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> Giusi wrote:
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>> "Dan Goodman" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> > Giusi wrote:
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>> > > The list is even narrower than that. We only publish recipes that
>> > > can be made here. There are lots of ingredients practically no
>> > > one would ever find here, and those we may make because people
>> > > bring us things, but we don't publish them unless they are doable.
>> >
>> > What are some of the ingredients which are so difficult to find
>> > there?
>> > --
>> > Dan Goodman
>>
>> Top of the list cheddar cheese, then baking powder that is not in
>> premeasured packets, buttermilk, confectioner's sugar, vanilla
>> extract, celery seed, dry mustard, chillies of diverse descriptions,
>> corn tortillas, and the list can be expanded by every expat who lives
>> here. We can get lots of wonderful stuff the folks back home can't
>> or else pay a bundle for, but a lot of real basics to down home
>> cuisine are rare or absent.
>
> Cheddar? I wouldn't have considered that likely.
>
> Corn tortillas -- is there anything close enough to masa harina that it
> could be used to make them?

Only if I travel to Rome or Torino and pay a bundle. Nothing works except
slaked maise harina.