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Skriven 2014-10-30 05:50:00 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
Ärende: Chinese food
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-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> There is a lot of commonality of naming without direct affiliation I
 DD> suspect.

 NB> Could be...  But sometimes one just wonders...

 NB> Again, could be...  Certainly the pictures that appear on the wall over
 NB> the counter illustrating the available dishes seem to all be from the
 NB> same supplier...  :)  Even for the few places where one might think

Especially that huge one with the arched footbridge over the stream/pond that
seem to be a centre piece in many of the joints.

 NB> that perhaps the sauces/meats/vegs etc were all bought or made somewhat
 NB> locally...  But the fortune cookies seem to come from just a few
 NB> suppliers, whether at these little places or at the Asian stores... ;)

If seen three (or possibly four) varieties of fortune cookies (denoted by the
little slips with the "fortunes" on them). I seldom read the fortunes and pay
no attention to the "lucky numbers" if offered on that particular piece of
wasted paper.
 
 DD>> Could be. There is another, similar place in another strip mall called
 DD>> "Hunan Express" which adverted a "lunchtime buffet". So, I wandered in
 DD>> one day - the place was dingy, the "buffet" was stocked with rice, a
 DD>> couple nearly empty pans of something in a brown sauce, and little
 DD>> else. I didn't linger.   Bv)=

 NB>> Now that might be a chain of sorts...  I've seen a couple of places
 NB>> named that, in shopping malls and airports...  with similarly
 NB>> unappetizing offerings...

 DD> Surely not. Must just be a negative serendipity.

 NB> Maybe...  If one had scads of time on ones hands, it could be an
 NB> interesting project, to see if there were any connection other than
 NB> chance and suppliers...  :)

I really don't care that much ... so long as the food is tasty and inexpensive
it's all good with me.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Fortune Cookies **** (Kevin's Favorite)
 Categories: Oriental, Cookies, Snacks
      Yield: 12 Servings
 
    1/3 c  Cake flour
    1/3 c  Granulated sugar
      2 lg Egg whites
      2 tb Confectioners' sugar
      2 tb Oil
      1 tb Butter; softened
      1 ts Pure vanilla extract
        pn Salt
 
  Recipe by: Eating Well
  
  Preheat oven to 300oF/150oC. Very lightly oil 2 nonstick
  baking sheets or lightly coat them with nonstick cooking
  spray.
  
  In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients and
  process until smooth.
  
  Drop 6 scant tablespoonfuls of the butter onto a prepared
  baking sheet, placing well apart from each other on the
  sheet. (Set the remaining ingredients on the side.) With a
  small spatula or the back of a spoon, spread each spoonful
  into a 3 1/2" circle. Bake until quite golden, 10-15 mins.
  
  Have a small bowl and a muffin tin ready. Remove the baking
  sheet from the oven. With a thin spatula, carefully release
  the cookies but leave them on the baking sheet. Return the
  sheet of cookies to the oven to soften for 1 minute. Open
  the oven door but leave the cookies inside to remain pliable
  in the warmth of the oven.
  
  Remove 1 cookie at a time from the oven. Lay a fortune in
  the center of a cookie and roll into a tube, overlapping the
  edges slightly. Holding the ends, fold the cookie in half
  down over the rim of the bowl to form the traditional
  fortune cookie shape.
  
  Immediately transfer the cookie to the muffin tin to keep it
  from opening as it cools. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
  Spread and bake the remaining batter, and form cookies as
  directed above.
  
  Makes 12 fortune cookies.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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