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.