Got pig?

Nancy Young · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

Heh ... went to the asian market* today. I have a hankering for
potstickers, so I needed to pick up some gyoza, etc. While I was
there I bought something I have been meaning to for a while now.

They have a cooked pig. I don't know how they cook it, the skin
is crispy. I got upwards of a pound and a half. Oh, man, is this
stuff good! Flavorful and moist. I also picked up some ground pork
for the dumplings.

I wanted to get ginger but, for whatever reason, they sell it
prepacked in like a year's supply for me.

They have a bakery counter in the place. I just love those almond
cookies. Woman ahead of me ordered some indeciferable item
(sorry, my Chinese is rusty ... laugh), it looked good so I got one.
It's some delicious ... pound cake with lemon filling and a crusty
coating.

All in all, a very successful trip.

nancy

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Blinky the Shark · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 227

Nancy Young wrote:

> Heh ... went to the asian market* today. I have a hankering for
> potstickers, so I needed to pick up some gyoza, etc. While I was
> there I bought something I have been meaning to for a while now.
>
> They have a cooked pig. I don't know how they cook it, the skin
> is crispy. I got upwards of a pound and a half. Oh, man, is this
> stuff good! Flavorful and moist. I also picked up some ground pork
> for the dumplings.
>
> I wanted to get ginger but, for whatever reason, they sell it
> prepacked in like a year's supply for me.
>
> They have a bakery counter in the place. I just love those almond
> cookies. Woman ahead of me ordered some indeciferable item
> (sorry, my Chinese is rusty ... laugh), it looked good so I got one.
> It's some delicious ... pound cake with lemon filling and a crusty
> coating.

You lucked out. The last time I got something the name or description of
which I couldn't decipher, it was chicken feet. Smile

(I won't go into
details; I posted about that a while back.)

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Nancy Young · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

"Blinky the Shark" wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:

>> They have a bakery counter in the place. I just love those almond
>> cookies. Woman ahead of me ordered some indeciferable item
>> (sorry, my Chinese is rusty ... laugh), it looked good so I got one.
>> It's some delicious ... pound cake with lemon filling and a crusty
>> coating.
>
> You lucked out. The last time I got something the name or description of
> which I couldn't decipher, it was chicken feet. Smile

(I won't go into
> details; I posted about that a while back.)

I'm pretty careful in a place like that, but I thought I'd be relatively
safe at the bakery. I am not adventurous enough to just buy
items there that I'm not reasonably familiar with.

nancy

Blinky the Shark · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 227

Nancy Young wrote:

>
> "Blinky the Shark" wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> They have a bakery counter in the place. I just love those almond
>>> cookies. Woman ahead of me ordered some indeciferable item
>>> (sorry, my Chinese is rusty ... laugh), it looked good so I got one.
>>> It's some delicious ... pound cake with lemon filling and a crusty
>>> coating.
>>
>> You lucked out. The last time I got something the name or description of
>> which I couldn't decipher, it was chicken feet. Smile

(I won't go into
>> details; I posted about that a while back.)
>
> I'm pretty careful in a place like that, but I thought I'd be relatively
> safe at the bakery. I am not adventurous enough to just buy
> items there that I'm not reasonably familiar with.

Yeah, a bakery should be pretty safe. I was at a restaurant that I'd not
been in before, down in Chinatown.

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Sheldon · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 142

Blinky wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > I'm pretty careful in a place like that, but I thought
> > I'd be relatively safe at the bakery.
>
> Yeah, a bakery should be pretty safe. ï¿½
> I was at a restaurant that I'd not
> been in before, down in Chinatown.

They could have served you... you're
lucky to have escaped with your fin.

Boron Elgar · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 147

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:53:02 -0500, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

>Heh ... went to the asian market* today. I have a hankering for
>potstickers, so I needed to pick up some gyoza, etc. While I was
>there I bought something I have been meaning to for a while now.
>
>They have a cooked pig. I don't know how they cook it, the skin
>is crispy. I got upwards of a pound and a half. Oh, man, is this
>stuff good! Flavorful and moist. I also picked up some ground pork
>for the dumplings.
>
>I wanted to get ginger but, for whatever reason, they sell it
>prepacked in like a year's supply for me.
>
>They have a bakery counter in the place. I just love those almond
>cookies. Woman ahead of me ordered some indeciferable item
>(sorry, my Chinese is rusty ... laugh), it looked good so I got one.
>It's some delicious ... pound cake with lemon filling and a crusty
>coating.
>
>All in all, a very successful trip.
>
>nancy
>
>

Our Asian market had a broad clientele and has a full counter of
prepared meats and poultry. We can get ribs, pork, chicken, duck, lots
of organ meats, but my favorite of all sounds like what you describe -
lechon.

Boron

Zeppo · Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

"Nancy Young" wrote in message @comcast.com...
> Heh ... went to the asian market* today. I have a hankering for
> potstickers, so I needed to pick up some gyoza, etc. While I was
> there I bought something I have been meaning to for a while now.
>
> They have a cooked pig. I don't know how they cook it, the skin
> is crispy. I got upwards of a pound and a half. Oh, man, is this
> stuff good! Flavorful and moist. I also picked up some ground pork
> for the dumplings.
>
> I wanted to get ginger but, for whatever reason, they sell it
> prepacked in like a year's supply for me.
>
> They have a bakery counter in the place. I just love those almond
> cookies. Woman ahead of me ordered some indeciferable item
> (sorry, my Chinese is rusty ... laugh), it looked good so I got one.
> It's some delicious ... pound cake with lemon filling and a crusty
> coating.
>
> All in all, a very successful trip.
>
> nancy

Was at a memorial dinner for a friend's wife last week. You could say he
went whole hog for the event. A 100 lb. roasted pig, complete with apple.
Man that was yummy!

