Re: [CH] Hot & Sour Soup
Dan deForest (deforest@selec.net)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 07:07:54 -0600
Thanks everyone for the recipes and tips!! Before I got your help I
went ahead and tried some on my own from various net recipes I had
found. It was ok but missing something. I remembered a past post to
the list where someone said that the lily buds were critical. That must
be what I missed. I've never found these at the Asian markets. Must be
because I don't know what I'm looking for and the dried things are
usually not obviously labeled in English. I've heard them called Tiger
Lily Buds so I've been looking for little dried flower buds assuming
they would be round little ball like thingys...although I've never
identified something like that in Restaurants' bowls which leads me to
believe I may not be looking for the right stuff. Since Doug called
them lily bud stamens...should I be looking for something more like
saffron threads? A visual discription would be helpful. Mine was
better the second day, esp. after I put another slivered hab in my bowl,
but I think also because the flavors had melded (is that a word?) and
the tofu had picked up more flavor. TIA for golden needle
descriptions...also are they usually packaged and displayed with the
other dried things in plastic bags like the mushrooms, tree ears and
dried shrimp?
Deb in Houston