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Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Xinjiang
May 20, 2008 at 1:28 AM

A picture of dapanji: http://www.mzfh.com/galleries/food/Xinjiang/mediafiles/l2.jpg

Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Xinjiang
May 20, 2008 at 1:22 AM

I think that Nang (flatbread) must be cognate with the "nan" or flatbread one finds in any Indian restaurant.

Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Xinjiang
May 20, 2008 at 1:18 AM

Wow. Loved that Xinjiang de accent. Amazing. Not sure I'll ever understand that version of Mandarin.

Posted on: Pearl Tea
May 15, 2008 at 3:18 PM

I think there's an error in the expansion exercise. Milk is very "bing" not "leng."

Posted on: Pearl Tea
May 15, 2008 at 2:36 PM

Boba cha is delicious. There's a Taiwanese milk tea shop about 2 blocks from our house. But I don't drink it very often because I find it very rich. And check out this description of the calories in a single cup Most bubble tea, also known as pearl tea, tapioca tea, boba, milk tea and zhen zhu nai cha, contains brewed black or green tea, tapioca pearls, milk and honey or sugar. Some of them are blended with fruit juice and other flavourings as well. "The amount of calories will depend the size of your cup and also the type of milk bubble tea you order. One source gives the calories for a basic milk bubble tea with tapioca pearls at about 360 calories per 16 oz cup. Rumour has it that 7 pearls are about 100 calories and there are about 30 pearls in a drink. That makes each serving of bubble tea fairly high in calories when you compare it to a cup of regular milk tea which is only 60 calories per cup! So yours may have had 540 calories, being 1 1/2 cups."

Posted on: Beauty Pageant: It's a Mess
May 14, 2008 at 3:05 AM

I guess I don't understand the "if...then" construction. 如果油价继续上涨的话--why do I need both "ruguo"=If and then the "dehua"also =if? Would the dependent clause still be correct if I only used ruguo or dehua but not both? Thanks.

Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hunan
May 8, 2008 at 2:31 PM

Two requests: 1. Sushan, will you post your recipe for potatoes with preserved veggies? Sounds good. 2. How does one insert a pic into a discussion posting? Like wolson, I'd appreciate the info. Thanks.

Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hunan
May 8, 2008 at 1:32 AM

Oooh, this series will be good. Just before doing this lesson, I had been Googling "top ten shanghainese dishes." My goal is to eat each of these ten at least once by 2010. Then maybe I'll start on the top 10 Hunan cai.

Posted on: Chicago
May 7, 2008 at 1:59 PM

It's true that Chicago's wind came mainly from its politicians. Hence, the nickname "the windy city." Boston is windier in terms of natural blow. Fort Hays Kansas (out where they have the wind farms) is really windy. My friend who attended college in Ft. Hays told me that often the college authorities would put up ropes on campus to help students walk to classes. Female students (who weighed less)in particular had trouble sometimes standing up in the wind. That said, Chicago can get very windy, especially during the bitter winter. I used to have to cross the Chicago river bridge on Michigan Ave during the winter and I would dread that part of the trek because "the hawk" (the Chicago nickname for the natural wind) would swoop down on us pedestrians and try to freeze us to death. The IBM building near the river would also put up ropes during the winter because otherwise pedestrians could not stand up on the ice as they tried to enter and exit the building. Thank goodness we now live in Houston!

Posted on: Cat in the Hat
May 5, 2008 at 3:59 AM

Some cats are really social. It depends on the species in my experience. I had a Burmese cat Squib and she was like a dog. I even trained her to fetch and do tricks for all the students in the dorm. She loved to work the crowd.