cold sesame noodles

[Priscilla]

I think there is no shame, no shame at all, well maybe not too too much shame, in using good-quality fresh (toasted sesame) tahini.

Maybe it was the recipe in Ken Hom's Chinese Cookery for Cold Spicy Noodles?  Sesame paste (or peanut butter), chili powder, garlic, chili oil, light and dark soy sauce, sesame oil, chili bean sauce, ginger, salt and sugar, blended together, not cooked.  Tossed with boiled dried or fresh egg noodles, tossed with sesame oil and chopped scallions.

Toby I think this is it, mine was a large-format paperback, companion publication, maybe, to a BBC cooking series?

What a good recipe. Happy to be reminded of it.

[Toby]

Priscilla, large format paperback companion to the PBS series. That's it.

[Jinmyo]

Um, tommy. Sorry to join in on the circling crew of stone throwers. You can use tahini in a pinch. But I find that the quality is really unpredictable. Basically too, it's like the differences between Chinese and Japanese soy sauces. They're not the same. Though you later recanted on bitterness, that's exactly how rancid tahini tastes. Best to use sesame paste with or without peanut butter. I agree with Toby about the E Fu noodles too. They have enough body to not become gluey with the sauce.

[Fat Guy]

Though you later recanted on bitterness

Finally the truth comes out that not only are you guilty of tahini abuse, Tommy, but also you are a hypocrite and a perjurer. Now please get the right product before you waste any more of our time.

[Toby]

... E Fu noodles too. They have enough body to not become gluey with the sauce.

Anyone have any ideas about how to make E Fu noodles from scratch?

[Fat Guy]

That procedure is known as: Not worth the trouble!

[Toby]

That procedure is known as: Not worth the trouble!

It's fun to make noodles.

[tommy]

Finally the truth comes out that not only are you guilty of tahini abuse, Tommy, but also you are a hypocrite and a perjurer. Now please get the right product before you waste any more of our time.

[Fat Guy]

Yes but with E-Fu noodles you have to deep-fat-fry them, so it's a godawful mess.

[Toby]

Yes but with E-Fu noodles you have to deep-fat-fry them, so it's a godawful mess.

Cooking can be messy.

[jhlurie]

I just want to make sure that tommy still knows not to use tahini.

[mynamejoe]

Though you later recanted on bitterness

Finally the truth comes out that not only are you guilty of tahini abuse, Tommy, but also you are a hypocrite and a perjurer. Now please get the right product before you waste any more of our time.

Objection, counsel is badgering the witness.

Stefany, I'm not sure I understand why tommy should not use sambal. It is a gift from the gods and they would be offended if it were not used.

BTW, tommy, see jon's post above.

[bigbear]

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i see drunk people, eating tahini ™

[southern girl]

Welcome back bigbear!

[Priscilla]

Finally the truth comes out that not only are you guilty of tahini abuse, Tommy, but also you are a hypocrite and a perjurer. Now please get the right product before you waste any more of our time.

Wow Tommy izzat your fridge you have a lot a lot a lot of condiments!

I have never seen this brand of tahini maybe you've unwittingly, as opposed to wittingly, been the butt of a very elaborate practical joke...is that possible, I mean, I'm just askin'.

Teehee Bigbear, only what about I see drunk people, eating RANCID tahini.

[mynamejoe]

Wow Tommy izzat your fridge you have a lot a lot a lot of condiments!

And fine taste in mustard, I'll say; I've tried both. The German one on the left is especially good.

[bushey]

A few months ago I was in the mood for cold sesame noodles and I had a brain block on where to find my favorite recipe. I ripped apart my recipe box and my recipe folder and looked through cookbooks at Barnes and Noble. Finally I found it in my old Time-Life book on Chinese cooking. Will post it later when I get home. Calls for sesame seed paste -- I prefer the Lan Chi brand.

Now throw a few eggplants on the grill or roast 'em in a hot oven so you can make Baba Ganouj with all that leftover rancid tahini.

[Ron Johnson]

Mrs. Tommy enters the kitchen to find her husband leaning into the fridge taking a picture of himself giving a row of condiments, and possibly a jar of tahini in particular, the finger.

[tommy]

Mrs. Tommy enters the kitchen to find her husband leaning into the fridge taking a picture of himself giving a row of condiments, and possibly a jar of tahini in particular, the finger.

i think she did find it all a bit curious.

to clarify, the appendage was meant for fat guy.

[Ron Johnson]

to clarify, the appendage was meant for fat guy.

Where was he? Behind the mustard?

[tommy]

LOL! yeah yeah. a little artistic license was employed.

ediot: employeed?

[stellabella]

i've been experimenting with tahini lately and i find it to be very powerful--my advice is less is more, maybe. cut back.

[Miss J]

I hear you, stellabella. I started off experimenting with tahini, and soon things spiralled out of my control. Lately I've cut back to just two spoonfuls a day, and I'm telling you, it's...it's...difficult.

[mynamejoe]

I hear you, stellabella. I started off experimenting with tahini, and soon things spiralled out of my control. Lately I've cut back to just two spoonfuls a day, and I'm telling you, it's...it's...difficult.

I quit stone-cold; it's the only way.

and I can see it now, Miss J in a meeting, "my name is Miss J and I have a problem with tahini."