"dsi1" > wrote in message
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On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 7:50:05 AM UTC-10, tert in seattle wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> > On Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 2:01:25 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> >> On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 18:02:14 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:19:34 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > It gets more confusing:
> >> >
> >> > When you say black beans:
> >> > http://www.fooducate.com/app#page=pr...F-1231380C180E
> >> >
> >> > I say black beans:
> >> > https://internationalgroceries.com.a...product_id=162
> >>
> >> What do you call regular black beans if you eliminate the "salted"
> >> part about your black beans?
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> sf
> >
> > Frijoles negros are getting pretty popular in the US these days. I'd add
> > that to a pot of chili any day of the week. Most of the time, I just add
> > whatever I got.
> >
> > If I was talking to a Chinese cook, I'd call it "Mexican black beans",
> > otherwise most likely, we'd be talking about the salted, fermented,
> > black beans, and I'd just say "black bean." If I was talking to a
> > Mexican cook, I'd say "frijoles negros." To Americans, I'd say "can of
> > black beans."
>
> I used to get a dish with black bean sauce at this chinese restaurant in
> Chicago that burned down (Hong Min). It was delicious. I bought some
> jarred
> stuff a few years ago in an attempt to simulate the experience and was
> sadly disappointed.

Those Chinese cooks are sure tricky. Copying them is tough. I used to get
roast pork from the green shack down the street but then a truck ran into
the section where he made the pork and duck. No more roast pork. Don't you
just hate when that happens? :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZoH4bUL5vc

I once got lucky. I haven't tried a lot of Chinese food because the people
I dine with always seems to get the same thing. One of those combination
things, I think designed for Americans and I don't like that stuff. I do
love tomato beef which you can't get at the Americanized places.

One day, a kid down the street came selling little books for his school. I
saw that the Chinese cookbook had a recipe for tomato beef in it so I
ordered it. The book didn't actually have a lot of recipes. Perhaps 30.
But that was fine because I got the one that I wanted and it came out
exactly like it does in the restaurants. I used to make it sometimes for
potlucks and everyone loved it.