Topic: Where have all the Tej Patta gone?

[Peripatetic Phil]

I think, George, that the reference to Schwartz bay-leaf refills was solely with reference to price; it had earlier been pointed out that /tej patta/ can cost over

[london]

Spot on Phil.

London.

[chewytikka]

Not Expensive at all  :
Imported to UK from Bangladesh, Tej Patta are one of the cheapest spice packets on the shelves.

69p - 50g packet - and it takes months to use them up, even if you cooked Indian food everyday.

Simply marketed as Bay Leaf for the Western/UK market.

Tip: Find an Asian Supermarket which serves a Bangladeshi community and restaurant trade.

[Secret Santa]

Had these saved in my wish list from before I made the trip to brick lane.
90g is quite a lot, they do other amounts also.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00C9YHIR8/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1ISI5HYBILGRD&coliid=I2ZN7V2JQIMM1N

If anyone else is tempted to purchase Tej Patta from these guys - don't!

They look the part but they are totally flavourless. Mine have gone back for a refund.

[Kattis]

wh

[DalPuri]

Sorry about that SS 
If I was in London, I would've gone to brick lane and bought a bucketful for you and whoever else needed em.
Never seen them up here in Scotland.


This is one of the reasons why I wanted to start another thread last year entitled "I'm off to the shops, anybody want anything?"

It was Phil that got me thinking when he paid a tenner online for a 2 quid jar of pickle!
Instead of just offering advice, how about grabbing a few extras when we're all out shopping and sending it at cost to those that are struggling to find certain ingredients?
Get some community spirit back into this forum.

[Peripatetic Phil]

This is one of the reasons why I wanted to start another thread last year entitled "I'm off to the shops, anybody want anything?"

It was Phil that got me thinking when he paid a tenner online for a 2 quid jar of pickle!
Instead of just offering advice, how about grabbing a few extras when we're all out shopping and sending it at cost to those that are struggling to find certain ingredients?  Get some community spirit back into this forum.

I like the idea, Frank, and am more than happy to help, but are you sure it was I that paid ten quid for a two pound jar of pickle ? I do buy my pickles online, but they are catering jars (2,3kg) which I have never seen in a shop for anything like two quid !

** Phil.

[DalPuri]

It was you Phil. It might not have been pickle, but it was a standard sized jar of something that cost nigh on a tenner.
Might have been an Amazon link?

[Secret Santa]

Sorry about that SS 

Not your fault DP. You clearly said you hadn't tried them yourself so it was always going to be a chancey purchase for me.

So what brands are other people buying and how do they rate?

[Secret Santa]

wh