limey writes:

I love Thai food. Does this recipe sound as if it's worth making?

Dora

Lemon-Grass Soup

2 pounds large shrimp, still shelled
2 stalks lemon grass, diced
2 large red chile peppers
fresh coriander
1 to 2 tablespoons (to taste) palm sugar or crystallized honey
2 limes (divided use)
1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms
64 ounces chicken stock
3 tablespoons (or to taste) Thai fish sauce

I think whether it's worth making depends a lot on the seasonings used
for the chicken stock... somehow I don't think typical Jewish
penicillin type stock will work... you need an oriental flavored stock;
lots of ginger, white pepper, star anise, etc. I think for that recipe
to work it's essential that it includes the stock recipe.

Sheldon