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On Monday, January 7, 2013 7:23:24 AM UTC-8, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 06:50:06 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
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> > When I was a kid in the midwest, Chinese restaurants uniformly served

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> > chop suey (stir fried beef, celery, and mung bean sprouts among other

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> > things).

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> Oh, man... you just dredged up old memories. I'd completely forgotten
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> about that nasty stuff. Hated it as a kid, but it seemed like my
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> mother was always opening the can(s) of Chung King and serving it for
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> dinner.
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If made with good beef and good ingredients (like onion, peapods, water chestnuts, fresh beansprouts) it can be a good stirfry. I grant you that's not what that old canned product was. -aem