Virtual Birthday Party, Day 2

[wiseheart]

Dear all,

Day 1 of the party has been a great success: 170 comments on 2 pages so far. As agreed, I hereby kick off the second day, so that we won't lose everything like last year, should LJ crash our party again.

Threads of interest can still be commented on, but I ask you to start any new threads here from now on

And now: on with the party!!!

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Cuisines I love... I tend to prefer Indian, Chinese, Thai these days, though when I was younger I mainly ate French/Italian, and there are some dishes I still love eg Italian risotto, French cheeses :) For celebration I'd usually go with Thai, but that's partly because it's the hardest to create the flavours at home. I particularly love Thai soups & satay.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I tried my luck with Asian cuisines, but I can't bear the spices. I even get stomach-aches from curry. We use very few spices as a rule, mostly salt and pepper and herbs like parsley. My grandfather had a kidney problem, so hot spices were a no-go, and I still don't like them.

I do cook fake Chinese sometimes, meaning all ingredients without the spices. Yeah, I know, it sounds horrible. But the chicken and asparagus salad with baby corn is really delicious, and without all the hot spices you can actually value the taste of the meat and the veggies. *g*

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I adore mild to medium spicy food, and thankfully my gut problem resolved to the point I can eat it again. (Though still not very spicy.) You're right, though, overspicing does sometimes mean one can hardly taste the ingredients, which is a shame. I think it's easy to get addicted to the kick of spicy food & not be able to enjoy less vigorous tastes. There again, spices are low calorie :)

[six-old-cars.livejournal.com]

Chinese doesn't have to be spicy - indeed it's usually far less spiced than most other Asian cuisine.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I know. But there are some spices in Chinese food - I'm not sure which ones - that make my stomach hurt, even if they're not very hot.