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Sour Cream
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:27 pm
by Scott
Hi!
Does anyone know where I can get sour cream in Luxor - and what to ask for!!
THANKS!
Scott
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:13 pm
by FABlux
This is a common enough brand here, maybe you could take a print with you? unfortunately the arabic site is still under construction
http://www.juhayna.com/SourCream.html
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:26 pm
by Kevininabydos
just add a little lemon juice to fresh cream and you have sour cream. I have seen it on occasions at Omars and I think Arkwrights do it too.
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:38 pm
by FABlux
I thought that too Kevin

but then I started looking it up & it wanted buttermilk, and all sorts as well so decided I was wrong

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:53 pm
by Goddess
Will one of the two funky new stores have the juhayna one in? Metro up here has it as standard fare in the cabinet with yoghurts in so we get that one most of the time. I'm sure we call it labna, although the arabic name on the juhayna box doesn't say that?

Maybe labna is the Egyptian word for it?
If Mr G is feeling cheap - he sometimes gets it from a standard milk shop (the kind with the tons of yoghurts in a fridge and a big steel vat of milk near the door.)
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:05 pm
by Kevininabydos
The adding buttermilk method is for a sour cream sauce, the buttermilk makes it thick and velvety and the whey in the buttermilk sours it.
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:07 pm
by Kevininabydos
The adding buttermilk method is for a sour cream sauce, the buttermilk makes it thick and velvety and the whey in the buttermilk sours it. Thinking about it I have seen it in the new supermarket in Television Street, forget it's name, in the fridges to the right as you enter the shop.
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:58 pm
by Glyphdoctor
Put jibna garish in the blender with a spoon or two of milk and some lemon juice. In some cases yogurt is a good substitute too.
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:59 am
by warda
I've just been in Khair Zaman supermarket yesterday and they had sour cream containers (500 ml) next to rayeb and yogurt.
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:07 am
by FABlux
Kevininabydos wrote:The adding buttermilk method is for a sour cream sauce, the buttermilk makes it thick and velvety and the whey in the buttermilk sours it.
Oh

you are very clever Kevin

I'm fairly dairy intolerant so never use any form of cream, the nearest I get is skimmed milk (but I can now get it here & not that slimy long life stuff either

)
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:35 am
by BENNU
I have often bought sour cream at Omar's. But I am aware that it is very fat!
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:15 am
by Scott
Thank you all fro the great advice!!! Found it at KZ - Baked potatoes tonight!!!
Best!
Me