That One Thing

[sktmfy]

Right now as you read this, whats that one thing from the US or where ever your're from (HOME) that you want or miss right now....right at this moment.

For me...its a Carne Asada burrito from Alberto's in Cali.

quite sure that will change soon....like I said, right at this moment, whats that one thing?

[Old Timer]

Egg Foo Young.. god i want some so bad

:rolleyes: How many Chinese places in Okinawa?

[Alana]

whataburger

[Jazz]

Right now as you read this, whats that one thing from the US or where ever your're from (HOME) that you want or miss right now....right at this moment.

For me...its a Carne Asada burrito from Alberto's in Cali.

quite sure that will change soon....like I said, right at this moment, whats that one thing?

Same as you but mine was from Albertos, Robertos, and/or Tres Amigos.

Other than that I could go for a stroll through the local Wal-Mart and scope out some crack head doing some crack head-ish siht right about now. That sounds fun.

[Oki alumni]

A REAL pit-cooked, pulled pork, BBQ sandwich from my home town's "Hog Heaven"...and a gallon of that sweet-tea too please. Fries on the side and make that to go. I'll be down shortly to pick it up!

[sktmfy]

Egg Foo Young.. god i want some so bad

damn man that is really messing you up huh...yo what i do...i look up recipes on google or whatever...find one that suits my fancy...hit the commisary, and get to it...i cook fairly well, more of what i like to call myself...a renegade chef...but it helps put a damper on the cravings, sometimes it doesnt taste like you want or remember but it works...and...in the end you cooked it yourself

[sktmfy]

:rolleyes: How many Chinese places in Okinawa?

its a few, but its actual chinese food...not like the corner carry out that im use to...even when i was in hong kong...i was thinkin what better place to get chinese food than china right........WROOOOOOOOOOONNNNGGGGGG...

beef and brocolli....sweet and sour chicken....shrimp fried what...they was lookin at me like what the hell are you talkin about...that shii is american...lol.... they was more like how bout some black turtle soup frog legs and dumplings....or we got pig ears and shii liike that i was like daaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmm.


Walmart sounds nice!!!

[socalheart]

I miss my dad a lot right now and want to see him and for him to see his first and only grandchild.

[DocTurtle]

Dragon's does a pretty good Egg Foo Yung. Try it out, you might be suprised.

I miss ****** House.

[vvloc]

Here's some I found when I google America egg foo yung recipe;

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&q=america+egg+foo+yong+recipe&btnG=Search



http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Egg-Foo-Yong

http://www.recipesecrets.net/forums/recipe-exchange/14838-egg-foo-yong-chicken-chow-mein.html

http://recipes.bgkulinar.net/recipe-Egg+Foo+Young-6391

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,egg_foo_young_gravy,FF.html

If any are any good, let me know - I wanna try, although they all look a little complicated

[vvloc]

And my wife Loves this american style chow mein recipe I make her every week:

Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
• 1 pound mung bean sprouts
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, 7 to 8 ounces each
• Marinade:
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 small piece (less than 1 teaspoon) cornstarch
• Sauce:
• 1/4 cup water or low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• Salt and pepepr, to taste
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4 tablespoons water
• Other:
• 1/2 pound dry wonton noodles
• 2 medium ribs celery
• 1 pound bok choy or broccoli
• 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1/2 red onion
• 1 green onion (scallion, spring onion)
• Vegetable oil for frying and stir-frying, as needed
• 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
Preparation:
One or 2 hours before cooking, rinse the mung bean sprouts so that they have time to drain thoroughly.

Cut the chicken into thin strips. Add the marinade ingredients, adding the cornstarch last. Marinate the chicken for 20 to 25 minutes.

The following 3 steps can be completed while the chicken is marinating:

To prepare the sauce, in a small bowl dissolve the 1 tablespoon cornstarch with the 4 tablespoons water. Whisk the water or chicken broth with the oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, pepper and cornstarch and water mixture and set aside.

Soften the noodles by placing them in boiling salted water. Plunge into cold water to stop the cooking process and drain thoroughly.

