Re: [Aroid-l] Iron Chef - Konnyaku

From: piaba piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2005.11.20 at 20:51:58(13553) --- Don Martinson wrote: > > It was the texture that, well, grossed me out. > It was like > >chewing on a big piece of gristle and seemed to get > bigger with +More > >every chew! > As some may recall, there was a candy product which > contained this > stuff and was ultimately banned because of a choke > hazzard in young > children - the stuff wouldn't dissolve! that is not accurate. the choking hazzard was due to the size of the candy, which is offered in small cups of fruit-flavored jelly. you infidels don't know what's good for you. konnyaku is quite tasty, but then i'm used to it... for example, sliced and sauteed in a curry sauce with other vegetables. as noted, it's a starch and usually made into bricks, but can also be made into noodles. there's a restaurant in NY's chinatown that specializes in konnyaku noodles soups. often referred to as simply "yam," which is unfort. not accurate. i have not tasted paeoniifolius though... i wonder how it tastes different. ========= tsuh yang __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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