[Sca-cooks] Ethnic market epiphanies

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

We who live in the San Fernando Valley are spoiled in this regard. I  live 
a short walk from a both a Pakistani grocer and a small Armenian market. A  
bit further away an Indian market is next to an Israeli supermarket. Lots of 
 Latino places, of course. And more than a few Persian places. One of which 
makes  its own lavash (about four feet long) and a kind of green quiche 
which I THINK  is made with spinach and mint.  

Whatever it is, it's lucky I only bought one slice. If I'd bought ten,  I 
would have finished those on the drive home as well.

 
Jim  Chevallier
www.chezjim.com

Newly translated from Pierre Jean-Baptiste  Le Grand d'Aussy:
Eggs, Cheese and Butter in Old Regime France  

 
In a message dated 3/7/2013 10:08:03 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
sjk3 at cornell.edu writes:

East  Asian (fresh/frozen galangal; wheat starch)
Middle Eastern (old world  beans; date and pomegranate molasses; rose and 
orange blossom waters) South  Asian (an assortment of spices unusual to the 
modern Western palate;  ghee)
Italian (raw uncured olives in season; fresh quince)
Caribbean  (assorted meats and poultry; unusual citrus  fruit)