Pifka,
...What made you bring up that subject?......Oh right!
...It's an old nickname. There were two of us. Boo no. 1, and Boo no. 2. We shared a boo that attitude toward Authority, and convention, and we often expressed it with "boo that sh.. er stuff!"
Can you believe that I have been looking for a decent Chinese Restaurant for the last nine years in Florida? In NY, Chinese food was a ritual, and I am absolutely convinced that my cells need it to stay healthy.
I would trudge in two feet of snow (Well, maybe I wouldn't go THAT far :wink: ) for the taste of a GOOD hot & sour soup!
And Boo no.2 was a woman?
Danon - You need an Oxford English Dictionary. Busk - from the OED -- second definition after to prepare oneself or get ready... a nautical term, said of a ship, to beat or cruise about; to beat to windward, and also to cruise as a pirate... was used by 1874 in the London Times Xmas Magazine "Chaircaneers, busking vocalists, musicians and acrobats."
I was no.2. No. 1 was another man. A blind saxophone player. We worked together, and hung out together. The spirit of that guy was unbelievable. He used to walk all over a big city alone, and refused to carry a cane. I learned so much about living from him. God rest his soul. ( I'm smiling as I say that, he wouldn't want it any other way.)
Boo #1 sounds very soulful. My son played the sax and I have a soft spot in my heart for anybody else that does, particularly tenor sax players.
Tenor was his main "ax". Although he did play eight more instruments.Did I mention he was a genius? Uh-oh, I'm begining to ramble on about my friend.
That's OK. Isn't this a digression thread?
Piffka, thanks for the OED def.
That reminds me o' tha (voice deepening and getting raspy) day we luffed tha boat inta tha catspaw. Me, I was drunk in tha scuppers an missed me dogwatch. Tha Capt'n gie me a blessin an cocked his hat athwart me howse. I was a goner. But, see'ins I'd sheeted home the clew to perfection jes befor, Capt'n brung me a slip on his cable an gie me up fer a daddle. I minded not, for I had me noggin topped off wie a gill a rum!!
Phoenix, i can soooooooo relate to the need for hot and sour soup. When I lived in Northern Ontario, I used to drive to Toronto (6 hours in summer, closer to 8 in winter) to get a hit of hot and sour soup. I'd check in at the hotel, grab a newspaper and head over to Beijing House. Order some hot and sour soup and some steamed dumplings. Read the paper and relax. Before I left town the next day to head back north, I'd be back at Beijing House for another cauldron of hot and sour soup. I'd take a thermos-full back with me as well. I HAD to move back to the city. I had to.
ehBeth, Reading your last post gives one the impression that that particular restaurant is adding something besides spice and sours. Sounds more like an "addiction" than love for "sweet and sour" soup. Drive 6 to 8 hours for soup?
c.i.
c.i., until i moved to the hinterlands, i had noooooo idea how empty life without good hot and sour soup could be. Sudbury had/has a large Finnish/Polish/Ukranian community, which is just lovely, but it doesn't make for good hot and sour soup.
ehBeth, Have you tried Korean food? That is by for my favorite Asian food. I would drive a distance for some of that.
danon, One of our favorite Korean restaurant is a tofu restaurant. They bring a hot pot full of tofu mixed with other ingredients, and the food stays hot for the whole meal - even if it takes over half an hour. They bring small dishes of kimche and other veggies for appetizers. I usually get the seafood mix. yum...... c.i.
Oh boy c.i. you're making me hungry and I just ate. Haven't had good Bulgalbi or Bulgogi for a long time. And the Korean "hot" soup!!! My mouth is burning just thinking about it. Really good stuff.
danon, there are quite a few good Korean restaurants here in Toronto. Glad you reminded me. I need to get Setanta over to the Clinton street area to have some. That's after we hit the Cuban restaurant I keep promising to take him to.
Awwwwwwwww, Why can't I be there?
There is a VERY good Chinese Restaurant in Texarkana, 20 mi away, that Patti and I go to regularly. It is owned by a very nice Korean lady. I keep asking her to add Korean to the menu - but , not yet. I keep groveling and say Kamsahamnida (thank you in Korean) pleadingly but to no avail.
I was once addicted to laksa...
Some of my family members think that Vietnamese pho soup is the best. Frangrant broth, to which you add all the fresh sprouts and vegetables you wish. . .more beneficial than grandma's chicken soup, they say.
(But I'll opt for hot and sour soup from Taiwan City restaurant in Cape Town. There are only "almost-as-good" Chinese flavors everywhere else.)
eBeth, try to get to a Vietnamese restaurant in a students' neighborhood in Toronto. You'll know it's right when you walk in and feel and smell a wave of oriental aromas, and you'll hear a buzz of Vietnamese.
BTW, I looked at this Q in order to tell you that my name is from Zulu. . . a peaceful sense of "where it's at" , or "centeredness" in 60's terminology.
Hi Tuleni, Welcome to A2K!!
Vietnamese is very good too, I agree. All except for the fish sauce used for flavoring. Sometimes when we flew downwind of the fish sauce factory in Vietnam, the paint would start peeling off our plane and then the crewchief would be very mad. LOL
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For you who like to prepare Asian food at home as we do - I highly recommend Tuong Ot Sriracha pepper sauce. It's made in USA but from an Asian formula.
www.huyfong.com
It's really good - and HOT!!!
