Lunch 2025

[Ddanno]

On 10/8/2025 at 2:21 PM, rotuts said:

a fuzzy late lunch :

 

 

Tj's ' Thai ' shrimp ' gyoza '    fuzzy iPhone pic ,  Fz gyoza are soaking in cold water for a minute or two

 

the AF'd

 

 

I do this w many of TJ's Fz item that will end up in the AF .  it changes the texture just a bit 

 

Tj's sweet chili sauce , a couple drops of RB40 , and some chili oil .

 

excellent .

 

What's RB40? Google just shows me light bulbs, which, unless you work at a circus, I assume you didn't add to the dish.

[Neely]

Macaroni and spring vegetables ( Primavera ) with lots of fresh ground pecorino which was quite strong. I enjoyed the macaroni as I hadn’t had it for ages.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Reminds me I must make Mac n cheese which I also haven’t had for a long time … grandchildren will enjoy I guess … might sneak some finely diced red peppers in and maybe some peas for more vegetables. 

[KennethT]

10 hours ago, Ddanno said:

 

What's RB40? Google just shows me light bulbs, which, unless you work at a circus, I assume you didn't add to the dish.

Red Boat 40degN - it's a brand of Vietnamese fish sauce.  The 40 degrees indicates the degrees of Nitrogen.

[Smithy]

34 minutes ago, KennethT said:

Red Boat 40degN - it's a brand of Vietnamese fish sauce.  The 40 degrees indicates the degrees of Nitrogen.

 

Can you elaborate on this, please? I see from the Red Boat web site that 40 degrees indicates the quantity of Nitrogen, which they say correlates to umami flavor. However, "degree" is not usually a quantity measurement in my book, except for angular measurements including latitude and longitude. When I search on "degrees of Nitrogen" I get information about freezing and boiling points, which isn't helpful in this case.

[blue_dolphin]

14 minutes ago, Smithy said:

 

Can you elaborate on this, please? I see from the Red Boat web site that 40 degrees indicates the quantity of Nitrogen, which they say correlates to umami flavor. However, "degree" is not usually a quantity measurement in my book, except for angular measurements including latitude and longitude. When I search on "degrees of Nitrogen" I get information about freezing and boiling points, which isn't helpful in this case.

Apparently in the fish sauce world, °N is the unit representing grams/liter of nitrogen so 40 °N would be 40 g/l nitrogen

[liuzhou]

40 minutes ago, Smithy said:

 

Can you elaborate on this, please? I see from the Red Boat web site that 40 degrees indicates the quantity of Nitrogen, which they say correlates to umami flavor. However, "degree" is not usually a quantity measurement in my book, except for angular measurements including latitude and longitude. When I search on "degrees of Nitrogen" I get information about freezing and boiling points, which isn't helpful in this case.

 

20 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

Apparently in the fish sauce world, °N is the unit representing grams/liter of nitrogen so 40 °N would be 40 g/l nitrogen

 

I've always believed and been taught that degree count refers  more to the protein content and than to do with nitrogen.

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by liuzhou (log)