Happy CNY! I'm Malaysian, living in the US! Totally understand about the difficulty of getting certain ingredients (I'm in an itty bitty town about the size of a suburb in KL) Yay fishballs!
There's so many things that i've taken for granted living in SG. if you craved fishball mee or prawn mee or anything at all, you just go to the hawker centre and buy it for like $2. Now I need to make everything from scratch. I don't live too far from Glasgow and there's quite a few places in Glasgow i can get asian things but i'm just lazy to make it sometimes. I was really craving some telur sambal and I asked my mum for her recipe, half way through I told her to stop. She asked me why and my reply was "Very leceh. I'll just eat some fried egg instead" lol
I've only cooked and eaten commercially made and frozen fish balls. They were a great addition to a bowl of miso soup. I'd like to give them a try but would have to find an available white fish that wasn't too pricey but still tasted good. I wonder what US farmed basa (catfish) or tilapia would taste like.
Sometimes I get the frozen fishballs. The texture is very different. It isn't quite as springy as the frozen one but still nice to eat with noodles and soup.
I didn't realise they farmed basa in USA. Basa is used in alot of fish and chip shops though its the one from Vietnam(or is it Thailand, i can't remember) that they get. there was a big scandal in the news about how alot of shops were selling basa fish & chips but calling it cod and charging the customers likewise!
You have to be careful to see where catfish is farmed but if concerned about sustainability and safe farming practices you can check places like "Seafood Watch" online for more information. Channel catfish is US farmed but basa is from south-east Asia as you said. I've seen both basa and 'catfish' sold in Canadian grocery stores so you have to read the labels.
i see. thanks for the link, that will come in handy. So true, best to read the label for everything these days. i saw a cake that look quite nice and thought i might get it for a wee something after dinner but when i read the ingredients i put it straight back. i couldn't believe how many things were in it that, i'm sure is not even food!
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There's so many things that i've taken for granted living in SG. if you craved fishball mee or prawn mee or anything at all, you just go to the hawker centre and buy it for like $2. Now I need to make everything from scratch. I don't live too far from Glasgow and there's quite a few places in Glasgow i can get asian things but i'm just lazy to make it sometimes. I was really craving some telur sambal and I asked my mum for her recipe, half way through I told her to stop. She asked me why and my reply was "Very leceh. I'll just eat some fried egg instead" lol
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I didn't realise they farmed basa in USA. Basa is used in alot of fish and chip shops though its the one from Vietnam(or is it Thailand, i can't remember) that they get. there was a big scandal in the news about how alot of shops were selling basa fish & chips but calling it cod and charging the customers likewise!
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So true, best to read the label for everything these days. i saw a cake that look quite nice and thought i might get it for a wee something after dinner but when i read the ingredients i put it straight back. i couldn't believe how many things were in it that, i'm sure is not even food!
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