Vineleaves

Don't buy vine leaves to make sarmi (meat and rice stuffed vineleaves). either pick your own vine leaves if you can get there, blanch and store in salt water. They keep for a year. They are so expensive in supermarkets it amazes me why people actually buy them when they are free to pick.

If yo can't get hold of vine leaves then use cabbage leaves, they are almost as good abd if you have to buy it is much cheaper.