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elysesewell

clockin a grippe

May 05, 2009 02:29

I possess a finite amount of good taste, and I choose to apply it to books, music, snacks, and congee flavors. Crabmeat and roe congee:

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ethnocentricly, you should know! designingdreams May 4 2009, 18:56:52 UTC

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! kate_thistle May 4 2009, 18:59:13 UTC

ain't it bloody strange that I don't know?!

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! elysesewell May 4 2009, 19:10:58 UTC

It's a thin sheet of sponge cake smeared with whipped cream and rolled up. In the States, it's a Little Debbie thing, chocolate flavored, covered with chocolate icing and wrapped in pairs. In Hong Kong, you can buy it in logs, in mini-logs, or by the slice. They're dry and gross in every conformation. I feel terrible for those people who tried to go on vacation and ended up trapped in a quarantined hotel having a disgusting Swiss roll for brekkie; it's like being served a giant middle finger by the HK government. Without even any tea or coffee, according to the newspaper!

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! squeakykitty May 4 2009, 19:16:25 UTC

No tea or coffee?? Now THAT is an outrage!

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! kate_thistle May 4 2009, 19:48:20 UTC

Not surprisingly, there is no such thing as "Swiss rolls" in Switzerland :-) (at least, not that I knew; and I think that given my appetite for sweets and pastry I would know if there were anything made up of sponge cake, whipped cream and chocolate icing...). reminds me a bit of my last trip to Amsterdam where we ate asparagus with melted butter and boiled eggs but no "sauce hollandaise" - a dip frequently served with asparagus in Switzerland.

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Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! kate_thistle May 4 2009, 21:40:17 UTC

In case your comment was not ironic: I think over here in Europe this type of cake is called "roulade".

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! designingdreams May 7 2009, 01:42:15 UTC

It's similar to what we Swiss call "Roulade", of course the roulade is infinitely better ;)

Greetings from Higashihiroshima,

Pio

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! designingdreams May 4 2009, 20:19:07 UTC

I always pick up a Swiss roll slice or two when I'm near Chinatown (in NYC). I don't get a flavor (unless it is vanilla or something?), it's just delicious light sponge cake with a thin layer of cream rolled into a log and then sliced.

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! jolielaide May 4 2009, 21:29:19 UTC

Don't forget the rendered beef fat-- a key ingredient to their tastiness!

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! itssqueegy May 4 2009, 22:49:31 UTC

no way! the lemon swiss rolls rock!

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! designingdreams May 5 2009, 18:50:09 UTC

A Ho Ho?

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! designingdreams May 12 2009, 08:09:11 UTC

amazing...why cannot the states institute said policy...I would be maddening yet intriguing to find my next parking ticket bundled with a nutter butter, memories of forth grade lunches

Re: ethnocentricly, you should know! jendayi21 December 23 2009, 00:22:26 UTC

Actually,where I come from,that being Trinidad,our swiss rolls are made a bit differently. We smear a kind of jelly of some sort (could be strawberry or cherry,it's red in colour)over the cake then roll it.Then roll that in white sugar.It tastes really great actually.

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