In article >,
"James Silverton" > wrote:


> I note a recipe for Hot and Sour Soup by Jean B in r.f.recipes. It looks
> authentic using white pepper for heat. I wonder if any others are as
> horrible as me and prefer a hotter version using Sriracha sauce?

Not that I think there is a very authentic recipe (I've read that for
both H&S soup and fried rice, the first step is to clean out your fridge
to see what you could put in), but my warning for Sriracha would be that
it has a fair amount of sugar and garlic in it. I've read a lot of
recipes for H&S soup, and followed none of them, but although most use
white pepper for the heat, some use hot oil or hot bean paste, which are
much spicier.

My son and daughter made H&S soup a couple of nights ago. It was very
good. The recipe that my son chose called for hot oil and no white
pepper. My daughter got in a big (but friendly) argument with my son
about it.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA