Requests send readers on food expedition

Lots of requests this week, from lots of readers:

Bud England is looking for bottles of green olive juice, which he used to get at Tuesday Morning. ...

Spirou Khoury would like to find packets of St. Hubert Barbecue Sauce. ...

Pat Dowd is looking for frozen mashed turnips. ...

Gary Botkin is looking for Original Skillet Grandy's White Gravy Mix in a 2.4-pound can. ...

Jenni Smith would like to find V8 Picante flavor vegetable juice -- not to be confused with the spicy-hot flavor. ...

Kim Hudson is looking for a local source for 00 flour for making pizza dough. ...

Robert Johnson is looking for a restaurant that serves a "good old-fashioned slow-cooked lamb stew."...

Michael Rousseau would like to find Greenwood sliced pickled beets, with or without onions. ...

Bob France would like to find Montreal smoked meat in a sandwich served on rye bread. ...

Ellen Drayer is looking for pints of mocha mix. ...

Carolyn Jones is looking for onions with cream sauce, either in jars or frozen. ...

Ginger Jarman is looking for Diet Big Red soft drink. ...

Bev Greer is looking for pepper hash, which she used to get in Philadelphia. ...

Robin Picardo is looking for Amé nonalcoholic wine, which she used to get at Trader Joe's. ...

Anita Umak is looking for Devonshire sandwiches, a Pittsburgh specialty, and bakeries that make pizzelle cookies. ...

Bobbie Clark is looking for extra-long spaghetti. ...

Karen Heroy would like to find a local source for Gettysburg Pretzels. ...

Bonnie Boyd is looking for boiled peanuts. ...

Judy Laughery and a number of other readers are looking for frozen rhubarb; fresh rhubarb is in stores now, but won't be for long. ...

Geoff Marsh is looking for Bolsts brand curry powder from India, and for poppadums in a plastic package and Indian relishes and chutneys. ...

Bob Manning is looking for a local source for Hatch or Sandia roasted, peeled and frozen green chilies. ...

Karen Korsnas is looking for Wheatena. ...

Ashley, Sarah and Julie Meyers are looking for silver dragees for decorating cakes and cookies. ...

Gerald Furtaw is looking for baba au rhum in cans. ...

Paul B. Aguirre is looking for a local source for pure cane syrup. ...

Sandie Levin would like to find Kimlan Soy Sauce. ...

Robert Jones would like to find a local source for refill bags of Charles Chips. ...

Marilyn Watt would like to know if Justino's, late of Nellis Boulevard, has relocated anywhere else. ...

J. Keith would like to find Gardetto's Mustard Pretzels. ...

Fonda Klecko would like to find Mrs. Paul's Frozen Crab Cakes. ...

Pat Burrows is looking for Hershey's cinnamon chips, which she once found at Smith's. ...

Jack Harold is looking for a local source for Habbersett Scrapple, and Original Trenton Crackers from Philadelphia. ...

And Barbara A. Jackson would like to find a local source for shoo-fly pie.

Readers?

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