"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2015-09-17 20:19, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:59:00 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2015-09-17 5:59 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Ever hear of bok choy? That is what the Chinese use. Celery was
>>>>> a substitute in the West for immigrants who could not get bok
>>>>> choy.
>>>>
>>>> I use both, very often and in the same dish, same as the Chinese do...
>>>> celery is not a substitute for bok choy... they are very differently
>>>> flavored/textured.
>>>
>>> Many years ago I was out in Winnipeg and went for Chinese food. I am not
>>> sure what exactly it was supposed to be a substitute for, but egg rolls
>>> had a lot of cabbage in them. Yech.
>>
>> Chinese egg rolls are primarily filled with shredded cabbage, plus
>> bits of roast pork or shrimp. If you don't like cabbage you should
>> never order eggrolls.
>
>
> Not around here. They have bean sprouts, bok choy, celerey, buts of shrimp
> and chicken, but not cabbage.

They have cabbage here.