[Sca-cooks] Indian food questions

[Christiane]

Excellent! Thank you, I will definitely get the Indian grocery story book. And thanks, Master A, for the spice translations!

I have had a great time exploring Zubzsi Mandi as it is, this place not only is a huge grocery store, but also holds a CD/video store, a metalware store (pots, pans, statues, brass, tea sets, etc.), a clothing boutique, and a fancy jewelry store with the 24 kt gold wedding jewelry. And they carry the Mysore sandalwood, jasmine, and rose soaps!

I looooove the fact that I can buy the Ashoka or MTR foilpack readymade dishes for $1.50 each. Talk about a cheap lunch! And I can keep them in my desk drawer!

Oh, and I have become addicted to goad gathiya, the chickpea flour snack sticks. Very tasty!

And it's also been nice to find out that I have a place where I can cheaply buy dried beans in bulk for our shire's November SCA event.

Gianotta

-----Original Message-----
From: Johnna Holloway <johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu>
Sent: Sep 22, 2005 3:09 PM
To: Christiane <christianetrue at earthlink.net>, 
	Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Indian food questions

You might want to buy a copy of
The Indian Grocery Store Demystified. Also by
Linda Bladholm
The Asian Grocery Store Demystified : A food lover's guide to all the 
best ingredients
She also did one on Latin American stores.
Bruce Cost's book that Master A mentioned is
Asian Ingredients : A Guide to the Foodstuffs of China, Japan, Korea, 
Thailand and Vietnam .

All 3 are available in paperback and are good books to take
along when exploring interesting ethnic grocery stores and food markets.

Johnnae