Raiding Other People's Cultures for Snacks: Report 716A

[mrissa]

The Persian grocery on University yielded:

Spiced almonds: tasty and zingy; must buy some for Dad.

Spiced pistachios: spice not really strong enough, but tasty due to being less oversalted than most in-shell pistachios in supermarkets.

Pomegranate fruit leather: tasted like a red Fruit Roll-Up. I read the label, and it had all the usual fruit leather things in it and none of the nasty high-fructose whatevers and artificial whosits. So if you like red Fruit Roll-Ups but are trying to avoid whatevers and whosits, hie yourself on over to the Persian grocery and get pomegranate fruit leather.

Tamarind fruit leather: tasted like holycrudtamarind. So much tamarind. If you get cravings for tamarind, and you want semi-shelf-stable stuff, this stuff is the answer.

Still to taste: sour cherry fruit leather (gosh I hope it's really sour), some kind of berry I've never had before fruit leather.

Comments

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that tamarind stuff sounds like it'll be right up my alley.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

Where on uni? (say 'by lexington', pls.)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

It's the Caspian Deli and Grocery, up by the U itself.

[alecaustin.livejournal.com]

I am still disappointed in the lack of "Prince" in its name. (Also the lack of a dedicated parking spot for the Dawn Treader, but you know, what can you do.)

[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

Oh! I loved going to the Caspian when I lived there.:) The kabobs and saffron rice with a roasted tomato is total comfort food.:)

Also, :).

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I get the Special Chicken. Saffron and citrus grilled chicken, nom.

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

Wait... is it possible to *be* in a non-tamarind-craving state?