On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 12:57:09 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
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> > On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 7:01:36 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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> >> > Beef tomato used to be a popular dish over here. These days, if I see
> >> > it
> >> > on a menu, I'll order it. I learned to make it when I was a kid. The
> >> > great
> >> > thing about it is that you don't need a lot of meat to feed a family of
> >> > four. The local Hawaiian style beef tomato has a lighter sauce than
> >> > Chinese beef tomato and typically won't have star anise or 5 spice in
> >> > it,
> >> > at least, that's the way I make it. My aim is to get a fresh vegetable
> >> > taste out that dish.
> >>
> >> I don't usually even eat the meat out of it. I just like it in there for
> >> the flavor. It's the veggies that I love!
> >
> > I can see that. I should try making it with 4 oz or less of meat. That
> > might work.
>
> I make mine with plenty of meat. My husband just eats it!

When I used to make this as a kid, I didn't use much meat. That's pretty much the way it was back then. Come to think of it, we eat a lot more food these days. That's too bad. :-)