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23 minutes ago, heidih said:@shain the oatmeal in the soup - just a bit for thickening or a textural element. I'd not seen that before. Oh and I'lll take a few of those scallion cakes - a favorite of mine!
It's a smoothly blended soup. So it's there to thicken. I never liked rice in tomato soup, I find this works better.
I still need practice with the making of those pancakes, but I have fond memories of eating some in Taiwan that were so good that I can't forget.
15 minutes ago, heidih said:@shain the oatmeal in the soup - just a bit for thickening or a textural element. I'd not seen that before. Oh and I'lll take a few of those scallion cakes - a favorite of mine!
It's a smoothly blended soup. So it's there to thicken. I never liked rice in tomato soup, so I find it works better.
I still need practice with the making of those pancakes, but I have fond memories of eating some in Taiwan that were so good that I can't forget.
