Dave Smith wrote:
> Dan Abel wrote:
> >
> > I like fried rice as well as the next white guy, but I understand
> > that to the Chinese it is strictly a food to use up leftover rice,
> > and isn't served to guests or ordered in a restaurant.
> >
> Call me cheap, but you won't catch me paying for fried rice in a
restaurant.
> It's a great dish for left overs. [snip]

You guys are generally right, but there is one fairly well-known
exception. A dish called "Yangchow fried rice" has become pretty well
standardized as something more than home-cooked leftovers. It features
shrimp or prawns and straw mushrooms, as well as lotus seeds if they
have them. But as you say, the fried rice in our house once or twice a
week features leftovers.

-aem