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Post by Carolyn on May 14, 2003 12:50:58 GMT -5
I just KNOW I bought them here before, 'cause I made my cherry bars for the first Jul I was here. I KNOW I bought the maraschino cherries at Konsum.
I have been to Konsum, ICA, Vivo Lucullus and even a few Middle Eastern shops and no damn cherries. Are they just a seasonal thing? Anybody seen them anywhere outside Grey's?
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Post by Natooke on May 15, 2003 9:16:09 GMT -5
You may be looking at the wrong aisle ... in the section where you'll find beer, läsk and drink mixes etc you'll find them ;D well that's how it's set up in our town .. which is really small (4x4) the jars a very small maybe about a dozen cherrys in them ... keep searching! I think their called cocktail körsbär.
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Post by Carolyn on May 15, 2003 13:27:49 GMT -5
I've wandered up and down aisles, searching, but not paying any particular attention to the drinks aisle, so I will give it my special attention tomorrow and see what I can find. Keep you posted, thanks for the info.
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Post by Pam on May 15, 2003 14:37:34 GMT -5
Look where the saltypinnar and liquor mixes are. Our little Konsum actually has red AND green!!
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Post by Carolyn on May 20, 2003 6:46:35 GMT -5
Okay, just returned from a DETAILED trip to our local Konsum. In other words, I walked up and down every aisle, really looking at stuff, reading labels, etc. (When you have no work, it's amazing what you'll do for a cheap thrill).
Anyhow, NO maraschino cherries, red or green. Of course, I haven't gone out to Coop Forum, which is huge, so they may be there. They were not even lurking around the drink flavorings.
However, I DID find packages of dark brown sugar (muskovado socker) for about 23 SEK. They are about half a pound, though, but appeared to be very fresh (i.e., not rock hard).
they also had a few things I'm not sure about the use of, like several different fruit acids, citronsyra, etc. Cake Guru, explanation? Maybe the citronsyra is like using lemon juice, to prevent your cut pears and apples from browning? I also discovered powdered gelatin and apple pectin, and some hjortrons-something or other by the bikarbonat. Cake Guru, what do you use that for?
They've got some pretty interesting looking, relatively inexpensive bread mixes as well, which can be used in a machine or by hand. The Russian dark bread was about 20 SEK and makes two 22-slice loaves, so I just may try that one. I need to calculate and see how that compares to the cost of doing it ALL by scratch. Generally, making your own white, French and rye bread is a LOT cheaper than buying ready-made and still cheaper than buying the mixes as well.
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