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Little Malice

One time on Usenet, blake murphy > said:
> On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:50:13 GMT, unge (Little
> Malice) wrote:
>
> >One time on Usenet, blake murphy > said:
> >> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:03:32 -0000, levelwave >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Jul 3, 3:41 pm, Mitch <Mitch@...> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> And it's not MSG. The places around here don't use it.
> >> >> And I'd know if they lied because my friend would have an instant
> >> >> migraine.
> >> >
> >> >There's is nothing you can do at home to get "that taste". You don't
> >> >have the same equipment they do in your kitchen to replicate exactly
> >> >what they're serving you.
> >> >
> >> >~john
> >>
> >> i think this is the crux of the problem. fortunately, i like my fried
> >> rice better than take-out.
> >>
> >> your smug pal,
> >> blake
> >
> >I agree with you, Blake -- homemade fried rice is better that what
> >I can get around here. I do cheat and use the Sun Luck seasoning
> >packet, but at least my fried rice doesn't have bits of old BBQ
> >pork in it...
>
> i wouldn't knock it for that reason, but it doesn't seem to have a lot
> of flavor. mine is about half rice and half meat and vegetables, with
> lots of ginger and black pepper. i don't think of it as a side dish.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Neither do we -- I make mine with lots of green onion, shrimp, and
scrambled egg bits. Hearty stuff, yours sounds very nice... :-)

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Jani in WA