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Nac Mac Feegle

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67. What we eat is what is available locally

Fri Feb 5, 2016, 02:30 PM

Feb 2016

The flora and fauna of our home region.

Cooking is the way we apply heat to the above. Plus the spices close at hand to add some variety and flavor.

Durian doesn't grow in Minnesota, shall we say.

My hobby is cooking, and I look like it. You'd expect that I live on chicken fried steak and hamburgers, but my favorite cuisines are Thai and Middle Eastern. I make a mean tom kha and a great babaghanouj. I'm also known for my angel food cake and my paella, though.

And this weekend, my family is hoping that I'll get that batch of runzas done they've been begging me to do.

Yeah, I'm weird. A good cook, but weird. And always looking for something new.

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We eat WEIRD THINGS...its okay, I'm Asian [View all] yuiyoshida Feb 2016 OP

Years ago Joe Chen owned the Mei Lin restaurant... TreasonousBastard Feb 2016 #1

A lot of Restaurants come and go in San Francisco yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #2

A restaurant is one of the toughest businesses... TreasonousBastard Feb 2016 #3

So the people who start Asian restaurants aren't Americans? snooper2 Feb 2016 #6

Don't start. TreasonousBastard Feb 2016 #7

They are Asian Americans yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #9

That looks dee-lish. hifiguy Feb 2016 #134

It is..having some for dinner tonight yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #140

opening a restaurant is about the fastest way to lose a life savings there is.... dembotoz Feb 2016 #15

You can't chain Asian food... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #25

there is a Vietnamese place in Virginia Beach I want to try. littlewolf Feb 2016 #4

Balut is a Philippine dish and you won't normally find it in a yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #10

I understand Balut being Philippine dish .. I was using that as an example littlewolf Feb 2016 #17

I always have a hard time choosing between yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #20

Nothing, and I do mean NOTHING hifiguy Feb 2016 #58

MOST ASIAN CULTURES have a great soup!! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #61

I make a killer Hot and Sour hifiguy Feb 2016 #70

Sichuan Ah HA !! pangaia Feb 2016 #76

Oh yes! Irene Kuo's out of print hifiguy Feb 2016 #93

Of my 6 trips to China, pangaia Feb 2016 #98

The Kuo book is the Chinese equivalent hifiguy Feb 2016 #103

Thanks a bunch. pangaia Feb 2016 #108

LOVE hot and sour � love it � littlewolf Feb 2016 #131

San Jose elljay Feb 2016 #8

San Francisco has a large Vietnamese population yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #13

It does elljay Feb 2016 #101

You know there is a little hanoi in San Francisco yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #122

That's the one I was talking about downthread! KamaAina Feb 2016 #151

There are three now elljay Feb 2016 #175

True, but the Outer Richmond is halfway to Hanoi. KamaAina Feb 2016 #179

There's probably better parking in Hanoi! elljay Feb 2016 #181

We have a Little Saigon in So. Mpls. hifiguy Feb 2016 #135

Awesome.. yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #141

I was introduced to that by a Korean-American friend hifiguy Feb 2016 #145

all the little dishes they serve you is called yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #148

I live in the suburbs of a city in Iowa, and have a GREAT Vietnamese bullwinkle428 Feb 2016 #11

Immigration not only rocks, it tastes like PHO! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #42

Well, then, come down to San Jose! KamaAina Feb 2016 #12

Isn't it Yummy?? yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #16

I did not get the chicken pho. KamaAina Feb 2016 #18

well think of lovely chicken broth...than think of pho... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #23

If there's a Vietnamese grandma behind the front desk/counter hifiguy Feb 2016 #136

I know a few grandmas that use this yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #173

We have a great Vietnamese restaurant in downtown Fargo. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #119

Its very yummy yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #121

Very hungry! Odin2005 Feb 2016 #123

Tonight I am having Wonton soup... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #126

You're killing me! I LOVE soups. My favorite is a tossup between pho & bun bo hue. AgadorSparticus Feb 2016 #178

