I hear things about candied chestnuts (in syrup) being sold in France and Italy, so maybe you could find something closer to home. They're a little pricey. Also, the European ones look different but that only matters if you're all "OH I WANT MY CHESTNUTS TO BE YELLOW AND SMOOTH SO I CAN CUT THEM INTO LITTLE HEARTS D:" like me :/
The sweet potatoes I talk about are the Japanese kind. There is a very big chain health food store around here that sells them, so if you have any of those, try that. Asian supermarkets can be kind of a crapshoot because sometimes they don't carry produce. ^^;
Almond jello doesn't HAVE to be made with agar-agar---you can make it with any unflavored gelatin, powder, sticks, whatever. Agar-agar just has a particular texture when it breaks up. It's like it flakes instead of crumbling. (Also, it's made of seaweed instead of frightening animal parts.)
I am only too happy to have an opportunity to ramble about food and how to find the weird Japanese stuff. Thank you for asking.
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Date: 2008-01-07 08:39 pm (UTC)I hear things about candied chestnuts (in syrup) being sold in France and Italy, so maybe you could find something closer to home. They're a little pricey. Also, the European ones look different but that only matters if you're all "OH I WANT MY CHESTNUTS TO BE YELLOW AND SMOOTH SO I CAN CUT THEM INTO LITTLE HEARTS D:" like me :/
The sweet potatoes I talk about are the Japanese kind. There is a very big chain health food store around here that sells them, so if you have any of those, try that. Asian supermarkets can be kind of a crapshoot because sometimes they don't carry produce. ^^;
Almond jello doesn't HAVE to be made with agar-agar---you can make it with any unflavored gelatin, powder, sticks, whatever. Agar-agar just has a particular texture when it breaks up. It's like it flakes instead of crumbling. (Also, it's made of seaweed instead of frightening animal parts.)
I am only too happy to have an opportunity to ramble about food and how to find the weird Japanese stuff. Thank you for asking.