How Do You Learn About Exotic Ingredients?

[GB]

Originally Posted by Claire

my favorite is tree ears

Mine too. I love those. I used to hate mushrooms (still do for the most part, but I am trying hard to like them), but tree ears are so great.

[jennyema]

Bread and Circus used to carry fresh tree ears!!

[htc]

GB, have you cooked the bittermelon yet?? How did you like it? I have a soup recipe for it, or you can stir fry it, if you need general directions, let me know.

[Haggis]

My first stop is probably my Larousse Gastronomique (if I could be bothered picking this heavy tome up), otherwise its straight to foodsubs.com.

Failing that its good ole' Google.

[Constance]

I'm glad the site helped you all. I thought it was very interesting. I'd have to travel about 50 miles to get to an Asian Market, but if I ever do, I'll know what I'm looking at.

[GB]

Originally Posted by htc

GB, have you cooked the bittermelon yet?? How did you like it? I have a soup recipe for it, or you can stir fry it, if you need general directions, let me know.

Actually I did not buy it. It was just one of the things I recognized seeing once I looked at that website. Next time I am at that market though I will be sure to buy one so I will be looking to you for recipes

[htc]

GB, just a forewarning, it's REALLY REALLY bitter. Though people still love it!

I think there is references to it on DC as well. Remember a discussion a while back. GB, if you make a soup out of it, make sure to drink the broth as well, since you'll be simmering the veggie/meat for a long time, all of the vitamins and medicinal stuff to make your body "cool" will be in the broth too.

[GB]

That is good info to have. Thanks HTC!

[Ron Hay]

Hello, friends,

This is a very useful little book by Linda Bladholm, published by Renaissance Books, L.A., in 1999.

Ron

[GB]

Ron that sounds exactly like what I needed last week
I will have to check out my library to see if they have it. Thanks!