Subj : soda pop To : DALE SHIPP From : JIM WELLER Date : Sat Aug 27 2022 22:25:00 -=> Quoting Dale Shipp to Ruth Haffly <=- DS> It seems that many restaurants have an exclusive contract with DS> pepsi or with coke. Both companies offer better prices if a place or a chain goes exclusively with just one company. DS> "is pepsi alright?". The classic response is, "Is monopoly money alright for your tip?" radish sprouts MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Chestnut Rice Categories: Rice, Nuts, Mushrooms Yield: 4 Servings 2 md Dried Shiitake mushrooms 2 c Rinsed short or Medium grain rice, Preferably shinmai 2 1/3 c Water (use 3 tb less water if using Shinmai) 1 (7-oz ) jar chestnuts in Heavy syrup, drained 1 sm Sweet potato, peeled, diced 1 ts Salt 2 tb Light soy sauce (Usukuchi Shoyu) 2 tb Mirin 1 tb Toasted sesame seeds Radish sprouts (Kaiware Daikon) Soak mushrooms in a bowl of warm water 30 minutes. Squeeze dry; cut off stems. Dice mushrooms. In a 3-quart saucepan, combine rinsed rice and water; soak 15 minutes. Rinse chestnuts to remove syrup. Drain well; cut into quarters. Add mushrooms, chestnuts, sweet potatoes, salt, soy sauce and mirin to saucepan with rice; stir. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cover saucepan with a tight-fitting lid. Simmer 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Let stand, covered and undisturbed, 10 minutes. Carefully break up rice mixture with a dampened wooden rice paddle or spatula. Spoon rice mixture into serving bowls. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and radish sprouts. From: "Buffy Lyer" on rec.food.cooking Shinmai is freshly harvested rice. Usukuchi is a thin, salty, light coloured style of soy sauce made with soy beans and sweetened fermented rice. It can be but is not necessarily wheat or gluten free. Kaiware is the Japanese word for Daikon sprouts. -JW MMMMM Cheers Jim .... Warning! Wasabi is not the Japanese word for guacamole. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 www.doccyber.org bbs.docsplace.org (1:135/392) .