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Default Kaffir Lime leaves substitution

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"Zeppo" > wrote:

> So I found some leaves after all.
>
> We met some friends Saturday night before a play to go to an Italian
> restaurant for dinner. Something happened with our reservation and they
> couldn't accommodate us. We walked across the street to a Thai/Vietnamese
> restaurant and were seated right away. I was BS'ing with the waiter for a
> few minutes before we ordered and asked him where they sourced their leaves.
> He said they had a few friends that grew them as a side business and
> supplied the Asian restaurants in the area. I asked if he might have an
> 'oversupply' and be able to help me with the shortage I was experiencing.
> Although he just laughed when I asked, when I opened the leatherette folder
> for the check, they were 6 lime leaves enclosed in saran wrap.
>
> The dish came out great.
>
> Jon


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