Just ran across a note in a Japanese cookbook.

Post #296,617 by Andrew Grygus 12/1/07 11:33:58 AM Reply	Just ran across a note in a Japanese cookbook. Says mochiko flour is used to thicken Western style sauces. Mochico flour is ground from cooked glutinous rice and normally used to make mochi rice cakes. Again, glutinous rice contains no glutin. I don't have any of this but I'll keep an eye out for it. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #296,622 by imqwerky 12/1/07 1:28:21 PM Reply	KISS You are a sweetie! I so miss soy sauce! Gotta run to help my kid. Will expound later. :0) Smile, Amy
Post #296,624 by Andrew Grygus 12/1/07 2:29:20 PM Reply	Look into tamari style soy soauces. All are at least low wheat but some of the more traditional are no wheat. Traditional Korean soy sauce uses no wheat but you'll have a hard time finding that. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #296,625 by CRConrad 12/1/07 2:48:02 PM Reply	Set up an "underground railroad" for her. I noticed the Gryge told the Quirk "but YOU'll have a hard time finding that" -- emphasis added -- whereas the Gryge, of course, living practically IN Korea (and VietNam, and the Philippines, and Armenia, and, and...) as he so often tells us he is, will have no difficulty whatsoever scoring even the most exotic of foodstuffs. So use Joe Brabeck's outfit; that's what they're for. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]
Post #296,628 by imqwerky 12/1/07 5:34:14 PM Reply	I have an order in at a local health food store :-) Found Tamari online but I like to buy from local sources as much as possible. It was an interesting chain of events. Went to HerbMart in Plano. When I asked if I could order a bottle, I was rebuffed! I responded in a less than diplomatic fashion, but only because I felt that a store of that nature would want to cater to someone like me (call me old-fashioned...<snark>). I apologized for being rude and brought my behavior back to a my more respectable level and explained how frustrating this disease can be at times. I was fortunate that I struck a compassionate chord with the person who was the manager of the day, because she ended up saying she would order a couple of bottles for me. I suggested that if she would start stocking this product, I would be sure to spread the word to other celiacs to "come and get it!" It's all about the win-win :-) I appreciate your thoughtfulness, Christian. I have a feeling I will be seeking Andrew's advice for a lot of ingredients from now on. I won't be shy to ask him to score some products for me ;-) In fact, as I think about it, I think it would be fun to someday arrange a visit to Andrew's Hood. (Are ya payin' attention, Gryge?) We haven't taken a vacation in awhile...it would be fun to have a purpose...cookin' and shoppin' and visitin' :-D Smile, Amy
Post #296,631 by Andrew Grygus 12/1/07 8:20:45 PM Reply	Well, that's Texas, I guess. Around here a good tamari soy would be a feature item, not a no-got-em. And yes, I'm payin' attention. A visit would certainly be welcome, though a day or two of advance notice would be appreciated if possible. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #296,633 by imqwerky 12/2/07 1:07:55 AM Reply	Why Soitenly! Nuk Nuk Nuk! No! We make it a habit of barging in on people when they least expect it :0D NOBODY EXPECTS THE RATHMAN INQUISITION!!!! BTW, We just got back from Central Market. Got a bigass bottle of Tamari. Fuck the HerbMart! (If it comes in, I'll buy it.) They also have a great gluten-free section (hearts popping!) Got lots o'goodies tonight. Hummus chips is a great one! Smile, Amy
Post #296,704 by Andrew Grygus 12/2/07 9:37:43 PM Reply	While I was at the Korean grocery . . . . . I bought a bottle of "Korean style soy sauce" (Soybean, Salt, Water). The checkout girl tried to talk me out of it "Do you really want regular soy sauce? You know that's for soup?". Anyway, I can now report. This one is made by Soo Boc Food Manufacturing of Los Angeles (listed in the Korean Yellow Pages as a legitimate Korean owned firm). It is fairly light in taste, but veeeery salty. Definitely you wouldn't want to use it as "regular soy sauce". [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #296,706 by imqwerky 12/2/07 10:41:15 PM Reply	Glad to know that. There's a store right down the street from me called "Subzi Mandi". I think it is Vietnamese, but it might cater to wide variety of Asians. I am planning to go exploring there this coming week. We bought a very expensive piece of mahi-mahi at Central Market and I have learned that we can get the same fish for a better price at the ethnic stores. I'm out of Texmati Basmati rice, so it will be off to Taj Mahal Imports to get a huge-ass sack of aromatic rice. (We love that stuff, obviously!) Can't wait till I start finding cool stuff that you can only find here that you may covet ;0) What fun! Smile, Amy
Post #296,707 by Andrew Grygus 12/2/07 10:59:36 PM Reply	Aromatic Rice. I keep two varieties of long grained aromatic rice: aged Basmati (generally Royal brand, though Elephant and several others are just fine) and Jasmine (generally Baby Elephant brand - I'm not too hot on Goya products but that rice is good). Aged Basmati is veeery long grain but a bit dry for non-Indian dishes. Jasmine is a better all purpose rice in my opinion and I use it not only for Southeast Asian dishes but Chinese as well (well, so would the Chinese if they could afford it). For Japanese where you need a medium grain rice I prefer Kokuho Rose which I definitely prefer to Calrose. Now as to stuff you may have down there that I don't have here, I'm particularly interested in chilis that are not yet listed on my [link\|http://www.clovegarden.com/ingred/chili.html\|Chili Page]. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #296,709 by imqwerky 12/2/07 11:15:07 PM Reply	Chili Juanita! (new thread) Created as new thread #296708 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=296708\|Chili Juanita!] Smile, Amy
Post #296,710 by Another Scott 12/2/07 11:24:25 PM Reply	Basmati rice is amazing. One of the truly great foods. [link\|http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=006978452673906630972%3A_5xhnlvpsn4\|IWeThey Custom Search Engine]
Post #296,676 by Andrew Grygus 12/2/07 4:13:20 PM Reply	Scored 2 boxes of mochiko flour . . . . . at a local Korean market. I can send you one if you want to try it. It's by [link\|http://www.kodafarms.com\|Koda Farms] in California. If you email me use ajg atthingie clovegarden dotty com. My regular ISP has flubbed a server migration in the kind of way that causes team members to ask "You want fries with that?" on their new job. I don't know when it'll work again. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #296,677 by Another Scott 12/2/07 4:20:29 PM Reply	OT: ? aaxnet.com works fine here. [link\|http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=006978452673906630972%3A_5xhnlvpsn4\|IWeThey Custom Search Engine]
Post #296,678 by Andrew Grygus 12/2/07 4:23:34 PM Reply	Yes, the Web site has no problems, but . . . . . email is screwed totally and has been for days. They're not on the same server. Problem is Velocity and Orange County Hosting have merged and are shuffling servers, and I don't think they're quite up to the task. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #296,685 by Another Scott 12/2/07 5:03:55 PM Reply	OIC. Best of luck. [link\|http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=006978452673906630972%3A_5xhnlvpsn4\|IWeThey Custom Search Engine]

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