trouble is, you would end up with more juniper berries than you could ever possibly need! They are very pungent and you only need a 3 or 4 in most recipes.
You can buy 3 or 4 or 300. Bulk here means get as much or as little as you need.
So that 1.3 oz would be right at $1.
Finally found them in bulk. They are 563 km away.
OK - that is something I really didn't know. Here it would mean - well, in a big bulk!
That would be Sam's Club. Here the word has two meanings. Depending on what is being sold.
Bulk toilet paper means many rolls. Bulk spices means get what you need out of the jar.
Yes, we do have Walmarts here. Way too many of them.
As far as juniper berries goes, I can go to a specialty shop for them, but again, in all of the restaurants that I've eaten in, and all of the cooking shows that I've watched, and all of the cookboks that I have, I've only seen it in a dish maybe two or three times.
It might be a little more common in a Scandinavian neighborhood in Brooklyn or the midwest, but it is still a fairly uncommon ingredient in the States.
Even in the recipes listed before, many of them weren't English, but rather from other countries around the world.
Not that it matters, though. I am interested if I can use the ones growing on the bushes in front of my house.
As far as juniper berries goes, I can go to a specialty shop for them, but again, in all of the restaurants that I've eaten in, and all of the cooking shows that I've watched, and all of the cookboks that I have, I've only seen it in a dish maybe two or three times.
It might be a little more common in a Scandinavian neighborhood in Brooklyn or the midwest, but it is still a fairly uncommon ingredient in the States.
Even in the recipes listed before, many of them weren't English, but rather from other countries around the world.
Not that it matters, though. I am interested if I can use the ones growing on the bushes in front of my house.
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I think I have had juniper berries a time or two. Are they in sloe gin?
The are used in gin making commercially as well as artisan gins. But sloe gin? I don't know.
Googled and the answer is no.
So I have only had juniper berries once. In a gin and tonic.
@morning glory, @buckytom
Juniper Berries are commonly used with Venison ..
And if you have a large central Market, they are easy to come by .. One can also purchase them dried too.
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