Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love Asian noodles of all kinds here with have Ollie's Noodle shops; this my favorite thread on the LUG in awhile. Such poetry it brings from some people who are normally lurking and other regulars. The noodle thread. Mark William Rabiner > From: Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:24:29 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cold Pho > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information