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sounds to me like your peppercorns are stale.

We only eat them for breakfast!

Snail pot. A local specialty. Snails, duck feet, garlic, chilli, Sichuan peppercorns, fennel seeds, star anise and other spices.

Maybe just coincidence, but this appeared in the Guardian today.

No. This one came one by one. Most had a minimum order of 50 though.

I'm weak. I succumbed.

While silkworms prefer white mulberry leaves, that they only eat mulberry leaves is a myth. I eat the silkworms! With chilli, of course!

Mixed bag. Home made pork, shrimp and shiitake wontons in a spicy chicken broth with lettuce. Pan fried red shrimps with garlic, chilli and Chinese chives.

American habit. They have this mad idea of washing off the natural protective coating (that eggs come with) before selling them. I've never seen it anywhere else.

I don't know where else to put this, but it's a Sylvia Plath poem from 1959 as recorded in her diary. If you get hungryI In the middle of the night A Snack Bed is Good For the appetite— With a pillow of bread To nibble at And up the head An automat Where you need no shillings Just a finger to stick in The slot, and out come Cakes and cold chicken.

I was given these, no doubt by someone who wanted shot of them! Actually they weren't too bad, but of course, nothing at all like Tom Yum or anything else Thai flavoured.

It's known in In the UK as "white man's footprint". Nothing to do with American "Indians", although there are a lot of Indian Indians in the UK! I've no idea what they call it, though! 😁

Another water weigher here.

As a Scot, I very much doubt it!

The funniest thing for me was that some clown commenting on Facebook thought the FBI is based in London!

My thoughts entirely - especially as it seems I have to buy 50 of any one design minimum order!

I repectfully disagree. Incinerating it and burying it under reinforced nuclear bomb resistant concrete is the best way!

I'm excited. This afternoon after a difficult day of dishonest idiots throwing their toys out of the pram and disappearing vaccinations, I found a new vegetable. Well, new to me, that is. This is 车前草 (chē qián cǎo) or plantain herb (no relation to the banana-related fruit of the similar name). This is Plantago major, native to Europe and Asia, although apparantly introduced elsewhere. It can be eaten raw when young, but we don't do that round here. More likely it will be stir-fried as most vegetables are. Although the distinctive feature is the seed bearing stalks, it is valued more for the leaves and stems which are used as yet another green to be stir fried.

I haven't actually bought any of these - yet. But they sure are fun! This is an English computer translation of China's largest online shopping portal. 1¥ = 15cents USD. They do ship to the USA, but I imagine the shipping costs would be ridiculous! But you do decide to order something, please let me know and I'll give you a code which allows you a small discount! 🙂

The dinner I made tonight was perfectly seasoned, exquisitedly spiced and a delicate balance of sweet, bitter, acid, umami and stupendous glory. Unfortunately it looked like a pile of excrement so no detailed description and certainly no photograph! Parts of this post may not be entirely unbiased except the last sentence!

Squid with sweet peas, soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, chilli, oyster sauce. A classic dish round these parts although the fish sauce is not normal. Served with rice and a side of greenery.

Yesterday, for reasons I won't bore you with I was interviewed by the local newspaper then given a gift of some local green tea! The interview had nothing to do with tea! I'm not a big tea drinker, at all, but I do sometimes cook with it. I need to think what to do with it. 三江绿茶 (sān jiāng lǜ chá) - Sanjiang Green Tea

Got myself a kilo of red mud peanuts today out of respect for this topic. 2X500 kg bags P.S. I love edamame or as we call them round here, 毛豆 (máo dòu, literally hairy beans), but I don't see any similarity with peanuts other than both being boiled, but so are eggs and potatoes!

柳州螺蛳粉 (liǔ zhōu luó sī fěn) Liuzhou Luosifen - Rice noodles in a pungent snail stock.

I share yor distaste for boiled peanuts. In fact, it goes far beyong mere distate. Horriblle things in every way. They are very common round here but I never, ever eat them. Roasted, baked or fried, I love.