What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?
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What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?Inherited some food from various people moving out - one thing that was in the freezer was a plastic bag full of white stuff, formerly owned by a Chinese girl. It's cut into chips, like you'd get from slicing a banana diagonally, and at first I thought it might be some kind of vegetable. But I tried cooking some (stuck it in some soup and boiled it for a few minutes), and it was more like really chewy pasta. Any idea what it is, and how you're actually supposed to cook it?
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Re: What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?It's a long time since I've had squid so I can't really remember what it tastes like, but doesn't it usually come in rings rather than ovals?(Original post by AWittierName)
Sounds like it might be squid
But it is neither fishy nor ball-shaped.(Original post by drummer)
Yu Dan. Fish ball
Nah, pretty certain it's not bamboo (shame it's not, that stuff's way too good to waste on pandas(Original post by Moscardini)
bamboo? 0.0
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Re: What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?Agreed with the two above(Original post by superwolf)
Any idea what it is, and how you're actually supposed to cook it?
Try frying it, I've had it in stir fries occasionally and it's quite nice. It goes crunchy rather than chewy.
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Re: What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?'Really chewy pasta' sounds more like rice cakes than water chestnuts. If so, they're usually boiled in soups until they soften though you can stir-fry them as well. I don't know what they are called in Chinese but they're called 'ddeok' (although the spelling varies) in Korean so you could search for recipes that way or at least confirm that's what your mystery ingredient is.
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Re: What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?tofu?(Original post by superwolf)
Inherited some food from various people moving out - one thing that was in the freezer was a plastic bag full of white stuff, formerly owned by a Chinese girl. It's cut into chips, like you'd get from slicing a banana diagonally, and at first I thought it might be some kind of vegetable. But I tried cooking some (stuck it in some soup and boiled it for a few minutes), and it was more like really chewy pasta. Any idea what it is, and how you're actually supposed to cook it? -
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Re: What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?I think you mean sugar cane ^^~(Original post by superwolf)
Nah, pretty certain it's not bamboo (shame it's not, that stuff's way too good to waste on pandas).
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Re: What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?Wouldn't need freezing though surely? I cant imagine them going off in their pre-cooked rock like state...(Original post by K the Failure)
Could they be prawn crackers? Drop one of these chips in hot oil and see if it puffs out. -
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Re: What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?No, it wouldn't need freezing.(Original post by Gallabay)
Wouldn't need freezing though surely? I cant imagine them going off in their pre-cooked rock like state... -
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Re: What is this (Chinese food found in freezer)?Really?! Can they actually go bad?!(Original post by K the Failure)
No, it wouldn't need freezing.
Crikey 0.o
