On Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 2:23:38 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
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> On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 10:18:19 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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> > I haven't seen corn syrup. If I can't find it, I wonder if I could use
> > maple
> > syrup or golden syrup?
>
> Consider yourself lucky if there's no corn syrup to be found in the UK. Just
> use any recipe that calls for no corn syrup and you'll do better than most
> cooks in the US. People used to love my pecan pies but these days I don't
> care to make that over-indulgent dessert. I do have some ideas about
> creating a pecan tart that uses half the filling. Something folks can eat
> without feeling too guilty. Yeah, that's the ticket. 
>
> Aye well you have health concerns do you need to be careful. I have
> found that I can buy corn syrup but after your comments ... What would you
> use?
>
> Tomorrow, I'll make an old school Okinawan dish for my dad - shoyu pork. My
> aim is to end up with pork that can be cut with a chopstick.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31PohNqMJ0U
>
> What was that in the two clear bottles - Distilled? Please explain
> Katsubushi, dried bonito flakes, Dashi, and Otoshibuta?
>
> Sorry to be a pain but it looks really good) I've never had a good
> recipe for belly pork and that has all the flavours we like (well, the ones
> I know anyway)
You could try making a pie with corn syrup. That's how most American pecan pies are made. Beats me if folks in the UK would like pecan pie either way. They might but I can't say.
Awamori is a distilled liquor made in Okinawa. I don't know much about awamori except that I can't get it over here. I just use a cheap sake instead. Katsubushi is dried bonito flakes and is used to make dashi - soup stock. I don't make dashi using katsubushi. Instead, I use dashi powder.
https://www.souschef.co.uk/products/...t-dashi-powder
The otoshibuta is interesting. It's used to cover a simmering liquid. What's unique is that it sits on top of the food. I've never used one but my guess is that it works better than putting a lid on a pan. Perhaps I should start using one. You can make your own by fashioning one out of aluminum foil or parchment paper.
https://geriplates.com/howtech/otoshibuta/