[Sca-cooks] Squid Ink in Atlanta?

[kingstaste at mindspring.com]

	Hehehe In the same city I bet I know where you could find it.
I believe it is on Buford Hwy.
It would be called the Buford Hwy International Market? Maybe?  Anyways
it is an Oriental/ Mexican grocery store very similar to the
International Market in Dekalb that you went to.  (Complete with the
fresh fish etc...) Their prices are even better on meats but
International Market in Dekalb beats them on veggies.
But I bet that the one on Buford Hwy has Squid Ink.
Maybe Christianne could be your supplier.
Nichola

Who shopped at both stores


The International Farmer's Market on Peachtree Industrial maybe?  That place
is interesting, but I would not (based on my recent visit there) buy fresh
food from them under any circumstances.  Using the term "fresh" fish would
not be my first choice.  The tanks were grungy and smelled bad, the meats
were suspect-looking.  When talking to some other chef-instructors from a
competing school, they said they used that place as an example of a Bad
Market.
	The variety of packaged goods was impressive, however, and I did buy a
chocolate whisk and some other shelf-stable items.  Squid Ink I did not see
there (although I wasn't looking), but I would bet that somewhere in that
general vicinity it is available.  Heck, we didn't ask at the Dekalb market,
it's possible they have it there.
	Does anyone have experience working with squid ink?  Does it come in a dry
form?  Are there any period references to using it as a food color? (Guess I
could check my CA on Colorful Cooks for the answer to that one)
	Christianna