I am not sure I have ever seen it on sale anywhere cheap... (this is in the UK so it may be de rigueur over there) I haven't in the US. one of my hacker frien

I am not sure I have ever seen it on sale anywhere cheap... (this is in the UK so it may be de rigueur over there) I haven't in the US. one of my hacker friends is quite useless in the kitchen because he can't understand the concept of "roll with it" and reads the recipe like a program Maybe try getting him to work without a recipe? Plenty of dishes allow a lot of wiggle room (or "___ to taste"). Most of my cooking at this point is based on trying to guess which basic ingredients have tastes that fit well together (with a fair bit of experimentation, e.g. this is the first time I've used strawberries in a marinade). It's also fun to try to reverse-engineer someone else's cooking (though I'm having trouble duplicating the texture of some curry sauces I've had).