Fans find pickled herring in sauce

There are plenty of jokes about pickled herring, so that should tell you something. But it definitely has its ardent fans, and a number of them have answered Roberta Shulman's search for pickled herring in cream sauce.

Donna Alper recommended the herring at Bagel Cafe, 301 N. Buffalo Drive, where, she added, "you can get all the cream sauce and onions you want." Ron Schultz emailed that it's still available in 32-ounce jars by Lasco at Smart & Final at 10050 S. Eastern Ave. in Henderson, Barbara Silver said she finds it at Sam's Club at 5101 S. Pecos Road, Rose McKie faxed that she finds it at the International Marketplace 5000 S. Decatur Blvd. and Glazier's Food Marketplace at 8525 W. Warms Springs Road, and Robert Dudnick emailed that he finds it at Safeway in Arizona, noting that Safeway owns Vons. ...

For Howard Reed, who's looking for extra-long hot dog buns, William Isaac and Bev Greer emailed that they've found them at Great Buns at 3270 E. Tropicana Ave., with Isaac adding that they're not foot-long, but are extra long, and Greer saying she also uses them for meatball subs. ...

For Sally Murphy and Sylviane Cordova, Beverly Cousino and Eddi Hawkes reported finding Hoffy Extra Lean Beef Franks at Smart & Final. ...

For Deb Hegna, who's looking for a local source for Lipton Recipe Secrets Golden Onion soup mix, Joseph Tobias reported finding it at Glazier's. ...

For Rich Torres, who's looking for large, good, pre-made meatballs (not the frozen ones), Tobias recommended Metro Pizza, which has multiple locations in the valley. He added, "they charge by the meatball."...

For Mark Decerbo, who's looking for Mello Yello in cans, Sharon Shafer emailed that she spotted it at Walmart Neighborhood Market. ...

And for readers looking for Atomic horseradish, Cousino said she saw that at Smart & Final at 4439 W. Charleston Blvd. ...

More reader requests: Hawkes: Knorr cream of asparagus soup mix;

Anita Johnson: a local source for Entenmann's hot-cross buns, or other hot-cross buns;

Nicole Verhagen: passionfruit pulp in syrup;

Barbara Jean Tomas: Hebrew National sauerkraut, which she used to get at Walmart;

David Olson: unsalted Plugra butter, which he used to find at Trader Joe's;

Kathy Collins: Banquet frozen slow-cooker meals;

Nancy Johnson: La Preferida brand canned Spanish rice with bell peppers and onion;

Carol Bialczak: a local source for Papa Charlie's Italian Beef, which she used to get at Walmart;

Thomas Gaughran: a local source for Clark Bars;

Vince Shank: Swedish bitters;

And Dean B. Pomerantz: pine nut or pistachio oil.

Readers?

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