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Post by braided-rug on Oct 3, 2005 17:30:56 GMT 10
I bought some lup chong from the Asian section of a large supermarket/grocery a few weeks ago. I really wanted some seaweed but couldn't get any except Nori sheets. I did a search for recipes and found it is used in Hawaii. Are there alot of Chinese in Hawaii? I think I will use it to make fried rice, to make the meals go further this week, as I have started my saving for DS's uni and have already found it hard, I was actually trying to catch up from the missed one the fortnight before which is silly I know. Lup chong is a chinese sausage and this is what mine is like: www.winghong.com.au/page/recipes.htmlIt looks not that nice in the shrink wrap, that is probably why it is still in the pantry lol.
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Post by ellise on Oct 4, 2005 22:18:06 GMT 10
br actually there are more Japanese in Hawaii than Chinese. But the Islands are so diverse in culture that you have many different ethnic groups there. The food from the Islands are great! with such a mix in cultures you'd be hard pressed to find just one way of making the same dish.
Nori sheets are fine to use with your Lup Choung, if you are making it with a sushi. If not then you may want to try to find it fresh.
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 5, 2005 10:12:09 GMT 10
Thanks Ellise. My husband was telling me about the Japanese after I posted. Then I ate the lup chong! You would have to say it was an aquired taste. It is very sweet. The rice was lovely, I had to take the sausage out though!
The seaweed I wanted for miso soup.
We had nori rolls a few days ago and this time put the wasabi paste on, thanks to Beth2. We also enjoyed the pickled ginger very much.
When I was little our shopkeeper where Mum bought our groceries was Chinese and his name was Chong. Now I wonder what his name means in English.
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 5, 2005 17:09:58 GMT 10
Talked to DH at lunchtime, sounds like Hawaii is a cross between our Broome WA with the pearls and Queensland with the sugar cane and tropical fruits. We have a giant pineapple there.
Then I remembered that in Australia we have Hawaiian pizzas, which is pizza with pineapple.
Is most American sugar made from beets or cane from Hawaii? Ours is cane from Qld.
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Post by ellise on Oct 10, 2005 3:18:34 GMT 10
BR I would have to say cane but not just from Hawaii, there is a town in Texas that is called Sugarland and was once known for all the sugar cane grown and processed there. My grandfather worked there for a few years when he was young.
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 10, 2005 10:46:08 GMT 10
That is exciting Ellise. Did they have little sugar cane trains? Does the sugar label have a website I can look at? Ours is CSR, at one point they had great old-fashioned recipes on their sugar bags. www.csrsugar.com.au/I thought Texas may be a little like where I live weather wise, or actually like my recent hometown. It must be a bit more tropical.
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