New Year's Goh and Snacks

[Tepee]

I'm like a nut case, giggling over this at odd moments. My 3-yr old keeps asking me, "What's so funny?"

For the benefit of those who don't know chinese.

-side:

Da Niu = name of the lucky brother

bi jiao = more (compared to)

lan = lazy

i.e. Da Niu is more lazy

-side:

da = big

niu = cow

bi = compare to

The other 2, you know already, is bigger than a cow's!

Pssst...we should be so lucky we don't have a forum host/police.

Edited March 24, 2005 by Tepee (log)

[jo-mel]

" ------the sweetest and most delicious cookie ever known in China------"

So just what are these cookies? With those brother's names ----- Animal Crackers?

[Laksa]

So just what are these cookies? With those brother's names ----- Animal Crackers?

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Good one jo-mel! We were talking about love letters

[Gastro888]

And you wonder why 1 out of every 5 people is Chinese...

Edited March 25, 2005 by Gastro888 (log)

[Laksa]

And you wonder why 1 out of every 5 people is Chinese...

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Uhmm... is it because eating love letters improves one's fertility? We could be on to something big here...

[Gastro888]

-side:

da = big

niu = cow

bi = compare to

The other 2, you know already,  is bigger than a cow's!

Pssst...we should be so lucky we don't have a forum host/police.

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And you wonder why 1 in 5 people is Chinese...

I'll leave the reasoning to y'all imagination.

(Laksa, I should've attached the quote.)

Edited March 25, 2005 by Gastro888 (log)

[hzrt8w]

Never heard of those!  Are they specific to HK or the West Coast?

That's neat.

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This one is for you, Gastro888.

You said you have never heard of "Dan San". Here is a picture of it:

http://www.leisure-cat.com/frm_1114.htm

Ingredients:

Flour, corn starch, baking powder, lard, egg, water, salt... Hmmmm, I think we need to add some nam yu in it too...

[hzrt8w]

Dejah:

This picture is for you! I remember way back when you mentioned you did not know what the snack "prawn rolls" look like. Here it is. A package of small prawn rolls, US$1.25.

Edited September 19, 2005 by hzrt8w (log)

[Pan]

What are the ingredients in the prawn rolls?

[hzrt8w]

What are the ingredients in the prawn rolls?

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Minced dried shrimp (they called it prawn) mostly + seasoning. I would imagine MSG + salt kind of thing. The rolls are deep-fried. Tastes good. I like it a lot.

[Dejah]

Dejah:

This picture is for you!  I remember way back when you mentioned you did not know what the snack "prawn rolls" look like.  Here it is.  A package of small prawn rolls, US$1.25.

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Oh thanks! Just what I need to see while blurry eyed and hungry!

[hzrt8w]

I just bought this pack of peanuts. The package read "Roasted peanuts with garlic". I have never tasted one before. Tonight I opened the package and tasted some. The peanuts tasted great! These peanuts, which are still inside the shells, are full of garlic flavor. It's amazing how they managed to make the garlic flavor infiltrated through the shells!

[Tepee]

Well, the shells are very porous...but, what a great idea, I haven't come across this variation before. Where's it from?

[hzrt8w]

.... Where's it from?

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The label in the back said Indonesia. It's interesting that they printed the ingredient descriptions in 8 different languages.