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Suzanne F

By Suzanne F
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Pan

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Right now, one of the best and most instructive active threads is 35 Chinese words describing different cooking, in which jo-mel has been taking illustrative quotes from Kenneth Lo's The Encyclopedia of Chinese Cooking and hzrt8w has been giving examples of dishes made using each technique, with links to photos.

Michael aka "Pan"

 

Jaymes

Jaymes

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I just found A Culinary Trip to Mexico, but have to say that it's one of my favorite threads ever. Anyone that has not read it should do themselves a favor forthwith....

I don't understand why rappers have to hunch over while they stomp around the stage hollering.  It hurts my back to watch them. On the other hand, I've been thinking that perhaps I should start a rap group here at the Old Folks' Home.  Most of us already walk like that.

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MarketStEl

MarketStEl

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You have to look at Is It Really that Great!, A BBQ Road Trip Report. I've never been to Texas, but I learned something about the area between Dallas and Austin by reading and looking at the photos in that super-fun thread!

That thread contains one of the two best metaphors ever posted to eGullet:

"napalm summer breeze"

The other is the analogy found in racheld's foodblog, now in progress:

"Tofu is like a teenager looking for a peer group; it takes on the persona of its surroundings."

Sandy Smith, Exile on Oxford Circle, Philadelphia

"95% of success in life is showing up." --Woody Allen

My foodblogs: 1 | 2 | 3

Ohba

Ohba

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This was one of the first threads I read when I joined, and I was riveted.  There were some mighty interesting people around back then.

Chinese food vs. French, why the Chinese kick French ass...

I read that thread for the first time today. I thought some interesting points were raised, but my feeling that pride in the positive achievements of Chinese cuisine unnecessarily crossed the line into cultural arrogance was reinforced once I got to the comment that the Japanese learned everything they know about cooking from the Chinese. Breathtakingly patronizing, of course, and not helped by the racist language. Such things are mercifully rare on the Gullet. Still, at least it demonstrated the futility of the original premise.

hzrt8w

hzrt8w

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This topic has picked up some momentum:

Chinese eats at home, What did we cook?

Inspired by the "Dinner!" thread: Posting of pictures of home-cooked, specifically, Chinese food. This thread is morphing into a beautiful home-cooking food pictures contest!

8 pages already after only 2 weeks. And growing.

W.K. Leung ("Ah Leung") aka "hzrt8w"
dockhl

dockhl

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The Fat Duck topic in the UK forum has been around for awhile, but Tim Hayward's recent review is not to be missed.

Check it out.

I loved this ! COULD NOT stop reading, and laughing, and reading more.........

dockhl

dockhl

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This topic has picked up some momentum:

Chinese eats at home, What did we cook?

Inspired by the "Dinner!" thread: Posting of pictures of home-cooked, specifically, Chinese food.  This thread is morphing into a beautiful home-cooking food pictures contest!

8 pages already after only 2 weeks.  And growing.

Ah Leung, I love your pictorials. Are they organized into ONE thread, or does each subject have it's own?

Thank you so much for bringing us so many beautiful and easy to follow lessons. :smile:

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Pan

Pan

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I had trouble finding this thread under its new title.

Anyway, here are some great threads that I wouldn't want any of you to miss for lack of awareness:

The witty Peter Green takes you on a copiously illustrated trip through various parts of China with his wife and kids in "Across China with the vermin"; report still in progress.

Domestic Goddess shows us through the 21st Ichon Ceramic Festival, with many photos of ceramic ware, lots of food, and even some Korean bellydancers!

See how a couple of young gourmands with a large budget and nearly infinite stomach capacity go all out, in "Travelblog: Foodies Gone Wild Spring Break '07, London, Paris, Barcelona in one week," with reportage by BryanZ.

Then hop, skip, and jump to South America with docsconz in "A Family Trip to Peru," which is just full of great photos and fascinating information.

A thread that started on Feb. 11, with questions and answers, but really got going with reports with photos on March 10, is "Tokyo with kids; how do you say "no sauce" in Japanese?", about the trip Majra and her family took to Tokyo and Kyoto.

See how two of our favorite gourmets joyously pig out in "NY trip report; how much can we cram into 3 days?", featuring Ling and hhlodesign of Cache' Dinner Club in Seattle. Then look at the Cache thread.

Michael aka "Pan"

 

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nonblonde007

nonblonde007

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Here's another thread many of you would find interesting (I did!):

Trip Report: Northern Vietnam for Tet

Pan

Thank you for this link. What a wonderful read and great pics. Love living vicariously!

Brenda

Brenda

I whistfully mentioned how I missed sushi. Truly horrified, she told me "you city folk eat the strangest things!", and offered me a freshly fried chitterling!

Pan

Pan

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I'm glad someone is reading this thread. :smile:

Michael aka "Pan"

 

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