Tanks Dan, I was hoping you'd find this thread & pipe in. If you have any other "hot spots" you'd like to share with us Northeasters, list 'em please... L.B. finally made Jim's Open Fields this year, you & Helen on for 2006? NECM On 12/10/05, Dan Gillis <DanGillis@earthlink.net> wrote: > My wife and I have lived in and around Boston for most of our lives, and I > can honestly say that your daughter shouldn't have any trouble finding all > of the fresh ingredients she wants for the Posole. There are dozens of > specialty shops around where she can buy just about anything she will need. > > I know that for "one stop" shopping, she can go to the Stop and Shop on > River Street in Watertown, MA (which is about 10 minutes outside of Boston. > They seem to cater to a wide variety of cultural tastes (much more so than > the usual supermarket) and we've always been able to pick up hominy and > just about any veggie or condiment that we need. > > If she wants to look for more interesting produce, she can drive up River > street to Russo's (which is a green grocer). They have tremendous produce > and actually supply many of the supermarkets and shops in the Boston area. > > Boston isn't just for "Chowda" anymore!! > > Dan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Perry C. Abernethy" <pcabernethy@comcast.net> > To: "Chileheads List" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 3:42 PM > Subject: [CH] Red Chile In Boston, Mass > > > > URGENT HELP!!!! My daughter now lives in Boston and wants to make New > > Mexican Posole for Christmas. Does anyone know of any grocery store or > > food store or specialty place in or near Boston, Mass. that sells red > > chile powder, or frozen red Chile (like the Bueno foods carton), Mexican > > spices and the limed hominey needed to make posole?? A standard > > Christmas dish in New Mexico. Any Mexican produce or grocery stores? > > Perry Abernethy > > > > -- Is this where I'm suppose to attach some witty little ditty?