A Conversation for Pork Tamales - 'Tamales de Carne de Cerdo'
Where do you get banana leaves?
Is mise Duncan Started conversation Mar 23, 2000
If you are in a non-banana republic 
What I mean is - what could I substitute, other than corn (maize) husks as corn is sold here sans wrapping.
Where do you get banana leaves?
crawlingChaos Posted Mar 30, 2005
Probably far too late for you to see this, but for the benefit of everyone else:
A large grocery store (or a small one in an ethnic part of town) might possibly have corn husks on the international foods aisle (proabably alongside the taco mix and salsa and whatnot)
Where do you get banana leaves?
Wand'rin star Posted Mar 31, 2005
Resurrection! I need this to prove that I've been around since then. My space says I haven't posted since as I've cl;eared everything else 
Where do you get banana leaves?
Is mise Duncan Posted Mar 31, 2005
I went to a thai restaurant in town that had stuff on banana leaves. No idea where they got them though. Perhaps Yucca leaves would do instead?
Where do you get banana leaves?
Phil Posted Mar 31, 2005
Why didn't you ask where they got the Banana leaves from?
Where do you get banana leaves?
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Mar 31, 2005
"Yes, we have no bananas,
We have no bananas today..."
~jwf~
OK this is a test
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Apr 1, 2005
Banana leaves? Oh,
they're right there
behind the bananafish. 
~jwf~
OK this is a test
Phil Posted Apr 1, 2005
How about growing your own banana tree to provide you with as many banana leaves as you wish. You may need a tall hothouse to grow the tree in.
OK this is a test
AgProv2 Posted Apr 1, 2007
Livnig in Manchester as I do I'm spoilt, but Carribean food shops in Moss Side and Rusholme/Longsight can do you banana and plantain leaves, as do some of the African and Indian produce shops. Carribean food shops (and West Indian eateries, of which Manchester has many)are also no stranger to tamales and wil cheerfully sort out Jamaican and Barbadan variants no a theme for you.
As in Manchester, so Brick Lane, Birmingham, et c?
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Where do you get banana leaves?
- 1: Is mise Duncan (Mar 23, 2000)
- 2: crawlingChaos (Mar 30, 2005)
- 3: Wand'rin star (Mar 31, 2005)
- 4: Is mise Duncan (Mar 31, 2005)
- 5: Phil (Mar 31, 2005)
- 6: Is mise Duncan (Mar 31, 2005)
- 7: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Mar 31, 2005)
- 8: ~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum (Apr 1, 2005)
- 9: Phil (Apr 1, 2005)
- 10: AgProv2 (Apr 1, 2007)
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