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Skriven 2012-06-06 09:09:10 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 25770 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
Ärende: Fast Food
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-=> JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> it's getting very hard to find decent (or even any) Cantonese
 DD> dishes past Moo Goo Gai Pan on most Chinese restaurant menus.
 DD> Most places go for Hunan or Szechuan style dishes and bung on
 DD> the industrial brown sauce from the 25 litre buckets

 JW> Canada still has lots of Canadian-Chinese places, especially in
 JW> small towns, making bad fake Cantonese food with one or two dumbed
 JW> down token Szechuan dishes on the menu. And they too use the same
 JW> brown sauce.

It's sad, innit? The really odd part is that at my local Chinese places there
is very little pork on offer. I can do better at Thai, Vietnamese and Laotian
venues. But, it's passing odd that given we are less than 50 miles from on the
the largest pork processors in the US and in the middle of a hog raising area
that what isn't seafood is either chicken (mostly) or beef (some). Lamb or
anything "exotic" -- r.u.nutz?
 
 JW>  Re: KFC in China

 JW> a dinner combo there costs Yuan 28.50...
 JW> equivalent to $18 when you look at Chinese wage levels.

 DD> Popeye's and bought 8 pieces of dark meat spicy chicken to
 DD> take home with me .... for U$5.12

 JW> That's pretty darned cheap. IIRC an 8 piece KFC bucket is about $12
 JW> here. A dinner for four with sides is around $16. Of course the YK
 JW> store charges more than the national price; it has to, given
 JW> northern costs and wages.

To tell the truth that was a regular Tuesday special - leg & thigh for U$1.29 -
four times, no sides. I mis-stated the price by 4c - it's U$5.16 (taxes extra)
my math skills before the second cup of coffee are sometimes suspect. Still, 8
spicy dark meat chicken pieces for U$5.57 is a killer deal. I eat the 4 legs
right away, then do the thighs two at a time from the ice box. Three meals with
a side or two added. Even with the sides -- under ten bucks.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Coffee-Poblano Sauce
 Categories: Sauces, Beef, Chilies, Citrus
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
      1 lg Poblano chile
      2 tb Olive oil
    1/4 c  Onion; minced
      1 ts Tomato paste
  2 1/3 c  Canned beef broth
    2/3 c  Fresh orange juice
      2 tb Fresh lime juice
      2 tb Golden brown sugar
      2 tb Mild-flavored (light)
           Molasses
      2 ts Instant espresso powder
      2 ts Orange peel; grated
  1 1/2 ts Lime peel; grated
    1/2 ts Cumin; ground
      2 ts Cornstarch
      2 ts Fresh cilantro; chopped
 
  Roast and peel chile.  Peel, seed, and chop fine.
  
  Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add
  chile and onion and saute 3 minutes. Mix in tomato paste.
  Add 2 cups broth, orange juice, lime juice, sugar,
  molasses, espresso powder, orange peel, lime peel and
  cumin. Boil gently until reduced to 1 1/2 cups, stirring
  occasionally, about 20 minutes.
  
  Mix cornstarch and remaining 1/3 cup broth in small bowl.
  Add to sauce and boil until slightly thickened, stirring
  frequently, about 2 minutes. Mix in cilantro.
  
  Can be made one day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm
  before using.

  Bon Appétit | March 2003
  
  From: Senor Jesus; Chile-heads List - 08 May 97

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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