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	Mama Says: Tips for cooking Vietnamese food

Lexica

1-17-2009 8:58 PM

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food, cooking, tips, vietnamese-food

Lexica says:

Many more tips than could fit into the clip limit.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/72006953-7f92-4d94-b084-e27d91f03df1/67D3D7DE-BB09-42C7-AC92-B92B9E17E97E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html" href="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html" style="font-size: 11px;">vietworldkitchen.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html">You 
  can't cook well without advice from someone who's been around the 
  block several times. I'm talking grandparents, parents, aunties 
  and uncles.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html">this section is dedicated to my mama who's 
  our family's kitchen maven</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html"><FONT color="#d23e5b">Freeze 
 chiles and galangal
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html">Keep them frozen in a zip-top bag and they'll be fine 
 for months</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html">Frozen galangal is easier to chop 
 and there's just a slight loss of flavor</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html"><FONT color="#d23e5b">Grinding 
 spices </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html">Use an electric coffee grinder just for grining spices for the freshest 
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 grinder by grinding a bit of raw rice in it and discarding the powdery 
 rice.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html"><FONT color="#d23e5b">Keeping 
 tofu fresh for a long time</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html">by keeping it refrigerated and changing 
 the water everyday</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html"><FONT color="#d23e5b">Keep cooked noodles from clumping</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vietworldkitchen.typepad.com/blog/tips-for-cooking-vietnamese-food.html">Invert a cup or rice bowl at the bottom of your strainer or colander. 
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 the noodles from gathering at the bottom, cooling as a clump and sticking 
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