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[water rat]

Hello. I am posting here because my topic is clearly non-teaching related. Living in Asia (Jeddah to Japan) many years I have sometimes had to make-do with eatables in the kitchen when payday was two and a half weeks off, or I just hadn't had time to shop.

My favorite creation is tempe with vegemite spread on it. I also sometimes eat Indonesian fried tempe with the common chili paste spread they use in Java. I actually thought they all did this until I was politely informed otherwise.

Tired of peeling eggs? No salt handy? Cut them in half lengthwise and drip a bit of soy sauce on them. Eat with spoon.

My latest fusion is to tear up some dried seaweed to put on breakfast oatmeal. Delicious! I add a bit more salt, but if you are on a low-sodium diet, I suppose the seaweed gives the oatmeal a savory little bang.

Perhaps my most radical, and yet completely innocent and harmless fusion has been maguro sashimi (raw, red tuna) on brown bread. What could be plainer and simpler? Yet I know the Japanese would have what we call in my native Pennsylvania, a conniption fit if any of them ever saw me doing this.

Please share with us your food fusions or ones you are familiar with. I urge you to try mine.

[asiannationmc]

apple kimchi

[water rat]

[water rat]

[likwid_777]

Fusian!

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[asiannationmc]

[Non Sequitur]

Fujian?

[toteach]

Chino Latino = any stir-fry in a home-made tortilla and salsa. Yum. The best so far has been chao ji rou yang cong. Tastes just like it should!

[water rat]

[Unchained English]

I haven't done this in a while. What you do is get some curry mix. I recommend the liquid packs, but I bought a dry one recently to test. Don't get those elongated curry cube blocks (looks like a gigantic curry bouillon cube, won't work).

1 or 2 packets will suffice. Add some brown sugar and tomato paste. Stir it up, and get ground beef. This makes for an excellent spaghetti dinner. Add appropriate spices. Unfortunately, basil is not easily attainable so I put in copious amounts of garlic which go for mao on the yuan here.

Meatballs you say? No problem. Ottogi to the rescue. Get one or two packets of curry and one of meatballs. Search Ottogi curry and meatballs online.

For noodles, you get any choice you want in China. Better than any Italian pasta I have come across. Add mushrooms, carrots, tomatoes, or if you are lucky an import store might be near which sells Parmesan Cheese.

[toteach]

I've been toying with the idea of putting some pork dumplings in a baguette and covering with marinara. Seems like it'd taste like a meatball sub...

[water rat]

[Laurence]

I once made dumplings stuffed with baked beans and cheese, covered in olive oil then roasted. They were amazing.

[Bud Powell]

For the Canucks out there: Poutine substituting firm tufu for cheese curd. Get the french fries from McDonald's and the gravy from KFC. Tufu is everywhere. French bread is available in more and more places, so you can eat it on the go.

For extra heat, coarsely chop up some dried chilis and sprinkle on top of the slop.

It's a great cold weather substitute for when you can't find a hockey game, and you're too wimpy to start a gloves-off street fight.

[water rat]