"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 20:17:31 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:46:54 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/7/2013 6:09 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 7 Jan 2013 16:57:45 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> These are much more glorified versions of fried
>>>>>> rice. I have seen a restaurant that *doesn't* offer these - even
>>>>>> the more authentic Chinese restaurants.
>>>>>
>>>>> That should say I have NEVER seen a restaurant that does not offer
>>>>> these. And that's pretty universal across the U.S.
>>>>
>>>> I worked with a fellow whose parents were born in China. His mom
>>>> was a real mail order bride. He said that in his family fried rice
>>>> was something you made with leftovers.
>>>
>>> Except that would be illegal in restaurants, so they make it all fresh
>>> :-)
>>
>> How can it be illegal? I've seen that Restaurant Impossible show and
>> they
>> often have leftovers.
>
> Yeah, they just scrape it off the plates after the customers have
> left.

No, no. I mean cooking more than is needed for that day and putting the
rest in the fridge.
>
> A Chinese restaurant tends to only cook what it needs on demand. It's
> not like they have a whole prime rib in back that didn't get ordered.
> Even the hanging roast/BBQ ducks would be gone before the end of the
> night.

Yes but... Wouldn't they be able to cook extra rice and refrigerate it?
Fried rice does need rice that isn't freshly cooked.