Wash all the vegetables as needed. Cut the celery and the bok choy into 1/2-inch pieces on the diagonal. If substituting broccoli for bok choy, peel the stalks until no more strings come out, and slice thinly on the diagonal.**Wipe the mushrooms clean with a damp cloth and slice. Cut the red bell pepper in half, remove the seeds and chut into chunks. Peel and chop the onion. Dice the green onion.

Heat a wok or frying pan over medium-high to high heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil. When the oil is hot, add the noodles. Fry in batches until golden. Remove the noodles from the pan.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil. Add the onion and the meat. Let the meat brown briefly, then stir-fry until the redness is gone and the meat is nearly cooked through. Remove the cooked meat and onion from the pan.

Cook the rest of the vegetables separately, except for the green onion, seasoning each with a bit of salt while stir-frying if desired. When cooking the bok choy or broccoli, add 1/4 cup of water and cover while cooking. Remove each of the vegetables from the pan when finished stir-frying. Add more oil as needed.

Give the sauce a quick restir. Add all the ingredients back into the wok, making a "well" in the middle if the wok for the sauce. Add the sauce, stirring quickly to thicken. Mix everything together. Stir in the green onions. Pour the cooked vegetable and sauce mixture on top of the noodles. Garnish the chow mein with the toasted sesame seeds. Serve hot.

[sktmfy]

i did that.. i have a good recipe for the egge omelette part.. its getting the sauce that tastes how i want that is the hard part

i tried to make the sauce awhile back it was okay, maybe i need to up the measurements of the ingredients a little but i used

soy sauce
pepper
salt
sugar
cornstarch (this is really the main thing)
water or you could use chicken stock or beef boullion cubes

a tip my lady gave for next time is to try some dry sherry instead of the water or some type of chinese wine sauce
this is for like the brown gravy type sauce

i just tried to make it like it taste and like i said it came out okay...

what you know about mambo sauce???

[vvloc]

Yep, cornstarch is key to MANY Asian recipes

[sktmfy]

[QUOTE=vvloc;128181]And my wife Loves this american style chow mein recipe I make her every week:

Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
• 1 pound mung bean sprouts
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, 7 to 8 ounces each
• Marinade:
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 small piece (less than 1 teaspoon) cornstarch
• Sauce:
• 1/4 cup water or low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• Salt and pepepr, to taste
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4 tablespoons water
• Other:
• 1/2 pound dry wonton noodles
• 2 medium ribs celery
• 1 pound bok choy or broccoli
• 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1/2 red onion
• 1 green onion (scallion, spring onion)
• Vegetable oil for frying and stir-frying, as needed
• 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
Preparation:
One or 2 hours before cooking, rinse the mung bean sprouts so that they have time to drain thoroughly.

Cut the chicken into thin strips. Add the marinade ingredients, adding the cornstarch last. Marinate the chicken for 20 to 25 minutes.

The following 3 steps can be completed while the chicken is marinating:

QUOTE]

def gonna try this this weekend...you know put the grill up for awhile...hit the px and get me a WOK haha

[sktmfy]

Dragon's does a pretty good Egg Foo Yung. Try it out, you might be suprised.

I miss ****** House.

tried it...all the time in hopes that it will hit the spot, its okay...it gives me my fix.... there is no place like home tho' ya dig....dragons has something missing.

[sktmfy]

Yep, cornstarch is key to MANY Asian recipes

that...

soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sometimes fish sauce(dont over do it).

[vvloc]

A large bottle of Thai fish sauce should last one 6 months or so - it is that intense.

[js9234]

Driving American muscle cars. I miss the rumbling sound of a chevy V8 when you go full throttle. I miss my race cars. I don't have anything against the cars here but they just aren't my cup of tea. I do like some of them but wouldn't spend the money restoring one and customizing it.

[DougP]

Driving American muscle cars. I miss the rumbling sound of a chevy V8 when you go full throttle. I miss my race cars. I don't have anything against the cars here but they just aren't my cup of tea. I do like some of them but wouldn't spend the money restoring one and customizing it.

