On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:04:06 -0700, Isaac Wingfield >
wrote:


>
>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

The recipe has ground white pepper in it. The name of the recipe is
EASY Hot and Sour Soup. I've made it and it tastes as good as Hot and
Sour soup that I've had at various Chinese Restaurants throughout
California.

The idea is an easy Hot and Sour soup anyone can make at home in
20-minutes with easy to get ingredients. To me, like I said, it tastes
very close (if not better in some cases) than Hot and Sour Soup I've
had throughout California.

If someone wants to spend 2-hours and use 25 exotic ingredients to
make soup, go for it.




Rusty

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