Readers jazzed about coffee candy
After Paulette Juryn asked fellow readers for suggestions for good-quality peppermint candy and coffee-flavored hard candy, I received only one reply regarding the former, but lots about the latter.
Maureen Lumino said both can be found at Ross Dress for Less at 649 Stephanie St. in Henderson. As for coffee candy, Karen Parrish and Pearl Prunetta recommended the Coffee Rios candies from Trader Joe’s, Nancy Dinwiddie suggested the three varieties of Bali’s Best available at Office Depot, Prunetta recommended the candy at the 99 Cents Only store at 4920 S. Fort Apache Road, and Mary Ann Tuer and Aaron Mantz suggested Coffee Nips from Walgreens. …
For Steve Zuelsdorf, who’s looking for mild brick cheese and summer sausage made in Wisconsin, Fran Ernest recommended the cheese from Widmer’s Cheese Cellars, which can be reached at www.widmerscheese.com or (888) 878-1107, and noted that the company sells the sausage as well. And John Lakkard e-mailed that Vons at 4610 W. Sahara Ave. carries Old Wisconsin summer sausage and garlic beef sausage, made in Wisconsin. ….
For Ted Drabik, Bonnie Brown e-mailed that pickled pigs’ feet can be found at the International Marketplace, 5000 S. Decatur Blvd., and Chris Jensen, owner of Village Meat & Wine, 5025 S. Eastern Ave., said he carries them. …
For Donn Deal, who’s looking for orange flower water, Jensen said he carries that as well. …
More on salt-and-vinegar pork rinds: Brown said those, too, can be found at the International Marketplace. …
Reader requests: Robert Wilcox is looking for aged brick cheese, which he said is known in Wisconsin as “stinky cheese.” …
Gertrude Napoleon is looking for fresh or frozen authentic Great Lakes whitefish. …
Sandra Clifton is looking for whole — not low-fat — buttermilk. …
Janet Oberlander would like to find taco bowls, for taco salads. …
Ali Dorsey is looking for Tower of Isles beef patties, which are wrapped in crust. …
Yvonne Cermak is looking for Feast from the East Sesame Dressing. …
Connie Hannon is looking for sweet red pickle relish, used for making ham-and-pickle sandwiches, which she used to get at Raley’s. …
Poly Acros would like to find Parker Farms Natural Peanut Butter. …
Linda Morelli would like to find cherry juice made with red tart cherries with no added sugar or sweeteners. …
Lynette Hunter is looking for restaurants that serve lobster thermidor. …
Gladys Adams is looking for Hershey’s Baking Chocolate. …
Michelle Farber is looking for Chocolate Twizzlers. …
Judy McMillion is looking for a rectangular garlic bread — flat, with butter and seasonings on top — that she used to get at Costco. …
And David Simms is looking for suggestions for “apple pie that you (don’t) need a hammer and chisel to cut through.”
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