> wrote in message
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>: On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:58:59 -0400, "Hal Laurent" >
> : wrote:
>
> :>
> :>"Rusty" > wrote in message
> . ..
> :>> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:57:13 -0400, "Hal Laurent" >
> :>> wrote:
> :>>
> :>>>That said, chili paste is not really an appropriate ingredient for Hot
> and
> :>>>Sour Soup, at least if you're talking about Chinese Hot and Sour Soup.
> :>>>
> :>>
> :>> Chili peppers and/or oil are used in many Hot and Sour Soup recipes
> :>> and also by famous chefs.
> :>
> :>I didn't say anything about chili peppers and/or oil, although I
> wouldn't
> :>put them in a Chinese Hot and Sour Soup either.
>
>
> : Chili products in Hot and Sour Soup?!! NO SOUP FOR YOU, 1 YEAR!!!!
>
>
> If you don't put chile products in Hot and Sour soup, then you won't
> have the "Hot"!!!
>
> Chinese Hot and Sour soup MUST HAVE Chile peppers and vinegar in them,
> otherwise it won't be Hot nor Sour.
>

Absolutely not. Authentic Chinese hot and sour soup gets the hot from black
pepper. There are no chilis involved.


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