New year, new food requests

I'm starting the new year with a resolution -- to get through some of the backlog of Taste of the Town requests.

S. Kumor is looking for decaffeinated green tea, preferably in gallon jugs. ...

Erma Johnson is looking for frozen strawberry-rhubarb pie, Sara Lee or another brand. ...

Jacquelyn Wirthlin is looking for canned cajeta, Mexican caramel similar to dulce de leche made with goat's milk. ...

Dustin Glover is looking for sandwich-size English muffins. ...

Jim and Norma Lucey are looking for Purnell's Old Folks' Country Sausage, which is advertised on the "Grand Ole Opry." ...

Laurence Augustine is looking for Heinz sweet gherkins in a barrel-shaped jar with a brown lid. ...

Dean B. Pomerantz is looking for places in town that make old-fashioned Salisbury steak or a good spinach souffle. ...

Jennifer Peltier is looking for frozen cheese-filled pretzels, and for Morningstar Farms breakfast sandwiches and mini corn dogs. ...

Elfriede Imbornoni is looking for New York-style hot dogs, made in Minnesota, that she used to get at Wal-Mart Supercenter. ...

Robert Baborian is looking for Rosemary's Coffee Syrup. ...

Jay Angelo is looking for packaged Cariani Salami, produced in Oakland, Calif. ...

Michael Gross would like to find a local source for Homestead Heat & Serve Pasta Sauce in a 15-ounce can. ...

Sylviane Cordova is looking for a local source for Mezzetta hot cherry peppers. ...

Richard Criswell is looking for fresh calamari steaks. ...

J. Gordon Hoopes would like to find Post 100-Percent Bran Cereal. ...

Ellen Marasia is looking for 39-ounce cans of Chock Full o'Nuts decaffeinated coffee. ...

Susan Ward is looking for Campbell's Chunky Beef Stroganoff Soup. ...

Theresa Davis would like to find a local source for pickled ring bologna. ...

Patrick Verfurth is looking for restaurants that serve goat. ...

Yaakov Ben-Tor is looking for Krinos Greek Olives in 1- or 2-gallon jars; he used to get the 2-gallon jars at the International Marketplace. ...

Theresa Renner is looking for fat-free Archway cookies, which she used to get at Smith's. ...

Bram Charles Linesky is looking for local sources for fresh and frozen Jamaican beef patties. ...

Norma Adams is looking for a local source of mesquite flour. ...

Nancy Dumont is looking for Arizona Green Tea with Plum Juice, which she used to get at Trader Joe's. ...

AnnaLisa Brewer is looking for Kona Coast Sweet 'N Sour Barbecue Sauce. ...

Clara Love is looking for an online source for Johnson Food Products Frozen Chili Sauce. ...

Jim Saldarini is looking for hot crushed peppers made by Victoria Packing Co.

Readers?

Submit information to Heidi Knapp Rinella, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070. You also can send faxes to 383-4676 or e-mail her at hrinella@reviewjournal.com. Include your first and last names and, if e-mailing, put "Taste of the Town" in the subject line. Because of the volume of mail received, we can't respond to each request.