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How a refugee from Vietnam ignited the sriracha phenomenon in America
Yahoo ^ | 12/11/2022 | Yoonji Han

Posted on 12/11/2022 12:37:49 PM PST by DFG

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To: SouthernClaire

Pingalingaling ... if you did already know this.


21 posted on 12/11/2022 1:31:19 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: DFG

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22 posted on 12/11/2022 1:46:30 PM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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To: DFG

Don’t dig Sriracha, too spicy. I loved spicy food and condiments when i was young, not any more. I do admire the man for creating an empire in the USA. That’s what its alll about.
I stick with Tobasco when I need a little kick.


23 posted on 12/11/2022 2:04:15 PM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: DFG

Great story. I ditched Sriracha for Sambal Oelek a ling time ago. I like the texture and flavor better. Chiles, garlic, delicious.


24 posted on 12/11/2022 2:10:15 PM PST by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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To: BozoTexino

I also have Black Siracha as well as green Siracha from Thailand at my little
Asian market. Good stuff indeed


25 posted on 12/11/2022 2:28:18 PM PST by abigkahuna (Honk Honk. It’s Clown World Out There. )
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To: abigkahuna

I’ll check ours for that. Big Vietnamese community here.


26 posted on 12/11/2022 2:34:56 PM PST by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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To: lee martell
"Vietnam War finally ended around 1971 1975"
27 posted on 12/11/2022 3:10:04 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: BozoTexino

I have sampled the Thai Siracha and it is a little different than Huy fong and that is to be expected. The black Siracha from Thailand is sweeter at first but a nice spicyness afterwords. I have the green but have not opened it yet. I don’t know about all chilies coming from the new world. That surprised me


28 posted on 12/11/2022 3:15:37 PM PST by abigkahuna (Honk Honk. It’s Clown World Out There. )
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To: MHGinTN

Thanks, MHG! I’ll remember Tran every time I have it now.


29 posted on 12/11/2022 3:18:20 PM PST by SouthernClaire (And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God ~ Job)
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To: lee martell

I’ve been to the Mall at the Capital.

I’ve seen the Viet Nam wall.

It was somber but very moving.


30 posted on 12/11/2022 3:50:30 PM PST by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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To: slouper

Try Crystak Hot Sauce. You will not go back to Tabasco.


31 posted on 12/11/2022 4:36:14 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: lee martell

Biden campaigned in the early 70s in Delaware about not letting “those people” emigrate to the US. Presumably after voting to cutoff funding to South Viet Nam, after which they ran out of ammunition, and the Communists invaded.

That’s where all the “Boat People” originated - refugees fleeing from their own country.


32 posted on 12/11/2022 4:46:15 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: DesertRhino

Good question. The Huy Fong stuff, green cap Sriracha has been unobtanium around here for quite a while. The last time I ordered, they subbed a bottle of the Tabasco version, but I haven’t opened it. I still have about a 1/4 of a bottle of the original Sriracha.

I actually think it tastes a little funky, at least when used too liberally on stuff. I mean it’s OK. But, I discovered when used in smaller amounts, say in soups, stews, casseroles - it adds a really nice bit of heat & garlic. Good garlic is tough to find now, Gilroy, California bulbs aren’t sold around here any longer for some reason. So I just use it as an all purpose flavor enhancer. Good in Chicken & Rice for example.


33 posted on 12/11/2022 4:55:10 PM PST by Freedom4US
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for later


34 posted on 12/11/2022 4:55:23 PM PST by Tellurian (Your phone is your cattle tag.)
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To: Alas Babylon!
"Native to the Andes, and practically fed Europe a few hundred years later, to the point where a potato disease forced half of Ireland to North America and Australia!"

Aye.

The population of Ireland in 1840 is higher than it is even today.

There are approximately 2,000 different kinds of potatoes....Ireland had only one and it fell prey to a fungus.

35 posted on 12/11/2022 5:29:29 PM PST by blam
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To: DesertRhino

I recently realized this myself! When I think that so many cuisines are *noted* for their use of tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes (Ireland, maybe not a cuisine!), I have to wonder what people ate before the New World was discovered!

And I wonder how poorer people got through the winter in Medieval times and before, considering there were no beans!


36 posted on 12/11/2022 5:32:25 PM PST by Chicory
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To: DFG
Sriracha Considers Moving Factory Amid Smell Complaints
37 posted on 12/11/2022 5:33:56 PM PST by blam
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To: Freedom4US

“I Did That!” he exclaimed.

Trump couldn’t do it all. Back in 2019 during the last campaign, the GOP should have brought that sort of fact up.
I’ll bet at least 80% didn’t know or had forgotten it.


38 posted on 12/11/2022 6:06:53 PM PST by lee martell
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To: BozoTexino

> I ditched Sriracha for Sambal Oelek

I stock 6 each of the large size of Huy Fong Sriracha, Chile Garlic, and Sambal Oelek. Also that Chinese crunchy hot chile oil (I try not to read the label, it’s disturbing but good). Occasionally I’ll get the yellow sriracha but it’s too sweet for my taste.

I also like to stock El Yucateco, you can get 8 and 16oz bottles in assorted flavors, mostly Habanero variants. Often I make my own, it won’t keep unless loaded with vinegar. I prefer roasted habanero with lime juice, chopped red onion, and pink salt, no vinegar.

Next spring I’m going to start growing Thai chiles, it’s hard to find at the store here I Tucson. I so enjoy fresh chopped chile in fish sauce even though I know the salt is not all that good for you. I like to roast chile and maintain a supply of dry chile.

Living in California and East Texas has left me with a lifelong taste for spicy Asian dishes...I carry a small supply of Thai dry chile, chile arbol, and dry chipotle in my day pack, and stock vacuum-packed preserved packets with the rations in my bug-out bag...


39 posted on 12/11/2022 6:13:18 PM PST by no-s (Jabonera, urna, jurado, cartucho ... ya sabes cómo va...)
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To: no-s

I love the variety of types and flavors of chiles. We bought a hot sauce in St. Lucia called Baron and it’s very good. The fruitiness of habañeros and Scotch Bonnets make them my favorites. I have to have them buffered, not straight. I make a habañero salsa with grilled onion, garlic, carrots, etc. I recently started a salsa business. That may be my next product.


40 posted on 12/13/2022 6:51:45 AM PST by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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