Shark Fin Soup!

Post #438,229 by Andrew Grygus 1/25/21 1:37:04 AM 1/25/21 1:37:04 AM Reply	Shark Fin Soup! Delicious!! Shark Fin Soup
Post #438,231 by crazy 1/25/21 6:05:45 AM 1/25/21 6:05:45 AM Reply	The effort looks incredible
Post #438,233 by Andrew Grygus 1/25/21 7:24:16 AM 1/25/21 7:24:16 AM Reply	Actually, it's not . . . . especially if you have some Chicken Stock on hand. It takes some time, but most of that is unattended.
Post #438,237 by InThane 1/25/21 2:29:24 PM 1/25/21 2:29:24 PM Reply	I've had real shark fin soup. In 1989, when I visited Japan, my host family took me to a Chinese restaurant where they served it. I didn't know about the issues with the soup at the time; wouldn't have accepted it if I had known. On the other hand it was very, very tasty soup. My favorite culinary experience was in a small restaurant outside of Osaka in the middle of some rice fields - it was a layer of rice, then grilled eel, then rice, then grilled eel. I spent literal years trying to find a place that made grilled eel as good, only to find out a decade later that I'd been taken to a place that quite literally was considered the best eel restaurant in Japan. In hindsight, I think the family I stayed with had a wee bit more money than I thought they did. Ceterum autem censeo pars Republican esse delendam.
Post #438,239 by crazy 1/25/21 4:55:10 PM 1/25/21 4:55:10 PM Reply	Oh, eel! I love it. It is my favorite fake sushi. Oh I have real sushi and I take a chance on the worms, but the eel is cooked and has a bit of plum sauce and is just wonderful. Love that eel.
Post #438,251 by boxley 1/25/21 10:21:31 PM 1/25/21 10:21:31 PM Reply	with you on the eel, koreans do a tasty smoked version "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #438,242 by drook 1/25/21 5:18:01 PM 1/25/21 5:18:01 PM Reply	Tyops 3. Drain "Shark Fin". [s]pread out [capital S] Remove hard attachment points [from?] the Black Fungus (And on the shark fin page) and Rhode Island ,if you [misplaced comma] Scientific investigation has been able to confirmed none of these Also, shark, being a top predator, Mercury concentration is ~~also~~ an issue I've never seen water chestnut starch. So it sounds like it takes half the amount for equal thickening to corn starch? -- Drew
Post #438,244 by Andrew Grygus 1/25/21 6:59:37 PM 1/25/21 6:59:37 PM Reply	Thanks, will fix. Yes, in my testing Water Chestnut Starch is a lot more powerful than Corn Starch. It doesn't take freezing any better than Corn Starch though. Must be careful what you get is "Starch" not "Flour". Starch will have Chinese lettering, Flour is for Indian fasting recipes.
Post #438,246 by drook 1/25/21 7:37:06 PM 1/25/21 7:37:06 PM Reply	If I can find that, I want to try an egg drop soup with it I'll also do the clarified chicken broth. Should taste the same, but the presentation will be very different. -- Drew
Post #438,248 by Andrew Grygus 1/25/21 9:29:55 PM 1/25/21 9:29:55 PM Reply	Re: Shark Fin Soup! My next project on this subject is to develop a vegetarian shark fin soup. It probably won't be Celiac safe though, as I'll probably be using Wheat Gluten to replace the chicken, though some form of Tofu Skin might work. I'll have to try them both.
Post #438,250 by boxley 1/25/21 10:20:41 PM 1/25/21 10:20:41 PM Reply	well I guess I can get my own http://www.eregulations.com/mississippi/saltwater/sharks/ "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #438,254 by Andrew Grygus 1/26/21 1:39:36 AM 1/26/21 1:39:36 AM Reply	Or, they can get you.
Post #439,031 by CRConrad 5/5/21 8:38:21 AM 5/5/21 8:38:21 AM Reply	On the ingredient page: "The Chinese hold that Shark Fin improves dong endurance, prevents cancer and..." Yeah, of course. I mean, is there any weird ingredient of which the Chinese don't claim it improves dong endurance? -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who (used to think he) Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #439,033 by Andrew Grygus 5/5/21 12:02:21 PM 5/5/21 12:02:21 PM Reply	yes, there are some things they ignore . . . . . to be really effective it has to come from an endangered species.

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