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Originally Posted by Bob
. . ............................. (as opposed to Bacala which is popular in Jersey) I'm going to have to see if I can duplicate these recipes but doubt I can find an "achiote". I'll have to look it up.....
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Bob,
Achiote seeds
[Bixa Orellana] are even available in the Spanish section of Safeway grocery stores in the West Coast. They come in small plastic bags with other dried spices used in Mexican cooking. So it is not that uncommon. In Asian stores, look for the "Atswete" water in a small bottle (probably 2 or 4 oz.), from the Philippines. It is water that was soaked with Achiote seed, and the seeds removed. In the Philippines, it is used for food coloring, although recipes calling for Achiote will not taste the same if "chemical" food coloring is substituted.
The plant is also called the lipstick tree.
Chong