i lov chihinese food

[JohnCU]

genral tso
what aman he mustve been

:awe:

IN MEMORY OF SPACEMAN.

 

[szechuanpork]

please do not disrespect general tso. he was a brave and courageous soldier who fought for freedom.

 

[JohnCU]

really?

 

[szechuanpork]

no, just messing with you.

 

[dighn]

that ain't chinese food /fob snob

 

[pray4mojo]

wtf is general tso

 

[SagaLore]

really?

Dude, his name is szechuanpork.

 

[Newbian]

And here I thought you had to much rice wine and were posting drunk again.

 

[JohnCU]

no, just messing with you.

()

 

[JohnCU]

And here I thought you had to much rice wine and were posting drunk again.

lol i don't drink wice rine! :awe:

 

[Leros]

Lulz, I thought you were drunk posting.

 

[JohnCU]

You been drinking?

i just miss my brother at our first meeting place, is that so wrong?

 

[disappoint]

I heart egg rolls so much I wound up making my own once. They were good, I have to do it again sometime.

 

[duragezic]

Yeah dude used to be into the Sweet & Sour Chicken but lately it's been all General Tso's Combo. Fucking awesome. I have them make it only a tad spicy because I hate spicy shit. You get such a huge amount of food.

 

[EricFartman]

to be a Chinese i have to say i have never ate this food, but it's looked really delicious

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7639868
The Strange Tale of General Tso's Chicken

by Fuchsia Dunlop
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February 28, 2007

General Tso's (or Zuo's) chicken is the most famous Hunanese dish in the world. A delectable concoction of lightly battered chicken in a chili-laced, sweet-sour sauce, it appears on restaurant menus across the world, but especially in the eastern United States, where it seems to have become the epitome of Hunanese cuisine. Despite its international reputation, however, the dish is virtually unknown in Hunan itself. When I went to live there in 2003, I scoured restaurant menus for it in vain, and no one I met had ever heard of it. And as I deepened my understanding of Hunanese food, I began to realize that General Tso's chicken was somewhat alien to the local palate, because Hunanese people have little interest in dishes that combine sweet and savory tastes. So how on Earth did this strange, foreign concoction come to be recognized abroad as the culinary classic of Hunan Province?

General Tso's chicken is named for Tso Tsung-t'ang (now usually transliterate........

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.salon.com/food/francis_l...ral_tsos_chicken/index.html?source=newsletter

Francis Lam
Tuesday, Jan 5, 2010 20:20 EST
The curious history of General Tso's chicken
A saga of war, rebirth, jealousy and Henry Kissinger
By Francis Lam
iStockphoto

Here's the first thing you should know: The general had nothing to do with his chicken. You can banish any stories of him stir-frying over the flames of the cities he burned, or heartbreaking tales of a last supper, prepared with blind courage, under attack from overwhelming hordes. Unlike the amoeba-like mythologies that follow so many traditional dishes, the story of General Tso's chicken is compellingly simple. One man, Peng Chang-kuei -- very old but still alive -- invented it.

But what's "it"? Because while chef Pe......

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.fortunecookiechronicles.com/blog/category/chinese-food/general-tso/

 

[Jadow]

genral tso
what aman he mustve been

:awe:

IN MEMORY OF SPACEMAN.

yeah i love general tso. I also love fried noodles, crab rangoon, kung pao, sweet and sour pork, pretty much all americanized chinese food.

 

[darkswordsman17]

IN MEMORY OF SPACEMAN.

Did he finally transcend time?

 

[El Guaraguao]

I love kung fuuuuuu!!!!!

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Nothing wrong with a bit of the good old American stuff (<-- is Chinese).

 

[dbk]

Go Hokies :awe:

 

[RESmonkey]

to be a Chinese i have to say i have never ate this food, but it's looked really delicious

That looks good; is that a sweet dish? Looks like the pink stuff is sugary.

 

[0roo0roo]

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jennifer_8_lee_looks_for_general_tso.html#