Greetings,
I recently had arepas, made by a Venezuelan friend in San
Francisco. I loved them and would really like to re-create
them here at home in Denver. She used P.A.N. brand cornmeal.
I have looked at five different big-name grocery stores for
the P.A.N. but have been unable to find it anywhere. I now
wish that I had purchased some in San Francisco and brought
it back with me. My friend is not in SF now, so she can't
send me any.
After some research online, I have found that the brand
P.A.N. could be substituted with any product labeled as Masa
Arepa. I did see something similar to this at one grocery
store, a cornmeal that was specified as "for tamales".
My question is first, does anyone know of a site from
which I can mail order P.A.N.? I have found just one, but
the site requires an order of $30 or more, and I'm not
going to purchase that much P.A.N. or buy anything else
from the site.
My second question is, is anything labeled "Masa Arepa"
identical to the product labeled under the "P.A.N." brand? I
really want the pancakes to be as authentic as possible.
Thank you in advance!