Might anyone have a favorite Chinese oyster sauce recipe they'd like to
share. After decades of being unable to enjoy oyster sauce sauces, I bought
a bottle of vegetarian oyster sauce (have no idea how it will taste) and was
hoping to put it to good use. I used to love broccoli in oyster sauce. I
have no idea what ingredients to mix in with the bottled sauce.

Thanks in advance.
Victoria
Vermont, USA

"minosagape" > wrote in message
...
> Might anyone have a favorite Chinese oyster sauce recipe they'd like to
> share. After decades of being unable to enjoy oyster sauce sauces, I
bought
> a bottle of vegetarian oyster sauce (have no idea how it will taste) and
was
> hoping to put it to good use. I used to love broccoli in oyster sauce. I
> have no idea what ingredients to mix in with the bottled sauce.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Victoria
> Vermont, USA
>

I like it with a little shao shing and ginger on stirfry veges.

Where does one get vegetarian oysters BTW? I thought filter feeders had the
all grist for the mill approach to food.

David

David wrote on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:02:39 GMT:


DHS> "minosagape" > wrote in message
DHS> ...
??>> Might anyone have a favorite Chinese oyster sauce recipe
??>> they'd like to share. After decades of being unable to
??>> enjoy oyster sauce sauces, I
DHS> bought
??>> a bottle of vegetarian oyster sauce (have no idea how it
??>> will taste) and
DHS> was
??>> hoping to put it to good use. I used to love broccoli in
??>> oyster sauce. I have no idea what ingredients to mix in
??>> with the bottled sauce.
??>>
??>> Thanks in advance.
??>> Victoria
??>> Vermont, USA
??>>
DHS> I like it with a little shao shing and ginger on stirfry
DHS> veges.

DHS> Where does one get vegetarian oysters BTW? I thought
DHS> filter feeders had the all grist for the mill approach to
DHS> food.

After waiting for an answer to the intriguing question of the
nature of *vegetarian oyster* sauce, I did what I should have
done immediately. Google and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_sauce
gives the answer! Vegetarian oyster sauce is not made from
oysters but from mushrooms and tends to have a milder taste than
the original!

Now, what the heck is shao shing? :-)

James Silverton.

"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.net> wrote in message
. ..
> ??>>
> DHS> I like it with a little shao shing and ginger on stirfry
> DHS> veges.
>
> DHS> Where does one get vegetarian oysters BTW? I thought
> DHS> filter feeders had the all grist for the mill approach to
> DHS> food.
>
> After waiting for an answer to the intriguing question of the
> nature of *vegetarian oyster* sauce, I did what I should have
> done immediately. Google and
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_sauce
> gives the answer! Vegetarian oyster sauce is not made from
> oysters but from mushrooms and tends to have a milder taste than
> the original!
>
> Now, what the heck is shao shing? :-)
>
> James Silverton.
>

Chinese cooking wine. The transliteration varies but Google knows about it.

David

>
> "minosagape" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Might anyone have a favorite Chinese oyster sauce recipe they'd like to
>> share. After decades of being unable to enjoy oyster sauce sauces, I
> bought
>> a bottle of vegetarian oyster sauce (have no idea how it will taste) and
> was
>> hoping to put it to good use. I used to love broccoli in oyster sauce. I
>> have no idea what ingredients to mix in with the bottled sauce.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Victoria
>> Vermont, USA
>>
>
> I like it with a little shao shing and ginger on stirfry veges.
>
> Where does one get vegetarian oysters BTW? I thought filter feeders had the
> all grist for the mill approach to food.
>
> David
>
>
I finally took out the Vegetarian Mushroom Flavor Sauce for the first time.
It isn't vegetarian at all, but contains oyster extract.

The vegetarian oyster sauce is vegetarian but seems to contain little other
than sugar thickener and coloring. I'm not sure about the flavor, as the one
time I've used it, I mixed it with thick soy sauce and plain soy sauce and
some other things. The result wasn't something I'd like to replicate.

VC, Vermont

For simple use of oyster sauce at home, I like to mix noodles with a
little oyster sauce, sesame oil, and chili paste. Sometimes I prefer a
lighter taste, so I would mix oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, a
little sugar, fresh ground pepper and toss the noodles in this mixture.
My family also use it for stir fries and soups.

