Just bought a fresh bag for the first time from the traditional market. I took a bite when I got home and it’s very tender and juicy, but…incredibly bitter. Did I get a bad batch or does it change when you cook it?
I never heard of anybody eating it raw. It’s hard to break down bamboo, Taiwanese tend to cook it with some oily soup.
Just keep it away from the fingernails.
You have to cook it. Let it boils together with half cup of rice. it will be sweet and juicy. and then… you can cook with either meat or whatever.
A lot of the bamboo about now is the one that has already come out of the ground. To get rid of the bitter taste, put it in a pot of water, bring to the boil, then turn heat right down and let it simmer (covered) for an hour. Then, you can stir-fry it. My MIL stir-fried it in the left over juices after stir-frying some meat for dinner. The bamboo will soak up all that flavor.
We just pulled a few large shoots (almost grown to bamboo) that are growing on our property, and it’s quite a procedure to get it to eating stage - peel off outer layers, find tender parts, break into bite-size pieces, wash under gentle running water for an hour, simmer for an hour, and then stir-fry. It was GOOD, though.
So…what possible reason could you have to delete my post this time Dragonbones? The one where I mentioned that bamboo is grown mostly as food in Taiwan? Strange man…I don’t think you are qualified to be a moderator of this forum, liking food isn’t good enough, you need to display some type of professionalism even if you don’t like a poster.
What Asia-baby is saying above is that people eat the fresh shoots of bamboo, not the wooden part.
actually Taiwanese also like to eat it raw, cut into little bite sized pieces and put in fridge to chill then eat with mayonaise. pretty yummy
Perhaps you should ask for clarification before insulting a particular moderator. :s
What happened is that a link spammer posted saying that eating bamboo was funny (as an excuse to post a spam commercial link in their signature line). You responded directly to that spammer, saying why it wasn’t ‘funny’. Both posts were temped (by me), which is fairly normal – any posts responding to or quoting objectionable material are often removed along with that material, as they don’t make sense when left out of context.
The spammer’s account was deactivated, and unbenownst to me but as is commonly done, all the spammer’s posts were deleted (by admin). This left your post alone in temp, which presumably is what gave you the misimpression that it had been removed through some objection to your post.
Next time just ask instead of insulting, please.
actually Taiwanese also like to eat it raw, cut into little bite sized pieces and put in fridge to chill then eat with mayonaise. pretty yummy[/quote]
That’s not raw. It’s been cooked and then refrigerated.
actually Taiwanese also like to eat it raw, cut into little bite sized pieces and put in fridge to chill then eat with mayonaise. pretty yummy[/quote]
From my experiences, they were boiled before chilling. Bamboo shoot contains some kind of allergic agent, which can made you itch, or worse. Especially the more mature ones.
Perhaps you should ask for clarification before insulting a particular moderator. :s
What happened is that a link spammer posted saying that eating bamboo was funny (as an excuse to post a spam commercial link in their signature line). You responded directly to that spammer, saying why it wasn’t ‘funny’. Both posts were temped (by me), which is fairly normal – any posts responding to or quoting objectionable material are often removed along with that material, as they don’t make sense when left out of context.
The spammer’s account was deactivated, and unbenownst to me but as is commonly done, all the spammer’s posts were deleted (by admin). This left your post alone in temp, which presumably is what gave you the misimpression that it had been removed through some objection to your post.
Next time just ask instead of insulting, please.[/quote]
Well you have a habit of deleting posts, there was actually in context information mentioning that bamboo is commonly grown for food in Taiwan…so we will leave it at that.
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There are all kinds of bamboo, depending on what time of the season and whether it is still under the ground, just out of the ground, or grown quite mature. The time of day you pick it also affects it. Each type of bamboo is treated differently.
If you can ask, it’s best to try to find out which kind you have and how the seller recommends you cook it.