Dan Abel wrote:
> 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.
>
I should have read on.... :-)

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Jean B.