[Sca-cooks] anchovies & tamarind....

[Sue Clemenger]

I don't recall seeing them, no, but then, I didn't go out of my way to 
look for them, either.  About the only version I remember seeing is 
anchovy paste.
I live in a town that's probably a whole hell of a lot smaller than 
Austin, let alone NYC like Master A (only about 50,000, and at that, 
we're still the 2nd largest in the state).  We just don't have the 
ethnic populations or groceries that many of you do.  We have small 
populations of Hmong, and Vietnamese, and Tibetan, and something 
eastern-Russian (Byelorus? Dunno, but they're religious refugees from 
several years back), but not enough to spawn or support a specialty 
store.  We had one, wonderful, funky little Italian deli, but it closed 
this past winter when the proprietor decided to retire (he was in his 
90s, I figure he's entitled).  I might be able to find anchovies at the 
Good Food Store, which is our local health food/artisan/ethnic store, 
but no guarantees.
ISTR, moving to tamarinds, that I've got a couple of dried ones in a bag 
in my cupboard (bought as a curiosity).  I *think* there's a recipe for 
a drink syrup made with them in the Anonymous Andalusian.  Has anyone 
tried it? I might have to, this weekend! ;oD
--maire


Stefan li Rous wrote:
> Maire commented:
> 
>> My one exprience with anchovies-as-themselves was on a pizza, hidden
>> under the cheese.  They tasted like nasty little salt bombs to me
>> <<shudder>>.  And I don't live in a part of the US that has the wide
>> variety of ethnic cuisines and markets available elsewhere, so I haven't
>> had the opportunity to taste them prepared on something besides a really
>> bad Domino's pizza.
> 
> 
> Are you saying you can't find them in your regular grocery store? Here 
> they can be found in most grocery stores in the same section as the 
> canned sardines, canned mussels and clams, canned octopus and other 
> canned meats. The cans are usually about the same proportions as the 
> canned sardines but about half that size, although sometimes I've seen 
> them in small glass jars rather than tins.