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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've always thought of pistachios as expensive and only for an occasional treat; same with almonds and cashews. I think the giant bags of nuts and giant sizes of things like jars of marinated artichoke hearts at Costco have made us think these are everyday purchases. They used to be luxury items. Maybe it's time to rethink what we think of as everyday purchases? I'm doing this now. My parents woukd have never bought these on a regular basis. Same with soft drinks, wine and alcohol, avocados, muffins and all the other stuff that is now part of people's daily fare. [/quote]

I think this is true.  Stuff like pistachios, raspberries, cherries were maybe one a year splurges in the 70s.  Coffee was cheap chock full of nuts or sanka.  Eve. Stuff like boneless chicken was a luxury — my mom made me debone the chicken because buying boneless was too expensive.  We’ve gotten really soiled due to free trade and low wage immigrant labor.  That’s coming to an end, at least for now.  Plus climate change has a real effect — crops like chocolate were totally devastated last year so everyone noticed their Halloween assortments were heavier on the skittles.  I think we’ll need to be much more flexible about our shopping going forward and figure out what’s still worth the price being charged.  [/quote]

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