[thechat] Recipe: Laab Kai (Thai hot n' sour chicken salad)

[Martin Burns]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Bob Davis wrote:

> At 11:33 PM -0500 10/7/02, Ken Kogler wrote:
> >  > BTW, anyone interested if I were to post more recipes here? Or is it
> >too
> >>  off-topic?
> >
> >Personally, I'd *love* to see more recipies, especially if FEO has
> >died...

/me wonders what feo needs, as I don't recall it having any massive
functionality gaps...

> Part of the job I just got involves posting recipes to our web site
> from our chefs. We have a very good restaurant - one of the top 3 in
> San Antonio. The most recent recipe (yesterday) is squash blossom
> soup with huitlacoche.  You can have a look here:
>
> 	<http://www.lamansion.com/recipes/index.cfm?fuseaction=pro_CategoryView&catUniqueCode=RECIP>

<drool>

> The soup is *very* good. You might have issues finding the
> huitlacoche (aka corn smut) outside Mexico. It is starting to show up
> in some of the better, more adventurous restaurants here in the US,
> but it's still pretty rare to see as food, considering that the USDA
> (our agriculture department/ministry) has been trying for years to
> eradicate it.

Of course, because it tastes good, rather than homogeonised crap...

> It is yet another delicacy that sounds disgusting until you have it.

mmm tete de veau... haggis... rocky mountain oysters... roasted marrow
bones..

Cheers
Martin
(now reading: Anthony Bourdain's Cooks Tour)

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