Readers come through in muffin search
Taste of the Town has fielded some pretty offbeat requests from readers over the years, and this one ranked right up there: Anne McConnell e-mailed in search of English muffins that are not fork-split — that she has to cut herself — and have a dense texture without so many nooks and crannies. And lo and behold, readers delivered:
Jean Sider and Shae Wilhite both recommended the house brand at Fresh & Easy (which has numerous locations in the valley), with Sider adding, "We split ’em ourselves and find practically zero nooks and crannies." Wilhite noted, "Leave it to a U.K. chain to have good English muffins!" And Amy Pippins recommended Wolferman’s English muffins, available at www.wolfermans.com (or call 800-798-6241). …
Here’s another question that I never thought would bring a response — but again, readers surprised me. For Diana Adair, who’s looking for a restaurant that serves a crispy chicken salad similar to that served at the long-closed Chin’s at the Fashion Show mall, they responded: Amlee Gourmet, 3827 E. Sunset Road. Mariann Clemens e-mailed that Steven Lee, "one of the original chefs at Chin’s when it was at Desert Inn and Eastern," is operating Amlee, which also was recommended by Lexi Jablonski. …
For Tammy Moorman, who’s looking for Oscar Mayer Braunschweiger, Beverly Lynch e-mailed that after a long search, she found it at the Kmart Super Center at 10405 S. Eastern Ave. in Henderson. …
For Bob Miller, who’s looking for a restaurant that serves kidney pie, Aleta Dupree e-mailed to recommend the steak and kidney pie at the Crown & Anchor at 1350 E. Tropicana Ave.; there’s another Crown & Anchor at 4755 Spring Mountain Road. …
For Harry Schmidt, who’s looking for Celentano frozen pasta, Lynn Callahan e-mailed that some varieties are available at Vons at 2667 Windmill Parkway in Henderson. …
More (the last!) on Italian beef: Tara Klimek recommended Bono’s at 310 E. Warm Springs Road, and Vincent Serritella suggested Vinny Boy’s Italian Marketplace, 3620 W. Sahara Ave. …
Reader requests: Jennifer Esposito is looking for Casper’s Hot Dogs, which she used to get at Costco, and a source for good Italian pastries. …
Kathy Noetzel is looking for 1-gallon containers of Original Flavor Open Pit Barbecue Sauce, which she used to get at the Smart & Final in Henderson. …
Don Cooley is looking for a local store that sells fresh-roasted nuts, as Sears did many moons ago. …
Robert Quinlan is looking for Grassland Butter and Torrediluna Pinot Grigio wine. …
Mary Beam is looking for Roman Meal cereal. …
Dean B. Pomerantz is looking for long, thin, battered and fried zucchini. …
Jean Lappin is looking for Grapples, apples that taste like grapes. …
Hank Thropp is looking for New Orleans Style Seafood Baste (not base). …
And Doug Kay — and lots of other readers — is looking for frozen rhubarb.
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