YOU WILL NEED: Soup: 6 cups vgetable stock 10 whole peppercorns 3 star anise stars 2 inch knob of fresh ginger root, scored or sliced Veat bites or other vegetarian "chicken" bites 12 ounces fresh rice noodles (clear or white)
Topping: Five mint leaves, sliced (only the freshest will do) Ten basil leaves, sliced (crisp and washed, please) Two scallions (spring onions) OR one shallot, sliced a large handful of bean sprouts hoisin sauce thai chili sauce fish sauce (if this is permissible to your diet) Two limes, cut in wedges To make the soup, simply toss all the soup ingredients MINUS THE NOODLES into a pot and boil them until you get a pleasant fragrance from them. When the soup is done, put the noodles in and let the whole deal stand for three minutes. In the meantime, mix up your mint, basil, scallion/shallots and bean sprouts. Have them ready and waiting LIKE IMPATIENT CHILDREN. Pour the soup into a bowl. Take out the ANISE STARS and the ginger root and any peppercorns you spot. The noodles should be soft. IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES WHERE THE NOODLES ARE NOT SOFT, its okay to boil the soup some more. But they should be soft after 3 minutes. Put the AFORMENTIONED mixture of herbs and sprouts onto the top, and then dump some of your sauces over that, and squeeze the LIMES OVER EVERYTHING. When you are done eating your soup, you may find you want to DRAW A PICTURE of what it was like to eat, in whatever free basic drawing program you have on your computer. You may feel a need to email the picture to me. You may also feel inspired to send TEN SOUP HAIKU to the list. List'em, list'em all. -Tay Arrow Sherman _______________________________________________ Five7Five mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/five7five
