User Comments - kimiik
kimiik
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Dongbei
June 18, 2009 at 1:04 PMHi Changye,
For me 非东北人 would refer to every people except the 东北人.
外东北人 are people living in the Vladivostok region (I think it's called 外滿洲 or 外満洲 in japanese).
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Dongbei
June 18, 2009 at 12:25 PMSpeaking about Dongbei, I never understood why it's possible to call 东北人 the people living in the 东北 area but it's not possible to call 外东北人 the people living in 外东北 area (Primorye - The maritime province of Russia).
Posted on: Hot Pot
June 12, 2009 at 9:19 AMHi Changye,
Thank you to enriched my vocabulary.
I think I had this 涮羊肉 (mongolian style boiled mutton) last year with an interesting 脑羊汤 (cervelle d'agneau en soupe).
Posted on: Hot Pot
June 12, 2009 at 7:16 AM@Bodawei,
You're right about the boiling point. When I said "over the boiling point", actually I meant "at the boiling point".
One thin slice of meat will cook quickly if you put it alone in the Hotpot but if you put 20 slices and tons of vegetables at the same time ...
I spent few weeks in South-China eating in small restaurants and never had any digestive problem. Thus I think I can put up with most germy meats. But I care about it when I have frail people with me.
Posted on: Hot Pot
June 11, 2009 at 6:43 AM@Shenyajin, Thank you for the precision that confirms what I heard in a restaurant.
I asked this question because when I take place at a Hotpot table the soup is boiling (meaning the soup is over the boiling point ->煮) but when I put lot of food in the Hotpot the soup stops boiling for 5 to 10 minutes (meaning the soup is under the boiling point ->煎). This is specially problematic for the raw meat. People think that the meat is boiling and eat it before 10 minutes of cooking when they should in fact wait more. That maybe explains why there's a the spicy side in the Sichuan Hotpot to kill remaining germs.
Posted on: Hot Pot
June 10, 2009 at 10:36 AMIn Chinese, does the hotpot (火锅) boil (煮) or simmer (煎) the food ?
Posted on: Hot Pot
June 10, 2009 at 8:58 AMWhat I know from experience :
煎炒 fry lightly with a 煎炒锅 or 炒锅
油煎 fry with a 油煎锅 or 煎锅
油炸 fry strongly with a 油炸锅
but only 傻瓜 fry with a 砂锅
Posted on: Juiced!
June 9, 2009 at 8:57 AMYin and Yang in food (Wikipedia page)
The ideas of yin and yang are used in the sphere of food and cooking. Yang foods are believed to increase the body's heat (eg. raise the metabolism), while Yin foods are believed to decrease the body's heat (eg. lower the metabolism). As a generalization, Yang foods tend to be dense in food energy, especially energy from fat, while Yin foods tend to have high water content. The Chinese ideal is to eat both types of food to keep the body in balance. A person eating too much Yang food might suffer from acne and bad breath while a person lacking Yin food might be lethargic or anemic.
Posted on: June Will Be CPod's Greatest Month Yet!
June 9, 2009 at 8:11 AMThere was another public announcement on SpanishPod yesterday (here).
Posted on: Pin Number
June 22, 2009 at 10:44 AM@Chanelle,
When I was in the US of A few years ago, the Chinese and the Korean were notorious for keeping large amounts of cash at home. This reputation made them target#1.
In France, the chinese also keep indecent amounts of cash at home but few people knows it ... or believes it.