A friend's roommate once went to China hifiguy Feb 2016 #133

I like that madokie Feb 2016 #5

You might be surprised how many vets feel the same way KamaAina Feb 2016 #14

My hope is it's most of us madokie Feb 2016 #21

Hey thanks, and as for perfect pitch, Japan has an answer to that.... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #43

I can almost top that with BabyMetal. Rex Feb 2016 #52

love BabyMetal yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #54

Found them around 4am one night on youtube. Rex Feb 2016 #59

I can never get enough great Asian music yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #63

Awesome madokie Feb 2016 #65

Weird Things, are weird for now. Xyzse Feb 2016 #19

yeah but some things...I will pass on. yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #64

That's an amazing Fish Filet... Xyzse Feb 2016 #71

Maybe... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #72

Been there, done that. :) Xyzse Feb 2016 #73

But Frog is popular in Chinese cuisine yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #120

I've had frog. Xyzse Feb 2016 #180

The only thing that weirds me out is balut mainer Feb 2016 #22

Its duck actually yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #26

I love Peking Duck. Does balut actually taste like it? mainer Feb 2016 #45

if you have duck you know yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #48

I love weird Asian things! spinbaby Feb 2016 #24

I L O V E Natto... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #27

Natto doesn't seem to have much taste to me mainer Feb 2016 #46

Next time have it with yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #49

Oh, thanks for this. Makes my day.. !! pangaia Feb 2016 #28

I grew up in a Chinese Neighborhood yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #29

Oh , man. kiree desu pangaia Feb 2016 #32

Toronto is cool, been there yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #33

I know I know I know. been there SF, LA.. mostly LA, LGB etc pangaia Feb 2016 #35

how about a little Peking duck?? yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #37

ooohhh.. yes.... pangaia Feb 2016 #75

Visit the Arts and Humanities group under topics panader0 Feb 2016 #113

Agree on Toronto and it's Asian food. merrily Feb 2016 #159

YES! I really would love to visit Japan! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2016 #30

Why go to Japan to try great Asian food? yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #34

Very true!! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2016 #91

Not to discourage you going to Japan...I would jump there in a heartbeat yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #92

When my sister in law entered the family HassleCat Feb 2016 #31

Hah! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #36

Heh, when I had sushi for the first time I went all out. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #124

Look, if people want to eat octopi then that is their right...but while it is still alive and squirm Rex Feb 2016 #38

HERE YA GO REX, from my favorite sis...SCIENCE BUNNY yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #39

THAT POOR OCTOPUS! Rex Feb 2016 #40

I don't know if I could do that, if I visited South Korea ...but yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #41

True, I say this here at home...but abroad I might do it, because everyone else is. Rex Feb 2016 #44

well hey even if she didn't eat it... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #47

Largest selling alcohol in the world! Still one of my favorites. Rex Feb 2016 #50

I found that out about a little greek drink called yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #51

Ohhh...I've heard about Ouzo but never had any! That looks good! Rex Feb 2016 #55

Decent soju is on my booze bucket list. hifiguy Feb 2016 #137

I have had it once... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #142

I'd never heard of the Fung Bros hifiguy Feb 2016 #53

HIFUY Guy you need to get A BOBALIFE!! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #56

Will check out when I'm in my laptop hifiguy Feb 2016 #60

alrighty than! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #62

That was a hoot. Not a bad tune either. hifiguy Feb 2016 #139

Chicken feet (where the hell can I fiind them?) are great to make soup nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #57

Nadin you are in San Diego right? yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #66

I am sure they do exist. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #68

lets see... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #69

As I said the one near my home, (linda vista) nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #74

You may have to go to LA Chinatown then yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #79

I could try the back country nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #80

I just had a thought yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #82

That might be a cool place to go with a camera nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #83

for sure but probably already done yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #86

Kosher Markets elljay Feb 2016 #106

way south of you, in San Diego nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #107

