111673 Mon Oct 28 12:52:13 -0800 2002 10 7 Chicago Area 0 605167 I'm co-hosting a party where we will be serving tapas and I'm having a hard time finding Spanish chorizo for a couple of dishes I'd like to make. The stuff you get in the Mexican markets isn't right. I know there are several kinds, each suitable for different purposes. I need one that is appropriate for sausage with figs. It can be domestic - I'm not that picky. It seems to me this was covered somewhere here a while ago but in searching down the posts I wasn't able to find it. I found a place I can order it from online if need be, but if I can swing by somewhere and pick it up I'd prefer that. Thanks... Mon Oct 28 12:52:13 -0800 2002 0 AndreaOK 1 605177 I'll provide the info rather than a link, as it's simpler: Palacios brand, imported from Spain and given the stamp of approval by the NYTimes is sold at La Unica on Devon east of Clark and at El Mercato on Southport at Grace. Mon Oct 28 14:24:37 -0800 2002 605167 0 JeffB 2 605179 Thanks - I'm not far from La Unica so I'll stop in there! Andrea Mon Oct 28 14:37:12 -0800 2002 605177 0 AndreaOK 1 605182 Deliberico, the deli counter in Cafe Iberico, has many different kinds. Mon Oct 28 14:45:10 -0800 2002 605167 0 annieb 1 605270 Not sure whether this was your online source, but I can tell you that everything I have ordered from tienda.com (see URL below) has always been top quality. For someone who lived in Spain for a long time and fell in love with Spanish food, this is a gold mine for "comfort food." Link: http://www.tienda.com/food/chorizo.htm Wed Oct 30 10:13:03 -0800 2002 605167 0 Kirk 2 605290 Thanks Kirk - that was in fact the source I was looking at. Glad to know they are reliable! Wed Oct 30 16:33:44 -0800 2002 605270 0 AndreaOK 1 605276 I was at Binny's on Clark last night for an Amagnac tasting, went to the deli counter to check it out, they had several varieties of Spanish chorizo. I didn't get any, but it looked good. Wed Oct 30 12:13:03 -0800 2002 605167 0 dougk 2 605277 Oh, it's Clark and Wellington, 3000 N. Clark. Wed Oct 30 12:13:48 -0800 2002 605276 0 dougk 1 605279 Read your post again more carefully. For sausage with figes you probably want a softer chorizo of the sausage rather than salami type. The only place I've seen them has been mail order or at Deliberico. Hope your party goes well. Deliberico is also a great source of some spanish ingredients, like piquillo peppers, that are ridiculously expensive for small quantities at gourmet type stores, but available at a reasonable price there. I no longer carry back a year's worth of one pound tins of piquillos since I've discovered them. Also the pickled garlic, it's the bomb. Everyone I've every served it to has raved, even non garlicaholics. That an zinc will often kill a cold. Sarica is the house brand of the owner/chef of Iberico. Their olive oil is pretty good and cheap too. I find I go to Iberico to shop more than for tapas now. Wed Oct 30 12:28:48 -0800 2002 605167 0 annieb 2 605291 I've only been to Iberico once - it was jam packed so I don't think I've ever been aware that they had a deli counter. I'll have to check that out! Is the Sarica pickled garlic there the same stuff that you can get in jars at Lincolnwood Produce? Thanks! Wed Oct 30 16:37:53 -0800 2002 605279 0 AndreaOK 3 605293 Don't know about Lincolnwood Produce. The Sarica picled garlic comes as slices and as whole cloves. Whole cloves are defintely the way to go. Thanks. Wed Oct 30 17:01:42 -0800 2002 605291 0 annieb