Saudades d(-_-)b wrote:
> Dan Logcher wrote:
>
>> Only rice cakes I've seen are Korean rice cake spicy appetizer.
>> Its usually a hot spicy dish with scallions and peppers. Same?
>>
>
> no these things are not like Korean rice cakes you describe. they come
> in a stack or two and are square in shape, in a very tight vacuum seal
> package, with an all chinese script red label. they're hard as a rock.
> i tried steaming for a while but nothing happened, then i tried boiling.
> still nothing. and if i remember it correctly it emitted a not very
> pleasant smelt during cooking [like glue?]. well it cost only 50 pence,
> i'm just gutted i don't know what they're for.

Sounds very similar to the Korean rice as I've seen it in the stores. They come
vacuumed sealed and are hard as a rock. I never prepared them at home though.

I wonder what you're using.

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Dan