And then just only being able to look at it sitting there in the garage because its just too damn expensive to drive. You know, the rising price of gas.:( Getting 6 gallons per mile doesn't make for very long road trips.:D I prefer the purr of a V10 to the roar of a V8 personally:thumbup1:

[OtisPMerriweather]

Memphis Barbecue Ribs...i just smoked some last night and they came out great! But it's much better when you don't have to spend three or four hours of your own time to make them.

[js9234]

And then just only being able to look at it sitting there in the garage because its just too damn expensive to drive. You know, the rising price of gas.:( Getting 6 gallons per mile doesn't make for very long road trips.:D I prefer the purr of a V10 to the roar of a V8 personally:thumbup1:

Depends on what kind of care you have. I had one hot rod(2002 SS) that got 22mpg(after mods) and one(78 Malibu) that did get about 8-10mpg. I had a WRX here and it got horrible gas mileage and was a 4 banger.

[DoctorP]

And my wife Loves this american style chow mein recipe I make her every week:

Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
• 1 pound mung bean sprouts
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, 7 to 8 ounces each
• Marinade:
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 small piece (less than 1 teaspoon) cornstarch
• Sauce:
• 1/4 cup water or low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• Salt and pepepr, to taste
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4 tablespoons water
• Other:
• 1/2 pound dry wonton noodles
• 2 medium ribs celery
• 1 pound bok choy or broccoli
• 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1/2 red onion
• 1 green onion (scallion, spring onion)
• Vegetable oil for frying and stir-frying, as needed
• 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
Preparation:
One or 2 hours before cooking, rinse the mung bean sprouts so that they have time to drain thoroughly.

Cut the chicken into thin strips. Add the marinade ingredients, adding the cornstarch last. Marinate the chicken for 20 to 25 minutes.

The following 3 steps can be completed while the chicken is marinating:

To prepare the sauce, in a small bowl dissolve the 1 tablespoon cornstarch with the 4 tablespoons water. Whisk the water or chicken broth with the oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, pepper and cornstarch and water mixture and set aside.

Soften the noodles by placing them in boiling salted water. Plunge into cold water to stop the cooking process and drain thoroughly.

Wash all the vegetables as needed. Cut the celery and the bok choy into 1/2-inch pieces on the diagonal. If substituting broccoli for bok choy, peel the stalks until no more strings come out, and slice thinly on the diagonal.**Wipe the mushrooms clean with a damp cloth and slice. Cut the red bell pepper in half, remove the seeds and chut into chunks. Peel and chop the onion. Dice the green onion.

Heat a wok or frying pan over medium-high to high heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil. When the oil is hot, add the noodles. Fry in batches until golden. Remove the noodles from the pan.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil. Add the onion and the meat. Let the meat brown briefly, then stir-fry until the redness is gone and the meat is nearly cooked through. Remove the cooked meat and onion from the pan.

Cook the rest of the vegetables separately, except for the green onion, seasoning each with a bit of salt while stir-frying if desired. When cooking the bok choy or broccoli, add 1/4 cup of water and cover while cooking. Remove each of the vegetables from the pan when finished stir-frying. Add more oil as needed.

Give the sauce a quick restir. Add all the ingredients back into the wok, making a "well" in the middle if the wok for the sauce. Add the sauce, stirring quickly to thicken. Mix everything together. Stir in the green onions. Pour the cooked vegetable and sauce mixture on top of the noodles. Garnish the chow mein with the toasted sesame seeds. Serve hot.

OMG!!!!:ohmy: vvloc is a meat eater! :thumbup1::D

[P_chan]

Richway Gyros! It puts sunabe gyros to shame! But what I really want is some REAL pizza. Something from one of the local places back home like sanfrantello's or aurelio's would be awesome:thumbup:

[vvloc]

OMG!!!!:ohmy: vvloc is a meat eater! :thumbup1::D

NEVER claimed not to be, Docp. On the contrary, I just, today, weighed in quite heavily on the hamburger discussion.

