In article >,
Rusty > wrote:

> On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:30:07 -0500, Oliver N. Skoglund
> > wrote:
>
> >Rusty wrote:
> >
> >>Easy Hot & Sour Soup
> >
> >>* 1/2 tablespoon garlic red chili paste
> >
> >I'm just finding this recipe tonight. What kind of store or in what
> >section would I find red chili paste? This sounds like something I
> >definitely want to try!
> >
> >Joan
>
> It's also known as Chili Garlic Sauce.

--snip--

I've been trying not to chime in, but I just can't help it.

According to my recipes, hot and sour soup (one of the three or four
best soups in the world) is spiced with finely ground white pepper --
lots of it -- not any kind of capsicum.

I have had it in Chinese restaurants where some kind of red oily stuff
was floating on it, and in every one of those cases, the soup was
inferior.

And don't forget the tiger lily blossoms.

Isaac