Ingredients swapping - UK

Morning Glory

Morning Glory

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Would anyone be interested in swapping ingredients? On another forum I was on we used to do this sometimes. For example, I sent someone dried limes (which they couldn't get in Italy) and got some dried mushrooms in return. It does, of course mean trusting someone with a postal address (which obviously isn't shown on the forum).

Perhaps its too complicated to do...I don't know. For example, I can get cheap pink sea salt locally. I'd happily swap a packet of it for something I can't get (or something home-made).

I'd be interested to know what people think.
 
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I think it could work really well between people in the same country and it has the potential to work between counties if the participants are careful. I can't see why it can't be tried. So the question becomes what is it you have cheaply locally that doesn't weigh a ton and can be posted?

My area (currently) has lots of Cheshire potatoes! Useless for posting but I do have a lot of asafoetida in its resin form which you would need to grind to make the powder. I also have a lot of dried shallots...

Oh and if anyone wants some sourdough starter, just yell... I can easily post some out within the UK.
 
Doubt you would want Himalayan Pink sea salt @SatNavSaysStraightOn (you said before you use very little salt). I also have a lot of frozen Kaffir Lime Leaves. They will survive posting and re-freezing. I know 'cos I sent some to someone else once. Hmm, what else? I've got some Whole Dried Limes and tubes of Harissa. Any takers?

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I use asafoetida quite a lot in powder form. Is the resin significantly different?
 
morning glory said:
I use asafoetida quite a lot in powder form. Is the resin significantly different?
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the powder is simply the resin ground up, but the powder is often tampered with and 'diluted' with other 'stuff'. the resin is guaranteed to be clean and I only grind up small amounts for freshness and the grind up another batch a few months later. It seems to last better that way.
 
morning glory said:
Well it looks as if we haven't got many takers! I'd love to try some of your asafoetida @SatNavSaysStraightOn, and I'm tempted by sourdough starter (although I feel I really MUST make my own!). Lime leaves...? (she mutters, hopefully).
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send me a PM with your name and postal address and I can pop some in the post to you.
 
I would also be interested. but family is not very adventurous with foods. I also don't have a clue what you would want from the states... any ideas??
 
Chef00 said:
I didn't realize this was from 2 years ago. LOL!
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Not 2 years but from September 2015 (9 months ago). But it doesn't matter. It was an idea that really didn't take off. But if there are ingredients that I can get here that you can't, I'd be more than happy to send them to you! I can get all sorts of Indian spices very cheaply, which perhaps might be more difficult to obtain over there?

As for US ingredients, I will give that some thought!
 
morning glory said:
Not 2 years but from September 2015 (9 months ago). But it doesn't matter. It was an idea that really didn't take off. But if there are ingredients that I can get here that you can't, I'd be more than happy to send them to you! I can get all sorts of Indian spices very cheaply, which perhaps might be more difficult to obtain over there?

As for US ingredients, I will give that some thought!
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ROFLOL! My Math Sucks! LOL It didn't register
 
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