On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 9:01:32 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-09-17 20:19, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:59:00 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2015-09-17 5:59 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Ever hear of bok choy? That is what the Chinese use. Celery was
> >>>> a substitute in the West for immigrants who could not get bok
> >>>> choy.
> >>>
> >>> I use both, very often and in the same dish, same as the Chinese do...
> >>> celery is not a substitute for bok choy... they are very differently
> >>> flavored/textured.
> >>
> >> Many years ago I was out in Winnipeg and went for Chinese food. I am not
> >> sure what exactly it was supposed to be a substitute for, but egg rolls
> >> had a lot of cabbage in them. Yech.
> >
> > Chinese egg rolls are primarily filled with shredded cabbage, plus
> > bits of roast pork or shrimp. If you don't like cabbage you should
> > never order eggrolls.
>
>
> Not around here. They have bean sprouts, bok choy, celerey, buts of
> shrimp and chicken, but not cabbage.

Egg rolls have been mostly cabbage all my life, hereabouts. Spring
roll fillings vary a bit more.

Cindy Hamilton