Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A variation of cold soba? Thanks! Leo Wesson 817.733.9157 www.leowesson.com On Jul 26, 2011, at 2:29, Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote: > 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. >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information