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Cooking & Baking

pangaia

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10. Oh it is just fantastic. I use it all the time....

Reply to Kittycow (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 14, 2020, 12:39 AM

Jan 2020

I an no expert but have been to China 5-6 times to many cities and areas and my ex-wife is Chinese.
Spent 2-3 weeks in Chengdu on 2 different occasions
THAT book is superb...

OK here is a little gift for you..
Fuchsia Dunlop cooking "Water Boiled Beef.." I've made this dozens of times..

The "Chili paste' she mentions, in the jar, is Pixian Douban jiang-- MALA MARKET sells it.. there's is great especially the longer aged one...

https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/01/mala-sichuan-hot-and-numbing.html?fbclid=IwAR3_5Iy-qA71UJ78ebkMBQ_RzN4Bk9yN-tm2qr3dxfWPk5VY0iwMrTLD4CA

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WOw Glad you checked them out. pangaia Jan 2020 #8

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Oh it is just fantastic. I use it all the time.... pangaia Jan 2020 #10

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Do you mean the pig? or.... pangaia Jan 2020 #6

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