Help Taste readers find favorites

It may not be summer on the calendar, but it sure is on the thermometer. Time to kick back and snack -- and let other people do the cooking. And with that goal in mind, we're looking for help for Taste of the Town readers.

Tricia Black is looking for salt and vinegar pork rinds. ...

Valerie Campbell is looking for a sour cream and chives package mix, to which you just add milk. She noted that it's handy for entertaining emergencies. ...

Tony Feckler is looking for old-fashioned hard rolls (crisp on the outside, soft on the inside). ...

Charles F. Lehr would like to find sap sago cheese, which he used to get at Whole Foods Market. ...

Eileen Schenck is looking for banana brandy, and a German May wine with a hint of woodruff. ...

Tricia Torres is looking for Ashley Farms hams, which she used to get at Safeway in California but has been unable to find at Vons here. ...

Grace A. Weld is looking for Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough. ...

Donna Brandt would like to find a local source for Nuernberger Bratwurst and Casali Schokobananen candy. ...

Dori Kelley is looking for Ruby Red Squirt. ...

Tim Smith is looking for Mr. Pibb in cans or bottles. ...

Marilyn McCoy is looking for organic sugar in packets. ...

Ray McGeough is looking for cooked frozen turkey meatballs. ...

Ted Drabik is looking for pickled pigs' feet or pickled pigs' ears. ...

Bev Greer is looking for soft ginger cookies. ...

Michael Offord is looking for Lawry's Garlic Spread. ...

Justin Cooper is looking for Brach's Spice Drops. ...

Marjorie Brownstein is looking for grape Polaner All Fruit. ...

Edie Abramson is looking for Hebrew National Bagel Dogs. ...

Rosemarie Kruse is looking for tomato preserves. ...

Alice Peters is looking for red licorice strings. ...

Eva Laliberte would like to find Syrian or Lebanese meat pies. ...

Sandra Crawford is looking for Morrison's Country Gravy Mix, which she used to get at Sam's Club. ...

Donn Deal is looking for orange flower water, as used in a Ramos Fizz. ...

Jenn Drozd is looking for jalapeno loaf and onion loaf, which she used to get at Albertsons. ...

Ken Gross is looking for a restaurant that serves "really wor" won ton soup. ...

And Maria Aranas is looking for tubs of frozen cooked Italian beef.

Readers?

Readers helping readers: For Phil Kokoczka, John Bisci and Elaine "Muff" Scull e-mailed that they'd recently seen Johnny's French Dip Au Jus Sauce in the condiment section at two different Albertsons stores, and Gary S. Gubitz said he found it at Vons at 7530 W. Lake Mead Blvd. ...

And for Pennie Frenza, who's seeking reader suggestions for a good bowl of cream of chicken soup, Guy Roark e-mailed to recommend Sweet Tomatoes at 2080 N. Rainbow Blvd. (there's another location at 375 N. Stephanie St. in Henderson). Roark suggested calling ahead to find out when cream of chicken will be on the soup bar.

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