[Jazz]

Richway Gyros! It puts sunabe gyros to shame! But what I really want is some REAL pizza. Something from one of the local places back home like sanfrantello's or aurello's would be awesome:thumbup:

I could go for some Aurelio's for sure! What part of the Chi you from?

[Jazz]

NEVER claimed not to be, Docp. On the contrary, I just, today, weighed in quite heavily on the hamburger discussion.

Where's the hamburger discussion?

[DoctorP]

NEVER claimed not to be, Docp. On the contrary, I just, today, weighed in quite heavily on the hamburger discussion.

Don't read anything into it vvloc. I never said that you claimed to be vegan...just playing around a bit.

:thumbup1:

[vvloc]

Sorry Docp - really wasn't trying to seem argumentative.

Me? Argumentative? No way! NEVER happened:rolleyes:!!!

[mikersoft]

Where's the hamburger discussion?

Yeah, my mouth's already watering like Pavlov's dog! :w00t:

-Mike

[CaptainMcLusty]

Same as you but mine was from Albertos, Robertos, and/or Tres Amigos.

Other than that I could go for a stroll through the local Wal-Mart and scope out some crack head doing some crack head-ish siht right about now. That sounds fun.

You forgot Eribertos, filibertos, and los betos....

I want a big greasy Carne Asada with cheese and guacamole with a little cup of the hot sauce from a dirty, borderline illegal mexican hole in the wall that is open 24hrs a day.....

With a HORCHATA!!!

[Jazz]

You forgot Eribertos, filibertos, and los betos....

I want a big greasy Carne Asada with cheese and guacamole with a little cup of the hot sauce from a dirty, borderline illegal mexican hole in the wall that is open 24hrs a day.....

With a HORCHATA!!!

Hell yeah! Almost forgot the Horchata! Thanks - It's pretty easy to make BTW.

[vvloc]

I posted 4 other american egg foo yong recipes earlier in the thread for you, bigm. One had a VERY interesting brown sauce section.

[Travis Bickle]

the only thing i miss from the US is blonde haired blue eyed girls who are 5'5'' and fit into size 3 jeans. dont say we have those here because we surely do not.

[vvloc]

Let me know how it goes - despite all my ribbing of you, I, also like all that american chinese stuff.

I, also, like the fact that despite the fact that you can obviously "more than hold your own," you rarely get nasty (like me!!!).

Also, we're kinda (NJ) homeboys albeit from different sections.

[P_chan]

I could go for some Aurelio's for sure! What part of the Chi you from?

I actually live in extreme northwest indiana about 5 minutes from the south side. So I've spent a lot of my time in the city and the surrounding suburbs.

[Old Timer]

:rolleyes:pfft..

show me one that has authentic "american" style takeout chinese food and you have a friend for life.. what i have seen so far is chinese food done japanese style.. i have tried 3 egg foo youngs here so far.. not even close.. one even had some disgusting ass fish sauce.. i almost threw up at the table...

i want the egg omelets.. the thick brown gravy sauce.. mmmmmmmmm

Oh.......American style:rolleyes:

[sktmfy]

i saw.. after i hold my meeting i am going to print them out take em home and balance them against the other recipes i have and the ingredients i have vs what i will still need..

lol thats what i was gonna do, not even do the egg, i already know how,
i was just gonna make sauce over and over 'til i get it

[Jazz]

I actually live in extreme northwest indiana about 5 minutes from the south side. So I've spent a lot of my time in the city and the surrounding suburbs.

Cool I have friends and family in Tinley Park, Elgin and Rockford.

[dk]

the only thing i miss from the US is blonde haired blue eyed girls who are 5'5'' and fit into size 3 jeans. dont say we have those here because we surely do not.
True that. I miss that too.

[dk]

I miss concerts. I miss driving across two states to see my favorite band. And to top it all off, you don't have to pay $60 or more for admission.

I also miss jazz/blues clubs. The ones here do not cut it. I want dirty, gritty, reach down into your soul blues.

[Sex Wax]

A Blueberry Blizzard and 2 for 1 Footlongs from Dairy Queen.

[sktmfy]

Maryland blue crabs, and some of grandpa's bbq pulled pork.