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Conference turris::cooks

Title:	How to Make them Goodies
Notice:	Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:	FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski

Created:	Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4127
Total number of notes:	31160

3402.0. "RICE STICKS" by MILPND::BENHAM () Mon Jan 06 1992 09:54

    I went to Peking Gardens on Sunday morning for their brunch.  I had
    Stirred Rice Sticks with beef and vegetables that was delicious.
    I have two questions:
    
    1.  Does anyone know where you can buy rice sticks? and
    
    2.  Does anyone have a recipe for stirred rice sticks with beef and
        vegetables?
    
    Thanks

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3402.1	Joyce Chen's has it	PHAROS::MCCONNELL		`Mon Jan 06 1992 10:37`	12
	Where is the Peking Gardens? You didn't mention your location but MILPND sounds like it might be the Maynard Mass area. So, you could try Joyce Chen's in Acton, one of my favorite spots for purchasing oriental foods. I have seen the rice sticks there so I know they carry them, plus probably anything else you could imagine. In case you don't know where Joyce Chen's is, it is right on Route 2A. If you are traveling north on Route 27 from Maynard, take a left onto Route 2A. Joyce Chen's is about a mile (+/-) on the right, just opposite Carol Reed. Cannot help with the recipe but I'll be interested in it also.
3402.2		PSW::WINALSKI	Careful with that VAX, Eugene	`Mon Jan 06 1992 11:00`	4
	Make sure you buy fresh or frozen rice sticks. The dried kind take several days of soaking before they're soft enough to use. --PSW
3402.3	Are there "rice sticks" I'm not familiar with?	STAR::DIPIRRO		`Mon Jan 06 1992 11:15`	3
	Regarding (.-1), are you thinking of the same thing? The rice sticks I buy and use to make Pad Thai are dried and seem to soften up pretty quickly in luke-warm water.
3402.4	yes, these "rice sticks" are different	PSW::WINALSKI	Careful with that VAX, Eugene	`Tue Jan 07 1992 15:25`	15
	RE: .3 There are at least three different forms of noodle that I know of that go by the name "rice stick". There's the very thin ones that you deep-fry while dry to get the puffed-up noodles for Wooly Lamb. There's the flat ones you use in Pad Thai. Then there's the ones being discussed in .0 (I've had the stir-fried rice stick at Peking Garden, so I know which one .0 is talking about). This is a very thick noodle, about one inch in diameter, cut on a diagonal about 1/4 inch thick into discs. They're available frozen or dried. I haven't had much luck with the dried form because it takes so long to soak the things. Even after overnight soaking, the rice sticks were still too hard and dry on the inside (they should be soft and chewy throughout). --PSW