Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes pho is supposed to be served hot and I love it that way. I know that's the way it's traditionally done. Cooking in this temperature where the kitchen can easily reach above 120 isn't really what I want to do right now. But preparing a big pot of spicy broth for a few days' meals and just chopping veggies and adding noodles right when it is ready to serve sounds like a great plan in this unrelenting heat. Same with other cold soups like gazpacho. While I love a bowl of hot pho with beef or just veggies, I don't think that playing with the temperature of the soup is going to do anyone any harm. If it's the nomenclature that bothers, then I'll call it cold, spicy, vermicelli (or glass noodle) soup. Phil Forrest On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:07:32 -0700 Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > Ha ha, curiosity won I found the reference to "cold pho." > > Pho, is of course, a corruption of the Chinese word "Fun," or rice > noodles. (just like cha in Japanese and chai in Hindi are from cha > [tea] in China). > > May be some Vietnamese eat it that way, but I have never heard of it, > and as far as I know, Chinese never eat cold soup - although with 90+ > ethnic groups and 1.2 billion people, I could be wrong. > > So yes, enjoy a bowl of pho, but hot and spicy would do nicely! > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM, <bruceslomovitz at comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > > I read with interest the comments about cold pho and have a comment > > or two regarding that. > > > > > > > > Vietnam has a very hot and sometimes very humid climate. Pho is > > eaten at all times of the year and at all times of the day. It is > > best served hot, not cold. One of the reasons for its popularity > > in Vietnam is that the hot temperature of the soup as well as its > > spiciness cause one to sweat. Sweating, as we know, helps to cool > > us by evaporation. So please enjoy pho, but enjoy it as it is > > meant to be enjoyed. And that is hot and spicy. > > > > > > > > Bruce S. > > >