Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site chronon.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!chronon!eric From: eric@chronon.UUCP (Eric Black) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Noodles in "The Four Seasons" Message-ID: <171@chronon.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 21:38:23 EST Article-I.D.: chronon.171 Posted: Thu Mar 6 21:38:23 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Mar-86 22:31:00 EST References: <213@isieng.UUCP> Organization: Chronon Computer Corp., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 41 > My wife has a burning question; she can't seem to sleep nights > without an answer, so I turn to the net for assistance. > > In the movie "The Four Seasons," near the beginning, some friends > are cooking dinner at a country retreat. The man in charge is very > fussy about getting the wok to a specified high temperature (I don't > remember what the temperature was). When he is satisfied with the > temperature, he tosses in a mass of dried something that looks like > compressed noodle. > > Whombah! The mess of dried stuff, the size of your fist, is > suddenly a wokful of noodle. The expansion takes about a second > and a half. If I ever find out that they speeded up the camera > for this scene, I'll be massively pissed. > > So: what is this stuff? Looks like a lot of fun to prepare. > I'd appreciate a name and directions for preparation, if known. > Thanks, y'all. > > Chris > {decwrl,allegra,sun}!pyramid!isieng!chrisk They are "fun see", also called "bean thread" or "cellophane noodles". They are often used in Chinese, Japanese and other Oriental cooking. If soaked in cold water for a couple of hours before use, they are transparent; deep-fried they puff up ~eightfold or more. (One Chinese dish I like to prepare, and those I have served it to enjoy, is called "Ants Climb the Trees". It's basically a meat sauce served on deep-fried fun see. The crackling sound suggests armies of ants climbing and munching in/on leaves.) -- Eric Black "Garbage In, Gospel Out" UUCP: {sun,pyramid,hplabs,amdcad}!chronon!eric VOICE: (415) 941-0403 US SNAIL: Chronon Computer Corp. 2570 El Camino Real W. Suite 206 Mountain View, CA 94040