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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: smetina (or smetna)
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Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 15:13:20 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 19 15:13:20 1984
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This is a trade name for a type of sour cream. It might be sour-half&half
or some such concoction that the FDA thinks shouldn't be labelled
"sour cream", or it might just be a brand name. Anyway, if this sounds
to be the right thing, go ahead and substitute generic sour cream
in the recipes you have.

(This stuff comes in a cardboard container, sort of cream-colored, with
red lettering. I've seen it around here (St. Louis, MO) all my life,
so it's been around a while. I sort of thought it was "Smetana", but
I haven't paid attention to it for years. My mother used to buy it, but
I buy ordinary sour cream. This stuff is still in the stores, in the dairy
case right next to the sour cream, though.)

Will Martin

PS - If the recipes you have indicate that you are looking for crackers
or leaves or some sort of spice, we are talking about two different things.
If so, never mind...