Cheap oyster mushrooms; good milk

I keep thinking I'll find some third item to add to this Where-To-Shop list, but I haven't, so:

I ran into some amazingly cheap and fresh oyster mushrooms at Hyundai Grocery (NE corner of Willow & Pfingsten). I work nearby, and occasionally go in for some of their kimchee (although I'm not as big a fan of it as others, since they include the sometimes far-too-unchewable stems of their greens, but it's tasty and well priced).

Yesterday they had these giant plastic containers (10" x 5" x 4") full of said shrooms for around $2.50, which beats any place I've seen them before.

Also, as strangely difficult as it is to find really good milk here (in the heart of, *ahem*, the heartland), there is one that I've liked. An organic group of farmers (coop?) in Iowa, selling organic, creamline, vat pasteurized milk, buttermilk and cream. For info on vat vs. UHT or HTST pasteurization go to http://www.cowsoutside.com/butter.html.

Fox & Obel carried this once, but I saw it 2 weekends ago at Stanley's for the admittedly expensive price of $3+/ half-gallon, but boy was it worth it, as was their 2% buttermilk. Then I saw it this weekend for about $2+ at Outpost Grocers, a supermarket coop in Milwaukee, in case anyone feels like travelling north for good milk.


Hyundai Grocery
2837 Pfingsten Rd.
Glenview, 60025
(847) 559-1618

Stanley's Fruits & Vegetables
1558 N. Elston Ave.
(SW corner of Elston & North)

Outpost Natural Foods Cooperative
100 E. Capitol Drive 961-2597
7000 W. State St., Wauwatosa, 778-2012

Michael,

I have been to Hyundai.

Since you work nearby, have you eaten at their lunch counter? I have once with my friend who is Asian. They were somewhat surprised when we sat at the counter expecting to eat. There are a number of items on the menu overhead, though only several are available on any day; if we understood them correctly. Not really sure what we could expect, we ordered one of each item offered. I no longer clearly remember what we ate, though I know we had some sort of soup, some kimchee, rice and an entree. While we were eating, the few non-Korean customers came up inquiring about our food. They were regulars who picked up stuff to eat at their office but never attempted the lunch counter. They didn't really think the counter was open to customers. If you've eat there, I'd appreciate your updated impressions.

If you find oyster mushrooms in the forest, they are usually free ... sorry, that's a mushroomers joke!

Michael M. wrote:Yesterday they had these giant plastic containers (10" x 5" x 4") full of said shrooms for around $2.50, which beats any place I've seen them before.

Did you catch the weight of the container? Marketplace on Oakton regularly sells oysters for $5.49/lb which is about as cheap as I've seen.

I recently bought out Whole Foods' stock of oyster mushrooms - about 3 pounds - when they were incorrectly priced at $2.99. Quite a bargain considering their normal price of $7.99. Is it a sign of fraying in my moral fiber that I felt no guilt?

Flukes aside, $5.49 is a great price.

rien

rien wrote: Is it a sign of fraying in my moral fiber that I felt no guilt?

No! How can you be certain it wasn't just a minor and slighty crazy marketing experiment?
They sell, you bought. That's fair and square.

A

I'll check the per-pound price, but I also buy regularly at Marketplace on Oakton, and this was much more than I'd get for the price. We had really great omelets that night.