Where can we find cranberry sauce in Bogotá?

Mr. Hollywood says on Dec 14, 2004, 11:45:

berries or sauce Are you looking for ready-made sauce or the berries with which to make sauce? If the later, try Camino Natural on 95th below 11th or Clorophylla (sp?) on 70-something below 7th. They have lots of exotic produce and I've seen, at least, dried cranberries there.

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kernow62 says on Dec 14, 2004, 11:58:

I never associated cranberry sauce with an English Christmas, I guess things have changed since I lived there.

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Qitta says on Dec 14, 2004, 12:17:

Cranberry Sauce Cranberry sauce is an American tradition. Its not really used in England, but maybe your BF likes it!!

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Dec 14, 2004, 12:28:

Pocahontas or a botanist might know about the different strains or variants. A cursory glance on the web says they are one of the few fruits native to North America, along with blueberries and Concord grapes.

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Lauthra says on Dec 14, 2004, 12:45:

Cheers I'll try the places you suggested Mr. Hollywood.
When I spent x-mas in the UK, they had cranberry sauce, and x-mas crackers and those silly hats! We will make our own this year, get my family to learn some english traditions :P
Nato
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viewpoint says on Dec 14, 2004, 12:45:

Cranberry Sauce Maybe at MAKRO

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Lauthra says on Dec 14, 2004, 12:48:

SI en Makro! Should definately look there, they have so many imported stuff.

Nato
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kernow62 says on Dec 14, 2004, 12:52:

Don Negro, I never said that they don't exist in the UK. I said that I never associated them with Christmas, I meaning myself and my family. Yule logs, plum pudding, mince pies, brandy sauce, Christmas cake are a few of the things I associate with Christmas. As you know what one area of Britain considers traditional fare is perhaps different to another region and then there is a class distinction too.

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viewpoint says on Dec 14, 2004, 12:53:

Lauthra You might also find canned EGGNOG at MAKRO or EXITO which is an old tradition and just mix it 50/50 with the rum to do some real damage in a hurry. I have bought the canned stuff in Medellin but I think it was from MAKRO otherwise just mix it up as there are pelnt of recipes online running a search for eggnog recipes.

I almost killed some Colombians with that stuff as they had never tasted it and it will sneak up on you separating your brain from your body. For quicker results just increase the percentage of rum say 70/30 and stand back for blastoff.

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Lauthra says on Dec 14, 2004, 12:58:

Cool The cake you set on fire seems pretty simple as well, I think it's call just christmas cake, how clever :P
I think its just fruitty.

Nato
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Lauthra says on Dec 14, 2004, 13:00:

Gracias Viewpoint, I hope Barry doesn't snoop around, cos Im trying to make it a surprise. In the end it'll be a cross over between a Colombian and and English x-mas dinner, oh and at midnight the 24, well technically the 25...

Nato
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viewpoint says on Dec 14, 2004, 13:02:

Rum The Cake Too Lauthra,

Yes, just add a gallon of rum to the cake mix and bake at low temperature (so you don't lose the rum) for good results. In Alaska, we used a liquor called EverClear 180 proof. If your car broke down at 60 below zero just pull out the bottle of EverClear as you will suvive with that stuff running through your veins.

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kernow62 says on Dec 14, 2004, 13:02:

Lauthra if you are making a Christmas cake you should have started months ago, it takes a long time to get the booze concentration just right.

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Lionheart says on Dec 14, 2004, 13:04:

2 different kinds a closer look on various botanical websites about Vaccinium shows that there are 2 kinds of cranberries:

Small (European) Cranberry - oxycoccus - Alaska to Labrador, Greenland, and Newfoundland; south through New England, the northern portions of the Great Lakes States, and western Washington and Oregon. Also Europe and Asia.

Large (American) Cranberry - macrocarpa - North America, this version has the reference that Tinto made.

I recall seeing and trying the smaller cranberries in Sweden, they are much more sour, but juicier than the large American ones.

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Lauthra says on Dec 14, 2004, 13:04:

uh oh Oh well, I'll start next year's then... Bugger...

Nato
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viewpoint says on Dec 14, 2004, 13:07:

Real Turkey What is the name to the bird that is breed from Pavo/Pollo ? Half turkey and half chicken ? Tough and hard as a rock !!! You need a carpenters saw to carve it !!!

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Lauthra says on Dec 14, 2004, 13:12:

Churkey? I have no idea what you're going on about!

Nato
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Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 14, 2004, 13:12:

Swedish cranberries are the European variety. They grow wild in humid spots in the forest all over the Scandinavian peninsula and in Finland. We sometimes pick small amounts to make juice or jelly. It's not a commercially productive berry like blueberry or lingonberry.
Cheers,
Desi

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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