That's Pho (pronounced fu, with a short u, like in "fun"). It's not mint, BTW. It's Thai Basil.
----- Original Message ----- From: Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, June 30, 2003 2:38 pm Subject: Re: Soul Food (Was RE: UplinkEarth.com Rant) > The local Vietnamese restaurant serves a big bowl of rice > vermicelli soup > with chunks of real chicken and a touch of ginger and onions in > the broth. > They serve a plate of fresh mint and bean sprouts on the side > garnished > with jalepeno slices and a slice of lime. > > I ate this stuff a lot when I had bronchitis last winter, and it > is good > for what ails you in more ways than one. > > I always throw everything into the bowl and have thought a couple > of times > that this may not be what you are supposed to do as the staff has > seemed a > bit amused a few times, but what do I know? Not even the name of > this soup > :) Maybe they like the fact that I keep showing up and ordering > the stuff. > > My tastes a re a little wierd anyway. Most women crave ice cream > when they > are pregnant. Me? Caesar salad, and romaine lettuce specifically. > > Dana > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:10:19 -0500, Deanna Schneider > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hm...I thought soul food referred specifically to a type of > Southern > > food. > > Are you using it in a more general way - like "comfort food?" > > > > -d > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harkins,Patrick" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 3:04 PM > > Subject: Soul Food (Was RE: UplinkEarth.com Rant) > > > > > >> On that note I would like to do a little survey here. What food > do you > >> consider Soul Food? For example if you are from the south it > might be > > fried > >> chicken and collard greens, or for Bill and Erika it might be > Scrapple > >> and > >> something else entirely for Angel. Might be poutine for me! :) > I am not > >> talking junk food or commercial things like Kraft dinner. This > is just > >> for > >> fun. Please feel free to contribute! > >> > >> tia, > >> Patrick > >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: William Wheatley > >> Subject: RE: UplinkEarth.com Rant > >> > > >> >john i think shes past muffins time to give her scrapple > >> > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
