Leg bone
bamboo shoot soup/ Carlos Pueblo
It is very
difficult to buy fresh bamboo shoots of any kinds in Houston
supermarket;
however, the other day, I did have a bag of salad use
bamboo shoot
for $3 for a leg bone bamboo shoot soup,
one of my
favorite. A
small bag of leg bone for $1.10 a pound.
What I do with the
cooking is
very simple Taiwanese way much simpler than treat the pork
kidney as I
have described before. Hot pan to have a flavor of green onion
and ginger
root, then place the bone into the hot pan to cover the odor
and boil the
pot with slice bamboo shoot for more than an hour. Add
salt and
hondashi up to your own taste. Hondashi
is a Japanese ingredient
of dry fish
of bonito.
This shop is
very common bawl of Taiwanese food stand for commoners
such as
people without a kitchen at home. There is a big portion of
Taiwanese
population practice such eatery every day and it is very common
for a family
dining menu during bamboo shoot season. I have had a good
memory of
such experience while residing in
Taipei, Taiwan as a student.
We call this
kind of eating at a food stand as a meal of a Lo Han, a kind of
Buddhist
monk. Buddhist monk Lo Han must beg food down to the street
to be survived
for his self- discipline in order to reach nevarna, an external
paradise. My
late mother always teases me that I like to eat as a Lo Han
foot and not
prefer to eat at home.
After these
years in Houston, I really miss Bamboo shoot soup. I have been
back to
Huwei, Taiwan many times looking for the soup. My host family
have
attempted to buy the fresh bamboo shoot without any success, instead
I do have
some other favorite soups, such as various kinds of fish head. I must
admit it
most of the fault is on myself due to my vegan diet.
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