My wife decided at that last moment that she was going to put a dish together for our guest the very next day. The product was not available locally, so I went to Amazon and found every item that was needed to prepare the dish. Again, because of Amazon's shipping options I was able to receive the ingredients on time for the evening of the meal. Did I pay more, yes. Did I need as much as it came packaged, no. But it worked out because, I expected to pay more for our mistake of not having on hand the proper ingredients, plus our guess liked the meal and we were able to share the extra quantity with them, along with the receipt, so it all worked out.