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MollyBloom
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 Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject: street food vendors |
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| Every morning when I walk to work, I see the street food vendors preparing for the day. They take out cardboard boxes of fried food and put it on the carts. Where do they buy the fried food? I thought they made it at the stalls in the vat of oil...Also, If the food isn't eaten, do they use it the next day? |
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livinginkunsan
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: street food vendors |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
| Also, If the food isn't eaten, do they use it the next day? |
Of course.. wasting is bad |
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ReeseDog
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Just do like we did in India - if you can't peel it yourself or if you don't see it fried in front of you, then don't eat it.
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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The only street food I have ever eaten in Korea is the Shawarma Kebabs they look fresh and they are delicious, some trucks have better quality than others.
I also like those fried dough things with the cinnamon inside |
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Goku
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: street food vendors |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
| Every morning when I walk to work, I see the street food vendors preparing for the day. They take out cardboard boxes of fried food and put it on the carts. Where do they buy the fried food? I thought they made it at the stalls in the vat of oil...Also, If the food isn't eaten, do they use it the next day? |
Honest to god I think they reuse the stuff. I always see it lying out there all day. And you never seem them with freshly battered veggies or anything deep frying them right there. It's gotta be old as hell.
I was thinking about the origin of fried food too.
The whole concept of frying food strikes me as a methodology of food preservation that is more convient than using perservatives other than salt or spices.
If you think about it fried food lasts a hellva long time. I had a plate of fried chicken I forogot in my microwave for over a week. I left it there and was terrible hungry so I reheated it and ate it. Well I'm samonella free so I can sing the praises that deep fried food lasts a while. Taste was acceptable too. Really dry though. |
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ReeseDog
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: street food vendors |
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| Goku wrote: |
| I had a plate of fried chicken I forogot in my microwave for over a week. I left it there and was terrible hungry so I reheated it and ate it. Well I'm samonella free... |
Sounds like you were in the same dorms I was in. It wasn't that there wasn't anything growing on the chicken, just that you were stronger than the funk. Good man...good constitution. |
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travelingfool
Joined: 10 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Sometimes I would get lucky, but usually the next day after eating street food it felt like there was a razor blade going through my colon. The big culprits were those beef or chicken kabobs. I wouldn't be surprised if my neighbors heard the fireworks emanating from my bathroom. |
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pkang0202
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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Fried foods just seem to taste better the more times you fry it.
You deep fry it. Take it out. Let it cool. Deep fry it again. Take it out. Tastes pretty good. |
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ReeseDog
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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| travelingfool wrote: |
| Sometimes I would get lucky, but usually the next day after eating street food it felt like there was a razor blade going through my colon. The big culprits were those beef or chicken kabobs. I wouldn't be surprised if my neighbors heard the fireworks emanating from my bathroom. |
Like I said, I've never had a problem with those that I've watched fry before my eyes (God love Kathmandu). |
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Major Kong
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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From Juarez to Katmandu, if the locals are not dying from
the cuisine I'll try it, roadside and inside. |
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ReeseDog
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Major Kong wrote: |
From Juarez to Katmandu, if the locals are not dying from
the cuisine I'll try it, roadside and inside. |
Been to both and everywhere in between, and I gotta tell you man, if they're eating it, then it's game. Just be ready to do the Tennessee quickstep later on. |
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Major Kong
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Had "Fish on a Stick" an hour ago. I'm
still upright and taking nourishment. |
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DC in Suwon
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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From Juarez to Katmandu, if the locals are not dying from
the cuisine I'll try it, roadside and inside. |
Yeah, I agree. One of my favorite shows is "No Reservations" with Anthony Bourdain. I remember him saying that some of the best food of foreign lands are at the street vendors.
He put it along the lines of: if there's a line of locals waiting for food at a street vendor, odds are it's probably damn good. |
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ReeseDog
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| DC in Suwon wrote: |
| Major Kong wrote: |
From Juarez to Katmandu, if the locals are not dying from
the cuisine I'll try it, roadside and inside. |
Yeah, I agree. One of my favorite shows is "No Reservations" with Anthony Bourdain. I remember him saying that some of the best food of foreign lands are at the street vendors.
He put it along the lines of: if there's a line of locals waiting for food at a street vendor, odds are it's probably damn good. |
Sounds like lunchtime in El Paso. Wherever the mail trucks park for lunch...go there. |
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Alan Partidge
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It's definitely your choice and if you don't get sick then good for you.
It is pretty risky though. Having said that, very few locals seem to get sick from it. They may have built up a resistance.
We have one outside our building. I've seen the guy just put flattened out cardboard boxes over the food and go away for a while. This happens in the middle of summer too when the temperature is great for bacteria. I've also seen rats around the stall. When you add the factors together, it's a miracle a lot more people aren't getting sick.
As I said, it's up to you if you eat it, but I wouldn't touch it. |
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