Saturday, December 27, 2014

Buying White Powder

Cream of tartar, as far as I could tell, is not available here.

However, upon discussing odd things that I need Michael to import, someone told me very knowledgeably that cream of tartar was no problem. It turns out that you have to get it at the pharmacy!

Since I was out of the stuff, I figured I'd give it a shot. After a little description (because I wasn't positive of its name in Italian), we knew we were talking about the same substance. How much did I want? Hmm. Hadn't thought about how much the stuff weighs, how dense it is, etc. The pharmacist suggested 30 grams, which sounded just fine to me.

She came back in a few minutes and handed me a wrapped package.

When I wanted to use it today, I took the package and unwrapped it:

Packaging with inner envelope
Labeling
 Inside, more paper!

Finally, a white powder.
Time to make meringues!

Love, Alexandra

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