blake murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:36:23 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:04:13 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> sf wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:57:05 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gee, I am surprised you can't find this. The brand is Lan Chi,
>>>>> IIRC. That may help. I guess I'm glad I have a jar I just opened
>>>>> recently if it is going to be hard or impossible to find.
>>>> Are you sure it's paste and not sauce? I can find chili *sauce* with
>>>> garlic very easily. It's not the same taste.
>>>>
>>> Yes, it's paste.
>> Great! Where do you find it?
>>
>> I used to just pick it up at my regular market. I found a thread on
>> ChowHound that tells me I'm not crazy... it *is* hard to find here.
>> Other threads I found say it's hard to find elsewhere too.
>
> whereat is 'here'? there should be a staggering variety at any asian
> market.
>
> jean b. - i have a jar of the lan chi in my refrigerator. what do you
> usually use it for?
>
> i usually find myself using the szechuan brand hot bean paste:
>
> <http://www.myethnicworld.com/p-632-bean-sauce-hot-szechuan-style.aspx>
>
> ...which also comes in a smaller-sized can. the sweet bean is good, too.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Oh, gee. Probably stuff off the top of my head now. It seems to
me one of my Chinese cookbooks, that was on the cusp of the red
pepper flake and paste/sauce revolution called for this. I'll
have to unbury those books and look. I think you have Delfs, so
it must not be that. Do you have Mrs. Chiang?

--
Jean B.