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[Blargityblarg]

Beware of 'soy sauce' made primarily from hydrolysed wheat protein rather than fermented soy; that may be explaining the difference in taste you're experiencing. That said, I'm fairly sure Kikkoman is a good brand; you may just be used to the hydrolysed wheat stuff and not expecting the flavour of actual soy sauce.

[Sappho]

Well it's gluten-free, so I would be pretty surprised to see wheat in there. I just checked the label, and the ingredients are water, soybeans, corn flour, salt, color, and a preservative. I suppose the corn flour is what you're referring to. But it tastes good and has less salt than regular soy sauce, so I don't see why it should matter if there is an extra ingredient. The brand is Pearl River Bridge, by the way. It's all over the place here. I checked last time I went to the market and there was actually Kikkoman, but they didn't have a low-sodium version and it was *really* expensive (probably imported from America) so I probably wouldn't buy it anyway.

[majikero]

I made that turkish dumplings posted here some time ago. Key difference is I made it with pork and eat it like normal dumplings, dipping it in soy sauce.

Overall pretty nice and relatively quick to make. Or maybe I just didn't notice the time. Anyways its pretty simple to fold.

For anyone who knows the proper way its suppose to look, is the liquid suppose to dry out, be absorbed or is it suppose to have a little "soup"?

[majikero]

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Here's the pic of the finished product. Not sure If I did it right. Over all it was good. Also phone pic is fuck huge and had to edit the picture to a manageable size.

Not sure if it was too wet or too oily. The liquid was eventually absorbed but it manage to be too oily. I guess using pork, butter and sesame oil at the same time does that.

[Sappho]

How about some good post-wisdom-teeth-removal recipes? The dentist said I should be able to eat normally within 24 hours, but nothing with small pieces that can get stuck in the holes. (No rice, oatmeal, tomatoes, etc.) I'm also limited because I can't open my mouth very wide. So far what I've managed is:

Some carrots roasted in the oven until very soft, left to cool, and fed into my mouth tiny bits at a time.
A banana on a plate, spooned into my mouth in tiny pieces with a teaspoon.
Some scrambled eggs, also spooned in tiny bits.

I'm going nuts here. I need something more substantial but I can't think of anything I could cook that wouldn't have small pieces of something. I can't even make pasta with sauce, too many little bits/seeds in the sauce. I'm also forbidden from eating anything spicy or salty, which is awful because I put chili in everything normally.

So anyone have some suggestions for something a little better than baby food?

[Arx]

Vegetable roasts - squash and so on - don't tend to have a lot in the way of seeds. It's mostly an extension on the carrots you mentioned. Pasta in a creamy sauce like a carbonara could work as well.

Butternut soup is delicious and filling.

[hops]

Anyone know a good substitute for sugar in savory food? I have a habit of putting a spoonful of sugar in salads, noodles, steaks and other ing. Honey just taste weird in them. I may have a problem.

[Jopax]

If they're still in season red horn peppers can be cleaned of seeds and just roasted in the oven with a bit of garlic thrown in at the end. You can chunk them up afterwards and they're tasty as fuck.

Also sugar in salads Cinder? Whyyyy???

[Sappho]

Oh, I'm also lactose intolerant, so that limits any creamy/dairy-based foods.

I'm about to go to the supermarket now. My plan is to buy loads of yogurt, some baby food (fruit kind, the meat kind is eh), some more root vegetables (plenty of carrots but I can get some parsley, celery, maybe some parsnips), pumpkin or butternut squash if they have one at a reasonable price (that stuff is delicious but unreasonably expensive here), maybe some potatoes if I can find any that aren't rotten... And maybe some bread (without seeds, harder to find than you might think) and some kind of pate or spread to put on it. And maybe a can or two of baked beans or something...

So I won't starve. Looking forward to being able to eat normally again though.

[Helgoland]

Ooooh, yeah, go for pumpkin soup! That shit's awesome. Any smooth soup would work, I guess - I highly recommend red lentils, especially when cooked to a mush.

[GiglameshDespair]

Anyone know a good substitute for sugar in savory food? I have a habit of putting a spoonful of sugar in salads, noodles, steaks and other ing. Honey just taste weird in them. I may have a problem.

And that problem will be diabeetus.

[Arx]

Potato soup is pretty good as well if you can make up a stock for it from chicken or a cube (hiss!).

Lactose intolerance makes it a bit harder. Could still do carbonara though, I think.

If you're craving something a bit meatier, putting mince through a blender can reduce it to a fairly smooth patê as well, which can then be cooked in many ways.

Anyone know a good substitute for sugar in savory food? I have a habit of putting a spoonful of sugar in salads, noodles, steaks and other ing. Honey just taste weird in them. I may have a problem.

A tiny bit of something fruity works in curries. Otherwise, just learning to go without is probably the easiest ad best way.

[sprinkled chariot]

Pumpkins look disgusting and taste disgusting. May be genetic engineering can make it taste like something tasty, one day.

[Helgoland]

You gotta have the right sort of pumpkin and the right sort of recipe, of course.

[Sappho]

I should probably point out I also don't have a blender, so I'll probably stick to soft solid foods rather than soups.

Anywa, I'm home and loaded up for the next few days. They didn't have much in the way of root vegetables, but I have my carrots. I picked up a reasonably priced butternut squash. They did have delicious Hokkaido pumpkins, but they were more expensive so I stuck with the squash. Also got bananas, several large containers of yogurt, some soft bread without any seeds in it, a couple of cans of baked beans, several jars of fruit-flavored baby food, a big package of piskoty (if you're not familiar, they're sort of like ladyfingers except shaped like little nilla wafers - they get soft in liquid really fast and are often given to babies as a snack - also they taste really nice if you let them soak in the baby food for a while and get nice and soft)... And I can always run out to the Vietnamese market for some more varied root vegetables if I feel the need. I think I'll survive. Looking forward to having proper food again though. At least it's only a few days...