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Authentic items in US?
 
Serge
Posted: 23 July 2007 09:27 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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I am having a very hard time to find some of the famous items here in US - ex. Rīgas Melnais balzams
It can be brought for NATO sammit, but there is no online store anywhere, or is there?

I can find chocolate by Laima, but hardly any other stuff. There are few “Russian” stores but somehow in past 2 years this channel have became dry…

Any help or suggestions?

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Pierre
Posted: 24 July 2007 05:29 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Bonjour Serge!

First quick answer is to check http://WWW.BALTICSHOP.COM.

I don’t know where you live, but the Russian store we usually go to here in Boston usually stocks Balzams and Laima chocolates, although the Laima selection is rather sparse. We can also find karums, sour cream and butter from Latvia. And on some rare occasions, we find Kerfirs and Kvass.

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Jurmalnieks_Aleks
Posted: 24 July 2007 06:39 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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We’re lucky here in Denver.  We’ve got a “super” liquor store in the area that sells Balzams - In different sizes no less.

Jurmalnieks Aleks :)

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McTalzeme
Posted: 24 July 2007 07:56 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Same system for DC area…there’s a russian store in McLean (VA) that sells Laima, Melnais Balzams and several other “must have” items from the Baltics.  My daughter also found the same thing (quite accidentally) in London!  Don’t know where you live, but have you tried that route?

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Ilze Kļaviņa
Posted: 26 July 2007 10:02 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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Hello,  look around your area for any ‘foreign’ grocery store that sells imports.  In Minneapolis/St.Paul we have 3-4 (that I know of); “Kiev”,  “European Imports” and European deli..” (?)  and the Greek store “Bill’s Imported Foods”. 

They don’t all carry the same items, and they don’t always have everything, but if I make the rounds, I can get these items from Latvija:  Klasiska rupjmaize, klasiska saldskabmaize,  kvass, berzu sulas, salitas silkes, sviestu, skabo krejumu, saldo krejumu, Cido sulu, sieru, Laimas sokolades,  Rigas sprotes, renges + citas zivis bundzinas, ‘karumus’, etc.

There has been no Aldaris anywhere recently - don’t know why.  Don’t know about Rigas Balzams.

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ashmatash
Posted: 05 March 2009 08:17 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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There is a place called Jungle Jims. They are known just for having different foods from all over the world and for being a little wacky. Its located in Fairfield, Ohio.

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Ilze Kļaviņa
Posted: 07 April 2009 04:28 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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Also check the “sprats index” on LatviansOnline homepage.  A lot of info there.

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trejastis
Posted: 16 April 2009 01:51 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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If u very need we can send to us with post office but then it will be aproximitely 3 weeks i think if balzam drive with ship.
Or i think u can bay on ebay maybe.

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trejastis
Posted: 16 April 2009 01:58 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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http://www.balticshop.com
Sitaja adrese paskatijos tur ir loti dargas cenas jo ja tur nav ieklauta atvesana tad jus riktigi parmaksajat jo es piemeram esmu stradajis gramatnica un zinu cik tas gramatas maksa piemeram.
Latviesu legionari
Latvian legionnaires
$65.00
sito gramatu veikala kura stradaju mes uz akcijas tirgojam pa 9ls.
Tas nozime ka reali ta cena ir ne vairak ka 20 $
par gramatam varu jums ieteikt sitadu portalu
http://www.ibook.lv/
tur jus dabusiet sis visas gramatas par divreiz letaku cenu ja vinas iespejams bus lietotas tomer nenaksies parmaksat un par atvesanu javienojas ar katru cilveku atseviski.

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