"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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| On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:30:54 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
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| > Sqwertz wrote:
| >>
| >> So what do you buy that would change our indifference toward a
| >> certain food/drink?
| >
| > Ah, hitting head. How could I have forgotten?
| > Juanita's Menudo. They do have a version without
| > hominy, though you're not likely to find it outside
| > of a supermarket that specializes in Mexican food.
| > It is better than freshly made menudo. The tripe is
| > so gelatinous, so delicate. A perfect bowl of menudo
| > is made by taking a large can of Juanita's, picking out
| > all the really nasty bits, and heating that up.
| > I would always pick out all the big chunks of orange fat
| > before heating it, but it's more authentic and flavorful
| > if you leave them in.
|
| i've been looking for juanita's menudo, but haven't been able to find it
| yet. even whole foods failed me.

Very limited distribution, mainly in California. Their website has
a guide to finding stores that carry their products:
http://www.juanitasfoods.com/
and I've heard that Mexgrocer is quite reliable as an online source:
http://www.mexgrocer.com/brand-juanita-s.html

pavane