When it comes to finding ethnic ingredients in our local supermarkets, we have come a long way in the past several years. You can walk through the international aisle and find ingredients from several parts of the world, especially Mexican and Asian. Heck, just last year, it was almost impossible to find Greek yogurt but now it is all the rage.
But some things are still almost impossible to find. My mother has had some success finding Houloumi, a Cypriot cheese but she is finding it at the more expensive and out of the ways stores like Trader Joe's. We have nothing like that in my neck of the woods.
One of my favorite, hard to find, foods is taramosalada (fish roe salad). The main ingredient is Tarama - the fish roe (recipe to follow in later posts). I have looked for and found it online but it would be very expensive and I am not sure that it is int he same form that I am used to. But, have no fear, I do know of one place I can find my tarama. There is a little store in Greektown in Baltimore within walking distance of St. Joeseph's church. But, alas, Baltimore is about an hour from my house so I never get there. This past Tuesday I had to be in Baltimore for business so I took a little detour.
I found my jar of tarama and bought a block of houlumi for good measure. I chatted with the store owner and told him how far I had come for my tarama and he kindly threw in a loaf of his bread for free. I wish I had the extra cash for some of his delicous looking pastries but now I have a reason to try to make them myself - and share the experience, of course.
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