On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:56:53 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:34:22 +1100, John J > wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:49:45 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:31:09 -0500, Tracy >
>>> >wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Egg foo yung is on a lot of menus in the Boston area. Maybe Polynesian
>>> >> style restaurants? My sister always ordered it. I don't care for it
>>> >> myself. It's like a veggie omelet with gravy.
>>> >
>>> > To be perfectly honest, I've never seen it on a menu, therefore I've
>>> >never eaten it and wouldn't know what it looked like unless I Googled
>>> >images, which I (obviously) haven't done before this.
>>> >
>>> >Googling images - OMG - YUCK, I agree with you. It's nasty looking.
>>> >Ick.
>>>
>>> A Chinese omelette with sweet and sour sauce, the horror! I hope
>>> you've recovered
>>
>> Honestly? I haven't. <sniffle>
>
>A simple recipe from the old Betty Crocker cookbook. I like it occasionally.
>
>2 TBS oil
>3 eggs
>1 cup bean sprouts
>1/2 cup chopped cooked pork (or meat of choice)
>2 TBS chopped onion
>1 TBS soy sauce
>
>Heat oil in skillet. Beat eggs until very thick and lemon colored,
>stir in bean sprouts, pork, onion and soy sauce.
>
>Pour 1/4 cup of mixture at a time into skillet, with broad spatula,
>push cooked egg up over meat to form a patty. When patties are set,
>turn to brown other side. Serve hot with sauce.
>
>Sauce
>
>1 tsp cornstarch
>1 tsp sugar ( I add eqivalent artificial sweetener after it thickens)
>1 tsp vinegar
>2 1/2 TBS soy sauce
>I/2 cup water
>
>Combine all ingredients in small saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly,
>until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir one minute. Serve over
>the Egg Foo Yong patties.

Every Chinese restaurant I've ever been to prepares egg foo yung by
deep frying the egg mixture in a wok, and served smothered in Chinese
brown sauce... never seen it pan fried or with sweet and sour sauce.
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/eggf.../eggfuyung.htm