They (the good) are made from rice, the bad ones are a mix of rice and wheat.
I like ârubbery.â
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The texture of overcooked Brussels sprouts.
Thatâs an analogy I didnât need. I can almost smell them.
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Donât insult Brussels sprouts! Prepared the right way they are dĂŠlicieux!
I hear theyâre great on Belgian waffles with mayonnaise.
In a milky silky creamy bechamel, with just a pinch of nutmeg!
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That reminds me, I must put them on ready for Christmas.
Grinch.
A few Taiwanese have asked me how to translate Q. I have failed to come up with a suitable translation which does not sound badâŚfor example, ârubberyââŚnot too appetizing. I think one problem is my English is so poor. (When people ask me how many languages I speak I tell them a little bit of Chinese and about half of English.)
I really envy those of you who completely fluent in more than one language.
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Same thing with steak. If itâs pink in the middle they think itâs raw. They really donât get the concept of Medium Rare.
When I cook steak for my wife I still have to do it well-done. She refuses to even try anything less than that.
I feel your pain. My wife also likes burnt hockey pucks of meat. I finally convinced her that having a medium steak wonât kill her and actually tastes much better than well-done, but she wonât go bloody like medium rare. When I cook Costco steaks, I always keep herâs in the pan an extra 3 minutes.
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At least itâs a clear indicator that I donât want to eat it.
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Next time cut off your Nike sneaker soles and serveâr that! Or buy the soles in bulk from China!
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I asked my chef husband is there a English word for QQ. He said no, may be chewy.
I tried to explained QQ to him in US as related to al dente, he didnât really understands it until we moved to Taiwan.
When he cooked risotto for me the first time, I told he he didnât cook the rice all the way. LOL.
âQâ appeared in the New Yorker this week: âbubble tea and gua bao ⌠exemplify a particular springy, elastic texture thatâs identified in Taiwan by the letter âQââ.
Itâs kind of fun reading the article and trying to figure out what food theyâre talking about. And boy, do I not know much about the food of the island thatâs been my home for well over a decade.
Something was a little lost in the translation there, lol
Everyoneâs talking about it in terms of texture - springy, elastic, chewy etc.
I think itâs more âWTF!â. Such as you are drinking bubble milk tea and this strange ball fires up your straw and you say WTF!
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How dare you! 