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On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 16:49:50 -0800 (PST), aem >
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> On Monday, January 7, 2013 4:28:59 PM UTC-8, ViLco wrote:
> >
> > Now I know what RFC needs: a chinese who wil get all upset because of
> >
> > people posting "chinese" recipes which aren't real chinese.
> >
> > How comes that not even one in a billion and 3 hundred millions ever
> >
> > kicked in here?
> >

>
> You didn't get an indignant response because the recipe you described and the pictures you posted were in fact a Chinese dish. Nothing is more Chinese than to take what's on hand (like your prosciutto) and maake fried rice out of it. That's the same all over the U.S. and in northern Italy. -aem


I already tried to explain that to him, but he's got it in his head
that it's not made in China and is looking for corroboration that
isn't forthcoming.

http://ricette.giallozafferano.it/Ri...cantonese.html

"Cantonese rice is a dish of Chinese origin, very welcome and popular
in Italy, and because it is very close to European tastes and this is
why it is on the menus of many Chinese restaurants in our area."

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