We have fresh ginger. We have frozen ginger. We have ground ginger. We have ginger purée.
So of course the recipe calls for crystallised stem ginger.
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Buggrit, Joe
A first for me today in that I have bought Pot Noodles…
The local food bank listed several things they are desperate for, so I made up a bag. I had a couple of boxes of a good quality (!) instant Cappucino type stuff given to me, which I will never use.
Howsumevva, if you have no kitchen, but have access to a kettle, then summat just requiring the addition of boiling water is ok, hence the Pot Noodles
The nearest drop-off point is an local chippy, so I’ve had haddock fer me tea as well…
Carinthia.xx
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I like the Vietnamese and Chinese instant noodle bowls. Hmm, been a while since I had one; I usually take 'em away to conventions rather than eat hotel food…
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I’m sure that they are tasty, & do the job, Dunnock, especially when you know what you are buying! I suspect that there is plenty of rubbish around though.
I suppose that I should look for ’ Cup a Soup’ type things too
Carinthia.xx
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Bought from the Chinese supermarket (with a name like Hoo Hing, say) and labelled in Chinese, I gather instant noodle bowls are good; what you get from the checkout person is “are you sure you really want these?”, because they Taste Of Something and apparently people bring them back and complain – being used to English ones, I assume.
CupaSoup is probably a good idea.
Hurrah for the Humble Haddock!
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I think you’re not supposed to get a taste for the things unless you live in China/Vietnam/etc.; I just like trying odd food sometimes, and found I enjoyed 'em.
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I love trying different foods, & taste is very important to me.
Itizz the appearance of some of these things, & the smell too
Shudder
Mind you, I can be fussy about pasta bake too…
Carinthia.xx
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Oh, if only I had known you way back when… ‘Odd food’ was sent back to us as presents from the Asian offices.
Candied squid, anyone?
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V wise, Darling.
Gxx
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Sadly no, Gus. Cup a soup has just become a thing in the hive. It’s a seasonal item, providing a warm drink when a bit more than tea or coffee is needed.
I almost hate pasta bake.
Soo xx
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I’ll try it once…
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My loathing of CupaSoup knows few bounds. But the Ma finds it useful.
(more than tea needed? disnae compute, unless you are going to give up on the temperature criterion, in which case there are many full-bodied and nourishing beers…)
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You may regret it, Hedgers, but gwan.
Soo xx
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Well, I may loathe it a bit, Gus. But, every year I think (yes, it’s just the once) that cup a soup may be the answer to a question clearly not fully formulated. Phew. Gin?
Soo xx
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PS: I actually quite like some Pot Noodles. Bombay Bad Boy and the chicken one in the green pot.
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Always, wee buzzy one.
He erected that which needs destroying (to blame the packaging for the parcel). So no, not him.
Gxx
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Anyone want a mouse?
Aye, me neither.
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I love naked noodles
Proper indonesian flavours and textures in an instant snack and the spicy ones wallop with flavour
Here am I condemned to a very high fibre diet and so healthy
There were pea shoots in the chickpea and carrot but
As well as mizuma chives onion seeds and puy lentils
When did knife city discover vegetables and flavour of recognisable food?
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Late MiL used to have Cup a Soup. It was the only thing she ever used a mug for. Her hands got very shaky, & it was a long way from soup bowl to mouth wivvan spoon.
My own mother had it too, as summat more warming & sustaining than her usual black coffee. She had to have those blasted plastic sippy beakers, so the smell of the food & warmed plastic turned me even more
Sigh
Carinthia.xx
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Urgle. Sorry, Darling. :- (
Gxx
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