Jon

Nancy Young · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

"Boron Elgar" wrote
...
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:53:02 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>>They have a cooked pig. I don't know how they cook it, the skin
>>is crispy. I got upwards of a pound and a half. Oh, man, is this
>>stuff good! Flavorful and moist. I also picked up some ground pork
>>for the dumplings.

> Our Asian market had a broad clientele and has a full counter of
> prepared meats and poultry. We can get ribs, pork, chicken, duck, lots
> of organ meats, but my favorite of all sounds like what you describe -
> lechon.

I didn't know that word, I had to look it up. Thanks. It was
an experience conveying what quantity I wanted.

nancy

Boron Elgar · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 147

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:58:50 -0500, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

>
>"Boron Elgar" wrote
>..
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:53:02 -0500, "Nancy Young"
>> wrote:
>
>>>They have a cooked pig. I don't know how they cook it, the skin
>>>is crispy. I got upwards of a pound and a half. Oh, man, is this
>>>stuff good! Flavorful and moist. I also picked up some ground pork
>>>for the dumplings.
>
>> Our Asian market had a broad clientele and has a full counter of
>> prepared meats and poultry. We can get ribs, pork, chicken, duck, lots
>> of organ meats, but my favorite of all sounds like what you describe -
>> lechon.
>
>I didn't know that word, I had to look it up. Thanks. It was
>an experience conveying what quantity I wanted.
>
>nancy
>

That sound like my store, too. I point a lot and use my hands to
indicate if I want more or less of something.

The Russian deli is even more difficult, though.

Boron

blake murphy · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 421

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:53:02 -0500, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

>Heh ... went to the asian market* today. I have a hankering for
>potstickers, so I needed to pick up some gyoza, etc. While I was
>there I bought something I have been meaning to for a while now.
>
>They have a cooked pig. I don't know how they cook it, the skin
>is crispy. I got upwards of a pound and a half. Oh, man, is this
>stuff good! Flavorful and moist. I also picked up some ground pork
>for the dumplings.
>
>I wanted to get ginger but, for whatever reason, they sell it
>prepacked in like a year's supply for me.
>

how odd. that's one item i don't think i've ever seen except in a
bin, and even at that as far as i know it's perfectly acceptable to
break off nodes from a larger piece.

your pal,
blake

James Silverton · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

blake wrote on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:42:25 GMT:

??>> Heh ... went to the asian market* today. I have a
??>> hankering for potstickers, so I needed to pick up some
??>> gyoza, etc. While I was there I bought something I have
??>> been meaning to for a while now.
??>>
??>> They have a cooked pig. I don't know how they cook it,
??>> the skin is crispy. I got upwards of a pound and a half.
??>> Oh, man, is this stuff good! Flavorful and moist. I also
??>> picked up some ground pork for the dumplings.
??>>
??>> I wanted to get ginger but, for whatever reason, they sell
??>> it prepacked in like a year's supply for me.
??>>
bm> how odd. that's one item i don't think i've ever seen
bm> except in a bin, and even at that as far as i know it's
bm> perfectly acceptable to break off nodes from a larger
bm> piece.

I don't think I've ever seen ginger root packaged either, not
even at Whole Foods. That's just as well since even 1/3 lb
lasts me long enough to require freezing it.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Nancy Young · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

"blake murphy" wrote

> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:53:02 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>>I wanted to get ginger but, for whatever reason, they sell it
>>prepacked in like a year's supply for me.

> how odd. that's one item i don't think i've ever seen except in a
> bin, and even at that as far as i know it's perfectly acceptable to
> break off nodes from a larger piece.

It was beautiful, and in hindsight I probably should have
bought it there because the stuff in my supermarket was
awful. It was packaged the way you see a pound of
mushrooms in the supermarket.

That's what I normally do, too ... break off a nice piece
at the knuckle if they only have huge hands of ginger at
the store.

nancy

Nancy Young · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

"blake murphy" wrote

> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:53:02 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>>I wanted to get ginger but, for whatever reason, they sell it
>>prepacked in like a year's supply for me.

> how odd. that's one item i don't think i've ever seen except in a
> bin, and even at that as far as i know it's perfectly acceptable to
> break off nodes from a larger piece.

It was beautiful, and in hindsight I probably should have
bought it there because the stuff in my supermarket was
awful. It was packaged the way you see a pound of
mushrooms in the supermarket.

That's what I normally do, too ... break off a nice piece
at the knuckle if they only have huge hands of ginger at
the store.

nancy

Michael Kuettner · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 29

"James Silverton" schrieb:
>
> I don't think I've ever seen ginger root packaged either, not even at Whole
> Foods. That's just as well since even 1/3 lb lasts me long enough to require
> freezing it.
>
Peel the ginger. Cut into slices. Put slices in jar. Pour cooking
sherry over the slices so that they are covered.
Screw on lid. Keep in a cool place.
Lasts nearly forever.

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner

James Silverton · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 187

Michael wrote on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:15:07 +0100:

MK> "James Silverton" schrieb:
??>>
??>> I don't think I've ever seen ginger root packaged either,
??>> not even at Whole Foods. That's just as well since even
??>> 1/3 lb lasts me long enough to require freezing it.
??>>
MK> Peel the ginger. Cut into slices. Put slices in jar. Pour
MK> cooking sherry over the slices so that they are covered.
MK> Screw on lid. Keep in a cool place.
MK> Lasts nearly forever.

Freezing fresh ginger in a plastic bag without any further
preparation works quite well. You only have to run hot water
over the end before grating or cutting off slices and refreezing
works. I won't say it lasts for ever, but still!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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