Excerpt from Bragg’s Vegetarian Health Recipes Book — Chapter 12
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It is sometimes difficult to achieve the true Far Eastern flavoring because we do not always have the proper ingredients. It can be difficult to secure fresh ginger root, for instance, or the very young garlic bulbs such as the Chinese use that do not have the strong pungency of the more matured garlic bulb, or lotus leaves, small Chinese peas or bamboo shoots. Many of these ingredients are now becoming more available in the United States.
The Far East is the home of the soybean, the water chestnut, and the sesame seed, as well as some of the world’s finest health foods. The people of East Asia, like their Western neighbors, have yielded too much to popular methods of food preparation. Too many of their foods are now prepared by deep-fat frying and other dietary practices that are unhealthily. However, if we look for the best in Far Eastern cookery, as we search for the best of our own, we will find a treasure trove to prepare of delicious, wholesome food.
My new favorite is sushi rolls! A slice of lemon or ginger on top is divine! (That’s a touch of the Orient).
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