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Subscribe to forums RSS#1 Fri 08 Feb 13 3:53pm
Merlin
- Administrator Occupation Sub-editor/general online chap
- From London
- Member since Wed 24 Oct 12
Chinese New Year
So, as you may have seen on our homepage, Jamie's put together a little collection of his favourite food picks for Chinese New Year, which is this Sunday! http://www.jamieoliver.com/news-and-blo … ies-top-5/
How many of you will be celebrating, big or small? Do you have your own dishes you cook to celebrate the occasion?
It's also worth noting that just two days after that it's Shrove Tuesday, and you can bet your bottom dollars I'm going to want your involvement in thoughts and ideas for that. 
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#2 Fri 08 Feb 13 7:28pm
Kye
- Member since Fri 04 Apr 08
Re: Chinese New Year
Love Chinese foods, we make divers dishes all year.
All last week-end we had pork nems (bought) from our favorite Chinese store and vegetable nems (home made). Phở soup home made with fine slices of beef, noodle soup with sliced nems (my favourite) 
Tonight we have Phở soup with chicken and beef. Home made spring rolls and
...home made Sushi and Sashimi (Japonese..no matter!!)
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#3 Fri 08 Feb 13 7:51pm
Kye
- Member since Fri 04 Apr 08
Re: Chinese New Year
Samoussa and Chinese dumplings are fun to make too
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#4 Fri 08 Feb 13 7:53pm
wine~o
Occupation Handyman
- From Dorset u.k
- Member since Tue 21 Oct 08
Re: Chinese New Year
I always find cooking "Chinese" a right faff.........takes half-a-day to all the chopping/marinating...then you cook it in a wok in 5 minutes flat..eat it and 20 minutes later you are hungry again.....
Then again ..I could get a take-away....sadly, with my Peanut allergy, none of the take-aways/restaurants locally can cope/cater for me...
So I'll be celebrating Chinese new year with a bottle of British beer....
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#5 Fri 08 Feb 13 11:29pm
MsPablo
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Occupation Just being me
- Member since Fri 28 Mar 08
Re: Chinese New Year
Kye wrote:
Love Chinese foods, we make divers dishes all year.
All last week-end we had pork nems (bought) from our favorite Chinese store and vegetable nems (home made). Phở soup home made with fine slices of beef, noodle soup with sliced nems (my favourite)
Tonight we have Phở soup with chicken and beef. Home made spring rolls and
...home made Sushi and Sashimi (Japonese..no matter!!)
What are nems?
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#7 Sat 09 Feb 13 2:30pm
MsPablo
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Occupation Just being me
- Member since Fri 28 Mar 08
Re: Chinese New Year
Oh thanks! I hadn't heard that term and when I tried to google it, couldn't get any food results.
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#8 Sun 10 Feb 13 9:20am
beerforyorky
- Member Occupation Retired
- From Surin, N.E. Thailand
- Member since Mon 29 Dec 08
Re: Chinese New Year
In the 90's in Kuala Lumpur, my friend's Chinese wife cooked a special meal for Chinese new year. Black chicken and Shao Hsing wine. It was debatable whether to use the wine to disguise the taste of the chicken or vise versa. 
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#9 Sun 10 Feb 13 11:20pm
JoyYamDaisy
- From Melbourne Australia
- Member since Sun 12 Apr 09
Re: Chinese New Year
I love Chinese food!
Unfortunately I am still quite chancy making stirfries. Sometimes I make a delicious tasty dish of bright gorgeous flavours. Sometimes I make sog. 
At the moment I have a wonderful snack food from a Chinese restaurant that specialises in dumplings. I buy a bag of freshly made, and keep them in the freezer. I usually make potstickers with them, but sometimes I steam them. So wonderful to have them.
Happy Lunar New Year Everyone! It is the year of the Water Snake. I plan to get things done!
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