Tracey
Vermont

minosagape wrote:
> Might anyone have a favorite Chinese oyster sauce recipe they'd like to
> share. After decades of being unable to enjoy oyster sauce sauces, I bought
> a bottle of vegetarian oyster sauce (have no idea how it will taste) and was
> hoping to put it to good use. I used to love broccoli in oyster sauce. I
> have no idea what ingredients to mix in with the bottled sauce.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Victoria
> Vermont, USA

> For simple use of oyster sauce at home, I like to mix noodles with a
> little oyster sauce, sesame oil, and chili paste. Sometimes I prefer a
> lighter taste, so I would mix oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, a
> little sugar, fresh ground pepper and toss the noodles in this mixture.
> My family also use it for stir fries and soups.
>
> Tracey
> Vermont
>
> minosagape wrote:
>> Might anyone have a favorite Chinese oyster sauce recipe they'd like to
>> share. After decades of being unable to enjoy oyster sauce sauces, I bought
>> a bottle of vegetarian oyster sauce (have no idea how it will taste) and was
>> hoping to put it to good use. I used to love broccoli in oyster sauce. I
>> have no idea what ingredients to mix in with the bottled sauce.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Victoria
>> Vermont, USA
>
Tracey - Hello neighbor. Thanks for the sauce suggestions.
I shop for ingredients on North St. in Burlington. There are 2 mainly Thai
groceries near North Champlain. Might you know of other sources in Vermont,
or elsewhere?
Thanks.

Victoria

If you're up in Burlington, then the 2 on North St. (Vietnamese) are
the only ones. They get their supplies from Boston. The smaller of the
two seems to take custom orders. There's a Japanese restaurant in
Williston that has a very small selection of Japanese dry goods. I'm in
the Upper Valley area now. There is an Indian dry goods store here. I
will be opening up a multi-ethnic asian market in July. I will take
custom orders for things available in NYC (dim sum, fresh produce,
seafood, frozen foods, dry goods).

Green Mountain Asian Market
www.GreenMountainAsian.com

If there's something particular you'd like, let me know and I'll see
what I can do.

Tracey

minosagape wrote:
> > For simple use of oyster sauce at home, I like to mix noodles with a
> > little oyster sauce, sesame oil, and chili paste. Sometimes I prefer a
> > lighter taste, so I would mix oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, a
> > little sugar, fresh ground pepper and toss the noodles in this mixture.
> > My family also use it for stir fries and soups.
> >
> > Tracey
> > Vermont
> >
> > minosagape wrote:
> >> Might anyone have a favorite Chinese oyster sauce recipe they'd like to
> >> share. After decades of being unable to enjoy oyster sauce sauces, I bought
> >> a bottle of vegetarian oyster sauce (have no idea how it will taste) and was
> >> hoping to put it to good use. I used to love broccoli in oyster sauce. I
> >> have no idea what ingredients to mix in with the bottled sauce.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> Victoria
> >> Vermont, USA
> >
> Tracey - Hello neighbor. Thanks for the sauce suggestions.
> I shop for ingredients on North St. in Burlington. There are 2 mainly Thai
> groceries near North Champlain. Might you know of other sources in Vermont,
> or elsewhere?
> Thanks.
>
> Victoria

minosagape wrote:
> Might anyone have a favorite Chinese oyster sauce recipe they'd like to
> share.

Oyster sauce the best sauce ever! My favorite is a stir fry with
brocoli, tofu, any other vegeis you have around (e.g. carrots,
cabbage). Stir fry onions and garlic and ginger, then add brocoli,
then cubes of firm tofu and other vegetables. Optionally, add some
peanuts. When everything is cooked, turn off heat and add in couple
tablespoons oyster sauce and stir well and serve. Simple and delicous!
Oyster sauce also tastes great with asian greens.

> Might anyone have a favorite Chinese oyster sauce recipe they'd like to
> share. After decades of being unable to enjoy oyster sauce sauces, I bought
> a bottle of vegetarian oyster sauce (have no idea how it will taste) and was
> hoping to put it to good use. I used to love broccoli in oyster sauce. I
> have no idea what ingredients to mix in with the bottled sauce.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Victoria
> Vermont, USA
>
I've tried the vegetarian oyster sauce, without much success. I don't think
it comes close to having a distinctive flavor. Does anyone have experience
with it?

Thanks in advance.
VC, Vermont