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Wilson wrote:
> sometime in the recent past Stormmmee posted this:
>> at the same noodle bar with the congee was a dim sum platter, very
>> nice with several offerings, one of which was a rice item that was
>> about the size of a standard pear. it was wrapped in a paper that
>> resembled corn husks and looked like a blooming flower. it was for
>> lack of any other desrition a rice tamale. meat/vegetables inside and
>> rice where the corn mush would be on the tamale, very nice but i never
>> could understand what the server called it, i did get the rice part
>> was soft sticky rice.
>>
>> and while we are on that platter there was a pork bun that was
>> excellent, does anyone have the recipe for these, i think the bread
>> part is very nice and could hold a variety of fillings but i want an
>> authentic one, it was browned on top but soft like it had been also
>> steamed, no bread recipe i have ever read both steams and oven cooks
>> the bread.
>>
>> Lee
>>

> Although I can google 'desrition' and come up with many instances of
> it's use, none of my online dictionaries nor my collegiate hardcopy know
> what it is. I'd like to know it's roots, and if it's not too much, maybe
> a link to it's definition. Thanks.
>


Why do you have to be ****y? Many people make spelling mistakes, and it
is truly no big deal in the scheme of things. Its not as if he's cooking
the books and invading a country based on a lie or something. Save your
ire for the big things in life!

Cheers,

Ian