Pineapple preserves available locally

Sometimes, things that seem like they would be easy to find actually are far more elusive, as Sheila McMahon discovered when she was searching for pineapple preserves. But fellow readers have reported a few local sources.

Ellene Hohmann, Suzanne Atfield and Scott Abbott found the preserves at the Oroweat/Entenmann outlets at 2548 Wigwam Parkway in Henderson and 5191 W. Charleston Blvd., Hohmann also found them at Albertsons at 8350 W. Cheyenne Ave. and Food 4 Less at 120 W. Rainbow Blvd., and Jean Sider found them at Food 4 Less at 2271 N. Green Valley Parkway in Henderson. …

For Vickie Olmstead, who’s looking for grass-fed beef, Diane Coleman recommended Branded Meats at 1550 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway in Henderson, Roberta Shulman recommended www.USWellnessMeats.com (877-383-0051) and Audney Somerville recommended Nevada Premium Organics at (775) 964-1397, adding that owner Marlene Redman attends the Bet on the Farm market at the Springs Preserve on Thursdays. …

And for readers who want to create their own fish fries, Coleman noted that Branded Meats has fresh haddock on Fridays. …

For Connie Hollenbeck, who’s looking for Skotidakis products, Herb Steege and Toni Ermini reported spotting the dips at Costco at 801 S. Pavilion Center Drive. …

For Dolores Norelli, who’s looking for a good Italian bakery, Ann Brown recommended Siena Italian Deli at 9500 W. Sahara Ave., lauding the freshly baked cookies, pastries and breads. …

For Vince Macko, who’s looking for half-pound packages of Limburger cheese, Rick Skarda recommended the deli at Cafe Heidelberg at 610 E. Sahara Ave. …

More on brick cheese: Carol Jones wrote to recommend Beechwood Cheese Co. in Beechwood, Wis., at (877) 224-3373. The company also has a web site,www.BeechwoodCheese.com. …

Here are more reader requests: Connie Policriti: a local source for Silver Springs cranberry horseradish;

Roberta Reyes: a local source for butter rolls from Milton’s Bakery of Hawaii;

Marilynn Keck: a local source for frozen breaded veal patties, which she used to get at Smith’s, from a source other than Omaha Steaks;

Gary Shelley: buckwheat pancake mix;

Jackie Raim: plain popcorn salt;

Ellie Anderson: passionfruit pulp in small tins;

Dan Thomas: housemade (butcher-shop quality) ham salad;

Dorothy Lyle: CoCo Wheats;

And Wendell A. Watts: a local source for Dubuque Plumpers hot dogs.

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