Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, you can serve soba in hot broth. You top it with vegetables or slices of meat or fish cakes. The dipping sauce is not just soy sauce. It is a fish, seaweed, or mushroom based broth with soy sauce, mirin, sak? and salt. The further east you go in Japan, the stronger it is. Ken Iisaka On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:40 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > Soba is not in broth :-) of course you do dip it in (cold) soyu sauce. > > And of course soba is Japanese :-) > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:09 AM, LeoWesson <leowesson at gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Ken Iisaka first name at last name dot org or com