Start year helping others
I’m probably a few hours early — depending on when you’re reading this — but I’m taking this opportunity to wish each and every one of you all the best in 2009.
Pulling together always makes trying times at least a little bit easier, and Taste of the Town readers are wonderful about helping each other, for which I and your fellow readers thank you. And now, to get right to reader requests:
Joe Hardy is looking for Honey Nut Clusters, which he used to get at Wal-Mart. …
Mike Lazarski is looking for Lawry’s packaged salsa mix. …
Bob Thompson is looking for a local source for ham base. …
Anne Coming is looking for Red Rose Tea in large boxes of about 8 ounces. …
Jennifer Rada would like to find Polly O Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese and Polly O Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese, which she used to get at Albertsons. …
Anne McConnell is looking for restaurants in the northwest part of the valley that cook sukiyaki at the table. …
Joan Haden is looking for Thomas’s Date Nut Bread. …
Judi Caro is looking for either Brown Sweet and Low or Brown Sugar Twin, and Paula’s Lime-Cilantro oil-free salad dressing. …
George Walton and Barbara Jacques are looking for Piller’s Pate, which they used to get at Costco, and boxed Carnegie Deli pastrami. …
Jo Bitaut is looking for Moon brand refrigerated sour cream pickled herring. …
Brenda Alapa is looking for frozen field peas with snaps, which she used to get at Albertsons. …
Bobbie Janice Carson is looking for authentic cast-iron-skillet-fried chicken, similar to what she used to get at the Green Shack. …
Dea and Roy Boll are looking for restaurants that serve Italian sausage patty sandwiches. …
Robin Lee Slipock is looking for Mock Peking Duck, which is fried layers of tofu and vegetables pressed flat and served with pancakes, hoisin, cucumbers and scallions. …
Bob Merten is looking for Big City Red Hot Dogs. …
Gloria M. Armendariz is looking for Clausen’s sweet pickle relish, a refrigerated product that she used to get at Smith’s. …
Pete Cychulski is looking for restaurants that serve fried perch. …
Dallas Moyer is looking for a local source for Captain Ken’s Firehouse Baked Beans. …
Sally Weltz is looking for a large bag of Archway Gingersnap Cookies with no frosting. …
Skip Maxwell is looking for turkey and/or beef frozen Golden West tamales. …
Virginia and Pat Calabrese are looking for Freirich or Daisy pork butt. …
Maurice Hoffman is looking for a local source for Yucatan Sunshine habanero pepper sauce. …
Paul Bartok is looking for Mrs. May’s Unique Varieties, and BELA-Olh?o Portugal Lightly Smoked Sardines in Olive Oil. …
And Frank Waldron seeks readers’ advice for stores that have large selections of low-carb and sugar-free items.
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.