Readers offer suggestions for bulgur wheat salad
After Ruth Burns asked for recipes for bulgur wheat salad, three fellow Taste of the Town readers responded.
Christine Datian sent her recipe for grilled chicken and bulgur wheat salad, which won a prize from Sunset magazine and was featured in an October Taste of the Town column; it can be found at https://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/heidi-knapp-rinella/taste-town-sunset-honors-local-resident-s-chicken-salad.
M. Nozaki had another option: "The best and easiest comes in a box by the Near East company," Nozaki wrote, adding that it's called Taboule Mix Wheat Salad and can be found in the foreign-food aisle of supermarkets.
Ann Brown sent the following recipe:
BULGUR SALAD
1 cup bulgur
4 green onions, finely chopped
1 1/2 cups chopped parsley
1/4 cup chopped fresh mint
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
Salt, to taste
Cover bulgur with cold water and soak for 20 minutes.
Drain bulgur, squeezing out as much moisture as possible. Add the rest of the ingredients, tasting and adjusting seasoning as desired. Cover and chill.
Recipe from Ann Brown
More reader finds
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For Mary Ballard, who's looking for turkey mignons wrapped in bacon, Melissa Brearey emailed, "I buy them from Schwan's home delivery and they are excellent in both price and quality"; go to www.schwans.com. And Brown saw bacon-wrapped turkey kebabs at Smith's at 9350 W. Flamingo Road. ...
And for Kathy Boland, who's looking for ossetra or beluga caviar, Helen Schussler of The Tovah Team emailed that since the beluga sturgeon is an endangered species, its caviar hasn't been imported to the United States since 2005. Schussler said her website, www.tovahcaviar.com, carries ossetra from various sources, and that reasonably priced American white sturgeon caviar has a flavor very close to ossetra. ...
More on sugar cubes: "Every Wal-Mart — including the Neighborhood Markets — I go to has C&H Sugar on the top shelf, with a large variety of cubes, packets, powdered," emailed Jerry Meloy. ...
More on raspberry vinegar: "I'm sure it would be fun to make, but Big Horn Olive Oil Company, my favorite store for both infused olive oils and balsamic vinegars, makes a delicious raspberry vinegar," emailed Lois Sagel. The Las Vegas store is at 2110 N. Rampart Blvd. (at Lake Mead Boulevard); the company's website is www.bighornoliveoil.com.
More reader requests
Gary Lavey is looking for boxes of Kraft Spaghetti Classics Tangy Italian. ...
Marlena Hefner is looking for a local bakery that makes coconut custard pie from scratch. ...
Cindi Maciolek is looking for a Cajun potato salad similar to that which she used to find at the deli counter at Albertsons, or a recipe for it. ...
Don Burleigh is looking for B&M products, including canned brown bread and baked beans. ...
And P. Mullaney is looking for an Indonesian restaurant that serves the traditional rijsttafel.
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