[Sca-cooks] OT: Toysan, was Sugar beets

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In a message dated 3/21/05 4:10:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
adamantius.magister at verizon.net writes:

Oh, I've  seen, probably, thousands of them. It's things like dim-sum houses 
purporting  to employ a Hong Kong style where sugar as a seasoning/flavoring 
seems to be  particularly prevalent. Toysan cookery (which is much of what we 
eat at home,  and also a subset of "Cantonese" cookery, albeit a lesser-known 
subset, even  though there was a time when most Chinese immigrants in the US 
were from  Toysan) is more likely to contain a multitude of salted ingredients, 
such as  chopped salt fish, salt ham, salt-preserved radish, turnips or 
mustard knobs,  etc. That's in addition to the various salty fermented black beans, 
brown bean  pastes, soy sauce, etc.
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Such a resource you would have been back in the days when I had a  block full 
of Chinese neighbors, who kept leaving me fresh veggies, and I had to  give 
myself crash courses in WinterMelon 101, etc. 
 
 
Elianne