Garlic from China. What gives?

[MacLawn]

Wife came home from store yesterday with pine nuts - yep, before I opened them, looked on back - these will be going back for a refund!

 

[dave1949]

Wife came home from store yesterday with pine nuts - yep, before I opened them, looked on back - these will be going back for a refund!

Here is a source of US pine nuts with a good story behind it. Click on the Pinyon Story.
Rave Reviews and Testimonials | PineNut.com - Primier Online Source of American Pine Nuts

Metallic tasting pine nuts are from illegitimate Chinese sources

 

[Rayster]

With the scare on toothpaste a couple years back and the same on iams dog food. I will eat nothing from any other country. That would be the fastest way for some terrorist to poison a bunch of our people in a hurry. I pay very close attention to product labels these days. They can stick their "global economy" plans up their @#%. Because I'm not playing along...

 

[magicheater]

I grow a garlic that looks just like what you are holding in the picture, even get some about that large. The previous owner had planted it and I have just been keeping a crop going. What variety is it that you were holding?

Chesnok, it has some red/purple streaks

 

[Combustix]

Like the shrimp and tilapia from china. It's all grown in the ¥^%# ponds

 

[TomSeller]

With the scare on toothpaste a couple years back and the same on iams dog food. I will eat nothing from any other country. That would be the fastest way for some terrorist to poison a bunch of our people in a hurry. I pay very close attention to product labels these days. They can stick their "global economy" plans up their @#%. Because I'm not playing along...

Bravo

 

[TomSeller]

the internet rumor is that it's grown in human waste

Talk about crappy produce.....

 

[jerrybob]

This fixation on China products and their exploitative labor policies is why I will not darken Sam Walton Legacy establishments. Ole Sam is probably turning over in his grave over what his relatives and their public corporation have done to his business.

Ron

I agree with you about Walmart.....I avoid it as well. But...... where do you shop nowadays?? Ace sells tons of Chinese stuff....so does Home Depot. Heck.....American cars have engines made in Japan, Mexico etc..... LL Bean sells has foreign made stuff now according to their catalog. Not a lot of Made in America products these days....unfortunately!:thumbdown:

 

[jerrybob]

the internet rumor is that it's grown in human waste

That stinks!

 

[grsthegreat]

I agree with you about Walmart.....I avoid it as well. But...... where do you shop nowadays?? Ace sells tons of Chinese stuff....so does Home Depot. Heck.....American cars have engines made in Japan, Mexico etc..... LL Bean sells has foreign made stuff now according to their catalog. Not a lot of Made in America products these days....unfortunately!:thumbdown:

you just have to shop around. I went to h depot to get a 50' air hose for my auto roll up air supply unit. all their crap was China.

So i went to my local hydraulic hose repair shop, and he made me one with USA made hose and USA made fittings...for $10.00 LESS than Home depot's Chinese made crap.


And it will be a cold day in H*** before i step thru the door of a Spralmart.