From "The Good Earth" (the scene of the wedding night):

“...In his heart he was proud of the dishes, for with what meats she
had the woman had combined sugar and vinegar and a little wine and soy
sauce and she had skillfully brought forth all the force of meat
itself, so that Wang Lung himself had never tasted such dishes upon
the tables of his friends”

Just wanted to say that I think I've come up with a pretty good
formula: 3 parts wine, 2 parts soy sauce, 2 parts brown sugar and 1
part vinegar. I also used cabbage, onion and rice.

Lenona.

On Mar 16, 1:36*pm, Lenona > wrote:
> From "The Good Earth" (the scene of the wedding night):
>
> “...In his heart he was proud of the dishes, for with what meats she
> had the woman had combined sugar and vinegar and a little wine and soy
> sauce and she had skillfully brought forth all the force of meat
> itself, so that Wang Lung himself had never tasted such dishes upon
> the tables of his friends”
>
> Just wanted to say that I think I've come up with a pretty good
> formula: 3 parts wine, 2 parts soy sauce, 2 parts brown sugar and 1
> part vinegar. I also used cabbage, onion and rice.
>
> Lenona.

but did she not combine the meat with the sugar, vinegar, wine and
soy? You are missing the meat flavor.

On 3/16/2012 4:36 PM, Lenona wrote:
> From "The Good Earth" (the scene of the wedding night):
>
> “...In his heart he was proud of the dishes, for with what meats she
> had the woman had combined sugar and vinegar and a little wine and soy
> sauce and she had skillfully brought forth all the force of meat
> itself, so that Wang Lung himself had never tasted such dishes upon
> the tables of his friends”
>
> Just wanted to say that I think I've come up with a pretty good
> formula: 3 parts wine, 2 parts soy sauce, 2 parts brown sugar and 1
> part vinegar. I also used cabbage, onion and rice.
>
> Lenona.

Thai dipping sauce works well for broiled chicken and salmon:
Nam Prik Kiga, dipping sauce

12 tab sliced Thai chillies
2 tab garlic, sliced thin.
1 tab lime juice
1 tab fish sauce
4 tab shallots (or red onions), sliced thin
3 tab cilantro, including roots, chopped

Sauté chilies, shallots, garlic, puree the whole mess.

The Washington Post, yesterday, had a recipe for a sauce for broiled
salmon that is an uncooked variant, which I liked:

Oriental (enough for two.)

1 clove garlic chopped
1 tab water
1 small Thai pepper (seeded and chopped; chopped red pepper works.)
1 tab grated ginger
1 lime (juice only)
1 tab fish sauce
1 tab rice vinegar
1 tab sake (dry sherry OK)
1 tab Mirin



--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

On Mar 16, 4:51*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> On Mar 16, 1:36*pm, Lenona > wrote:
>
> > From "The Good Earth" (the scene of the wedding night):
>
> > “...In his heart he was proud of the dishes, for with what meats she
> > had the woman had combined sugar and vinegar and a little wine and soy
> > sauce and she had skillfully brought forth all the force of meat
> > itself, so that Wang Lung himself had never tasted such dishes upon
> > the tables of his friends”
>
> > Just wanted to say that I think I've come up with a pretty good
> > formula: 3 parts wine, 2 parts soy sauce, 2 parts brown sugar and 1
> > part vinegar. I also used cabbage, onion and rice.
>
> > Lenona.
>
> but did she not combine the meat with the sugar, vinegar, wine and
> soy? * You are missing the meat flavor.

Um, I simmered the meat chunks in the sauce, then mixed in the
vegetables.

BTW, I assume that purists would say that if you decide to use chicken
(I didn't) one should use white wine.

Lenona.

On Mar 17, 12:12*pm, Lenona > wrote:
> On Mar 16, 4:51*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 16, 1:36*pm, Lenona > wrote:
>
> > > From "The Good Earth" (the scene of the wedding night):
>
> > > “...In his heart he was proud of the dishes, for with what meats she
> > > had the woman had combined sugar and vinegar and a little wine and soy
> > > sauce and she had skillfully brought forth all the force of meat
> > > itself, so that Wang Lung himself had never tasted such dishes upon
> > > the tables of his friends”
>
> > > Just wanted to say that I think I've come up with a pretty good
> > > formula: 3 parts wine, 2 parts soy sauce, 2 parts brown sugar and 1
> > > part vinegar. I also used cabbage, onion and rice.
>
> > > Lenona.
>
> > but did she not combine the meat with the sugar, vinegar, wine and
> > soy? * You are missing the meat flavor.
>
> Um, I simmered the meat chunks in the sauce, then mixed in the
> vegetables.
>
> BTW, I assume that purists would say that if you decide to use chicken
> (I didn't) one should use white wine.
>
> Lenona.

cool....I didn't understand that in the original post. I bet it was
yummy.

Lenona wrote:

>>> From "The Good Earth" (the scene of the wedding night):
>>
>>> “...In his heart he was proud of the dishes, for with what meats she
>>> had the woman had combined sugar and vinegar and a little wine and soy
>>> sauce and she had skillfully brought forth all the force of meat
>>> itself, so that Wang Lung himself had never tasted such dishes upon
>>> the tables of his friends”
>>
>>> Just wanted to say that I think I've come up with a pretty good
>>> formula: 3 parts wine, 2 parts soy sauce, 2 parts brown sugar and 1
>>> part vinegar. I also used cabbage, onion and rice.
>>
>>> Lenona.
>>
>> but did she not combine the meat with the sugar, vinegar, wine and
>> soy? You are missing the meat flavor.
>
> Um, I simmered the meat chunks in the sauce, then mixed in the
> vegetables.
>
> BTW, I assume that purists would say that if you decide to use chicken
> (I didn't) one should use white wine.

Chicken goes just fine with red wine, and red wine is a much better
match for the other flavors in the sauce. You did the right thing.

Bob

On Mar 17, 4:34*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:

> I hope that one is in the book I hope somebody writes someday-- 'Foods
> from movies and literature' -

Here's another one, from chapter 78 of Alex Haley's "Roots":

"Ain't nothin' Massa Jefferson ruther eat dan a rabbit soaked all
night in oil, thyme, rosemary, an' garlic, den next day simmered down
in wine till de meat fallin' off de bones."

I'm guessing that would work nicely with poultry as well. (Would it
work well with red meat?)

And here's more in general about food in that book:

http://food.gather.com/viewArticle.a...81474977048305


Lenona.

Where is the meat flavor. Have you missed it?

On Friday, March 16, 2012 at 4:36:20 PM UTC-4, Lenona wrote:
> From "The Good Earth" (the scene of the wedding night):
>
> €œ...In his heart he was proud of the dishes, for with what meats she
> had the woman had combined sugar and vinegar and a little wine and soy
> sauce and she had skillfully brought forth all the force of meat
> itself, so that Wang Lung himself had never tasted such dishes upon
> the tables of his friends€�
>
> Just wanted to say that I think I've come up with a pretty good
> formula: 3 parts wine, 2 parts soy sauce, 2 parts brown sugar and 1
> part vinegar. I also used cabbage, onion and rice.
>
> Lenona.


I tried it again recently (with sausage meat balls) and I suspect many would prefer it with less sugar and more vinegar. Or more wine.


Lenona.