Plenty of places to buy lemon curd

Lemon curd -- that oh-so-tart, slightly sweet English import -- is phenomenal when it's homemade. It's also kind of a lot of trouble, so it's fortuitous that readers have found local sources of it for Coleen Norburn.

Nylda Alvarez, Jay Wilson, Yvette Anders, Andrea Drasner, Rosemarie Messina, Karen Smee, Del Barry and Tricia Eiler suggested Trader Joe's, Shelley Carroll and John Bromley found it at Albertsons, Beth More at Smith's at 450 N. Nellis Blvd. and Bromley, More and Ruth Jagodzinski suggested British Foods, 3375 S. Decatur Blvd. ...

For Janet Vostinar, who's looking for frozen meat tortellini, Ray Moreton suggested DaVinci's Pasta Factory, 4460 S. Durango Drive. ...

For Patrick Verfurth, who's looking for Good Seasons Sun Dried Tomato-Basil Salad Dressing, Jan Pacini e-mailed that she found it at www.amazon.com. She added that she always gets Good Seasons Caesar Salad Dressing Mix from Amazon because she can't find it in local stores. ...

For Kathleen Brady, who's looking for fresh, full cardamom pods sold in bulk, Mike Price e-mailed that he doesn't know of any place "where you can scoop large amounts of them and buy them by the pound," but good-sized bags can be found at Indian grocers, including New India Market at 4601 W. Sahara Ave. and India Bazaar at 4160 S. Fort Apache Road. ...

For Donna Moulzolf, who's looking for a local source for ring bologna, Cary Van Wagoner and Peggy Toth found it at various Smith's stores; Diane Singer found it at Glazier's Food Marketplace, 8530 W. Warm Springs Road; and the Jensens of Village Meat & Wine, 5025 S. Eastern Ave., said they carry it. ...

For Linda Bandhauer, who's looking for file powder for making gumbo, Van Wagoner said it can be found at King Ranch Market at 2475 E. Tropicana Ave., Cora Baker faxed that she gets it online at www.thespicehouse.com (or call 847-328-3711), and the Jensens said they carry it. ...

For Edward Chien, who's looking for stores that carry medium to large frog legs, Dean B. Pomerantz suggested 99 Ranch Market, 4155 Spring Mountain Road, and the Jensens said they carry those as well. ...

Reader requests: Hamilton Ward is looking for Nescafe Tasters Choice Vanilla Instant Coffee, which he used to get at Albertsons. ...

David Brant is looking for a local source for Duncan Hines Angel Food Cake Mix. ...

Clemente Dominguez is looking for a local source for a pepper called chili tepin -- not chili pequin -- which he said grows wild in Mexico and that he used to find at Lucky. ...

Debra Gardiner is looking for Tostitos Flour Tortilla Chips. ...

Milo Kell is looking for canned whole green beans. ...

Pat Murphy is on the lookout for instant won ton soup, formerly found in local supermarkets. ...

And Patrick S. Cater seeks fern cakes. "Readers of Scotch/Irish/English descent will know what I'm looking for."

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