Requests send readers on food expedition
Lots of requests this week, from lots of readers:
Bud England is looking for bottles of green olive juice, which he used to get at Tuesday Morning. …
Spirou Khoury would like to find packets of St. Hubert Barbecue Sauce. …
Pat Dowd is looking for frozen mashed turnips. …
Gary Botkin is looking for Original Skillet Grandy’s White Gravy Mix in a 2.4-pound can. …
Jenni Smith would like to find V8 Picante flavor vegetable juice — not to be confused with the spicy-hot flavor. …
Kim Hudson is looking for a local source for 00 flour for making pizza dough. …
Robert Johnson is looking for a restaurant that serves a “good old-fashioned slow-cooked lamb stew.”…
Michael Rousseau would like to find Greenwood sliced pickled beets, with or without onions. …
Bob France would like to find Montreal smoked meat in a sandwich served on rye bread. …
Ellen Drayer is looking for pints of mocha mix. …
Carolyn Jones is looking for onions with cream sauce, either in jars or frozen. …
Ginger Jarman is looking for Diet Big Red soft drink. …
Bev Greer is looking for pepper hash, which she used to get in Philadelphia. …
Robin Picardo is looking for Amé nonalcoholic wine, which she used to get at Trader Joe’s. …
Anita Umak is looking for Devonshire sandwiches, a Pittsburgh specialty, and bakeries that make pizzelle cookies. …
Bobbie Clark is looking for extra-long spaghetti. …
Karen Heroy would like to find a local source for Gettysburg Pretzels. …
Bonnie Boyd is looking for boiled peanuts. …
Judy Laughery and a number of other readers are looking for frozen rhubarb; fresh rhubarb is in stores now, but won’t be for long. …
Geoff Marsh is looking for Bolsts brand curry powder from India, and for poppadums in a plastic package and Indian relishes and chutneys. …
Bob Manning is looking for a local source for Hatch or Sandia roasted, peeled and frozen green chilies. …
Karen Korsnas is looking for Wheatena. …
Ashley, Sarah and Julie Meyers are looking for silver dragees for decorating cakes and cookies. …
Gerald Furtaw is looking for baba au rhum in cans. …
Paul B. Aguirre is looking for a local source for pure cane syrup. …
Sandie Levin would like to find Kimlan Soy Sauce. …
Robert Jones would like to find a local source for refill bags of Charles Chips. …
Marilyn Watt would like to know if Justino’s, late of Nellis Boulevard, has relocated anywhere else. …
J. Keith would like to find Gardetto’s Mustard Pretzels. …
Fonda Klecko would like to find Mrs. Paul’s Frozen Crab Cakes. …
Pat Burrows is looking for Hershey’s cinnamon chips, which she once found at Smith’s. …
Jack Harold is looking for a local source for Habbersett Scrapple, and Original Trenton Crackers from Philadelphia. …
And Barbara A. Jackson would like to find a local source for shoo-fly pie.
Readers?
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