Then Westminster elljay Feb 2016 #176

Chicken Feet! elljay Feb 2016 #102

mmmm yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #117

Any Mexican markets around you? Chicken feet are big around here... TreasonousBastard Feb 2016 #160

Yeah you would think so nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #162

What we eat is what is available locally Nac Mac Feegle Feb 2016 #67

Can't argue with Thai food but don't limit yourself there yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #77

Oh, I don't limit myself to only Thai Nac Mac Feegle Feb 2016 #110

aww there must be something the wives might like yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #112

Meh... I would say "a wider variety of things" than "weird things" jberryhill Feb 2016 #78

...and "Asian" is such a broad term jberryhill Feb 2016 #81

Really! From what I have head about Japan yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #84

Have you seen "The Search For General Tso"? jberryhill Feb 2016 #87

Saw the movie yes yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #89

Chun King was a Minnesota company back in the day. hifiguy Feb 2016 #143

Yeah the can stuff would make you gag... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #144

OMG. LOL. hifiguy Feb 2016 #146

Yeah, he was from Kansas... rural yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #149

My mother in law is from Croatia AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #85

That sounds really good jberryhill Feb 2016 #88

When I visited Napoli Italy I tried their pizza yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #90

My family comes from Norway... Odin2005 Feb 2016 #127

Years ago I heard a hysterical story about how lutefisk was supposedly "invented" hifiguy Feb 2016 #171

I always wonder why people started eating the things they do. alarimer Feb 2016 #94

Look at the mushroom... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #95

Yes, since some mushrooms can kill you and look just like ones that won't alarimer Feb 2016 #152

I remember reading about paleoanthropologists finding 120,000 year old piles of clamshells... Odin2005 Feb 2016 #129

like grits are normal hfojvt Feb 2016 #96

Not sure why but I suddenly thought of the DIM SUM girl yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #97

no comprendo hfojvt Feb 2016 #104

wow i guess not, no...DIM SUM is a tray of Chinese steamed finger foods... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #105

being poor and cheap hfojvt Feb 2016 #109

The cool thing about Chinese food is that it IS CHEAP yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #111

Japanese food in Hawai'i is not as expensive as it is on the mainland KamaAina Feb 2016 #115

Lol that was hilarious Egnever Feb 2016 #99

You know eating new food can be an adventure... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #100

This post made my mouth water! panader0 Feb 2016 #114

ii yo! (good!) yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #116

To East Asians we Northern Europeans drinking milk and eating cheese is weird. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #118

Koreans have had milk for a long time, and in China but it came yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #125

Lutefisk guillaumeb Feb 2016 #128

sounds dangerous... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #130

This thread is distinctly lacking in the best Asian culinary tradition. cemaphonic Feb 2016 #132

up thread I mentioned Nasi Lemak yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #154

No natto Generic Other Feb 2016 #138

Disagree... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #155

My mom loves it that way too Generic Other Feb 2016 #161

I got in trouble one time BainsBane Feb 2016 #147

That looks a lot like a dish full of dried mo-er Chinese mushrooms hifiguy Feb 2016 #150

HuM BUHGER!!!!! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #156

As long as I can get miso soup, tempura and the occasional glass of plum wine, I'm good. merrily Feb 2016 #153

I have seen it... its kinda sad really yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #157

Awww, I'm so sorry I brought it up then. merrily Feb 2016 #158

When I was a student in SF... parkia00 Feb 2016 #163

How to Eat Ramen FrodosPet Feb 2016 #164

That's obviously from some comedy .. yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #165

The movie is "Tampopo" FrodosPet Feb 2016 #167

I love Korean food lancer78 Feb 2016 #166

The great thing about living in SF is that you can get all kinds of yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #168

Should be ok to say Snow Leopard Feb 2016 #169

He's such a great actor... yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #170

LOVED that movie. hifiguy Feb 2016 #172

Five academy awards ain't yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #174

This is great.... Adrahil Feb 2016 #177

I attended a wedding reception at a Chinese restaurant in the DC suburbs years ago. bluedigger Feb 2016 #182