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.