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Old Mar 17th, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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Who lives in Italy?

Returned yesterday from a weekend in Rome. Fabulous!
We were served small Grissini (about the size of your finger) which had sesame seed in them and I loved them. I didn't notice the make and despite looking in one or two places I couldn't find them to buy.
I'm wondering whether they are available in the U.K. but first I need to know who makes them Can anyone help please?

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Old Mar 17th, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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I don't live in Italy, but I googled >grissini sesame< and found this online grocery in the UK that sells grissini with sesame seed:
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-...ick__120g.html

There's no way of knowing, of course, whether it's the brand you had in Rome...
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Old Mar 17th, 2009 | 02:16 PM
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If you digit "grissini al sesamo" in Google you will find dozens of companies. The problem is to know which is the type they served to you.
Anyway, I live in Italy, if I can help you.
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Old Mar 17th, 2009 | 02:40 PM
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We have them available in the U.S. so I would expect they have made it as far as the U.K.
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Old Mar 18th, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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I don't mind that they may be a different brand-thank you so much!
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Old Mar 18th, 2009 | 03:11 PM
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Sainsbury's stock sesame grissini. They should be with the cheese biscuits.
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Old Mar 26th, 2009 | 01:36 PM
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Just returned from an overnight trip over the border ( to England) and visited my nearest Sainsbury's. I am the proud owner of three boxes of sesame grissini!
Thank you!
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Old Mar 27th, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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Hmm ! Not too many sesame seeds per cc here- about 10 per grissini! Maybe I'll email the restaurant and ask for the brand they serve.
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Old Mar 27th, 2009 | 11:56 AM
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Don't live in Italy anymore (sigh...) but a brand we used to buy was Vecchio Palone. They had lots of seeds as I recall. GranForne is another but it is less rustic in appearance, a more mass-produced bread stick.
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