On 2/10/2010 4:15 PM, brooklyn1 wrote:
> "James Silverton" wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have a recipe, Chinese or Thai, for Shrimp Noodle Soup that
>> does not involve pre-prepared shrimp flavored noodles or flavoring
>> mixes? A surprising number of recipes on the web rely on prepackaged
>> ingredients. I'd prefer something hot and sour on this ridiculously
>> snowy day and I can't get out to buy tofu.
>
> I don't see why you couldn't make a very good hot n' sour shrimp n'
> noodle soup using shrimp flavored ramen as a base (hot n' sour soup
> typically contains no noodles, but it can). Add the typical hot n'
> sour ingredients and toss in like a dozen medium never frozen shrimp,
> cleaned, with their tails attached (you can simmer the shrimp body
> shells for like 10 minutes to strengthen the stock if you don't mind
> the extra step to strain out the shells. And tofu is not manditory...
> use green onions, ginger, snow peas, bean sprouts, garlic... even
> tinned Oriental veggies work... just NO 'shrooms with shrimp...
> there's no antidote for TIAD.
>
>

He did mention he wanted to use real ingrediants. How could anyone make
a good (never mind "very good") anything with shrimp or "anything"
flavored ramen noodles?

And you do know that shrimp *and* mushrooms are used together in Thai
cooking and the combination does taste good?