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Strips of it on top of an open-faced grilled cheese sandwich so that the fat melts a little. Oh and two fresh figs on the side. Mmm.

mmm I love this! We're from Jiangsu province, and My parents do the pickled pork stomach thing all the time.

hi Elizabeth,

Would it be possible to make this without the xantham gum? I live in China and I don't think I've ever seen it in the supermarket.

Thanks!

The Box Car children! I read the entire series when I was a kid and only recently admitted to myself that didn't care about the storyline. It was all about getting through the dry plot to the gratuitous food passages (this made them even better). There were some pretty good ones. Like the time they scavenged for food and made hobo stew while they were homeless kids in the boxcar (oh yes I still remember) or that time they saved this pizza parlor that made a secret, homemade pizza sauce from being sabotaged.

Sweet Valley had some decent food passages as well--well, not as much. There was a book about how Jessica the ditzy one made delicious purple cookies on accident and had to recreate the recipe for a TV show. I think I was born obsessed with food.

mmm...love yakult. I remember the first time my mum gave it to me. It was in Shanghai, and we were at a bus stop --I was so entranced by its cute packaging and my first sip that I almost forgot to get on the bus after her!

Hey!! stop hating!! Shamrock shakes are awesome--I make it a point to get them when MickeyDs and once did "shamrock hopping" on a drive back from Las Vegas to California (yes, I'm a pig, I had like 3 as did everyone else in my car). I miss them-they're actually pretty good. why don't you try making your own version with mint and vanilla ice cream? Or you can use mint chocolate chip ice cream. Okay, so not exactly the same, but will be yummy all the same and a fitting end to your search :) (then post the recipe)

great read! My hometown has a big viet population and I always see these colorful desserts behind the counters. Good to know what goes into them.

this picture makes me want to upchuck.

@narinda: are you the narinda I think you are? XD This is Joanne. Hi. Chocolate is so powerful.

My extremely not fancy recipe is a can of baked beans, something green (not fuzzy) from the fridge, lots of tabasco sauce topped with cheddar cheese. Yumyum.

I JUST HAD THESE!!! So stinky gooood!!!

I love how grapefruit looks like a moon crater.

I really want to make one of these, with dragon fruit being completely neutral on the taste scale, such it tastes like a mouthful of nothing :D