On 2/5/07 1:47 PM, in article , "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.

i know someone who used to frequent here, he might
know something as he can read chinese script. i'll
post a follow up when i find out.


Is this what you bought?

http://guanjunshipin.21food.cn/compa...show96872.html

The site is in English, but at least you can recognize the picture.
Is this package is the same thing you bought and tasted and smelled so
terribly, then I must say it was too old and past its edible term.

MB