Food, Food, and More Food Thread

qilver wrote:

that's sounds good. kinda reminds me of that indian curry, and it is spicy, but good. :bonk: :thumbsup:

yeah but i dont cook very spicy food .... i wld say my level of spice is what u all eat .

Tonight dinner: rice, mixed vegetable curry and orange juice ...... desert was plums ... yum yum :)

pcmodem wrote:

What are "green pulses"?
-PCM

Hmm looks like the middle "dark green" pulse seeds u see in the bottom line ... between the 2 light brown pulses .

well this one when coooked in indian curry style .. end color is kindda greenish .... hehe ... in india ofcourse we have a specific name for each pulse .... dont know in english .. :bonk:

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looks like a mung bean

z123_us wrote:

Hmm looks like the middle "dark green" pulse seeds u see in the bottom line ... between the 2 light brown pulses .

well this one when coooked in indian curry style .. end color is kindda greenish .... hehe ... in india ofcourse we have a specific name for each pulse .... dont know in english .. :bonk:

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Oh, you mean beans.

We don't call them "pulses" in English.


TGIF,
PCM

pcmodem wrote:

Oh, you mean beans.

We don't call them "pulses" in English.


TGIF,
PCM

amm we also use beans but we keep it to the larger ones ... u know the standard red beans etc .... smaller ones generally fall in the pulses category ..

pcmodem wrote:

Oh, you mean beans.

We don't call them "pulses" in English.


TGIF,
PCM

Are "pulses" sometimes called "dal" also z123_us?

Here is a little info I found on "pulses":

Pulses are edible seeds of leguminous plants. The word is derived from the Latin puls, meaning pottage or a vegetable boiled to make a thick soup or porridge. Unlike other grain legumes, pulses are primarily used for human consumption. They include cool season legumes such as field peas, faba bean, chickpea, lentil and albus lupin, and tropical legumes such as dry bean, soy bean, mung bean, cow pea and pigeon pea.

Lentils - possibly civilized man's oldest food...

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and look how many calsifications there are for "pulses" in Wikipedia:

Classification of pulses
FAO recognizes 11 primary pulses.

Dry beans (Phaseolus spp. including several species now in Vigna)
Kidney bean, haricot bean, pinto bean, navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Lima bean, butter bean (Vigna lunatus)
Azuki bean, adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
Mung bean, golden gram, green gram (Vigna radiata)
Black gram, Urd (Vigna mungo)
Scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
Rice bean (Vigna umbellata)
Moth bean (Vigna acontifolia)
Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius)
Dry broad beans (Vicia faba)
Horse bean (Vicia faba)
Broad bean(Vicia faba)
Field bean (Vicia faba)
Dry peas (Pisum spp.)
Garden pea (Pisum sativum var. sativum)
Protein pea (Pisum sativun var. arvense)
Chickpea, Garbonzo, Bengal gram (Cicer arietinum)
Dry cowpea, Black-eyed_pea, blackeye bean (Vigna unguiculata ssp. dekindtiana)
Pigeon pea, cajan pea, congo bean (Cajanus cajan)
Lentil (Lens culinaris)
Bambara groundnut, earth pea (Vigna subterranea)
Vetch, common vetch (Vicia sativa)
Lupins (Lupinus spp.)
Minor pulses include:
Lablab, hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis), sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)
Winged bean (Psophocarpus teragonolobus)
Velvet bean, cowitch (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis)
Yam bean (Pachyrrizus erosus)

Enna wrote:

Are "pulses" sometimes called "dal" also z123_us?

Lentils - possibly civilized man's oldest food...

EXACTLY .. that is what we call it in India ... and well we associate different names for specific dal's ..

lentil's is actually the name they use in french for pulses ... but very limited variety out here, in India we have loads of different lentils if u wanna call it.

z123_us wrote:EXACTLY .. that is what we call it in India ... and well we associate different names for specific dal's ..

Way to go, Enna-chan...! :applaud: :woot: :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:
Way to go, Enna-chan...! :applaud: :woot: :thumbsup:

Why thank you bmw!!! :D Did you notice sensei that I used Wikipedia for some "dal/ pulses" info? :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:
Way to go, Enna-chan...! :applaud: :woot: :thumbsup:

Why thank you bmw!!! :D Did you notice sensei that I used Wikipedia for some "dal/ pulses" info? :thumbsup:

Enna wrote:Why thank you bmw!!! :D Did you notice sensei that I used Wikipedia for some "dal/ pulses" info? :thumbsup:

Sure did... Isn't Wikipedia great? :D

bmwracer wrote:
Sure did... Isn't Wikipedia great? :D

The best, thanx!!!!! :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:
Sure did... Isn't Wikipedia great? :D

btw: @bmw, i like your current sig, like the way you did it.... :bonk:

qilver wrote:btw: @bmw, i like your current sig, like the way you did it.... :bonk:

And I did it without any alcohol in my system...! :hehe: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
And I did it without any alcohol in my system...! :hehe: :hehe:

:rofl:
speaking of beer, just had a "sapporo reserve" 22 ounce. good stuff, but i try not to make it a habit of any beer/alcohol. :hehe: just once in a very long while. maybe not in japan, every there likes to down a few or more...and party on... :thumbsup:

qilver wrote: :rofl:
speaking of beer, just had a "sapporo reserve" 22 ounce. good stuff, but i try not to make it a habit of any beer/alcohol. :hehe: just once in a very long while. maybe not in japan, every there likes to down a few or more...and party on... :thumbsup:

Yeah, I'm a lightweight when it comes to drnking... I'd be wasted pretty quickly during a night out in Japan... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, I'm a lightweight when it comes to drnking... I'd be wasted pretty quickly during a night out in Japan... :sweat:

yeah, it would be fun to go to the beer gardens and pay 3,000 yen, to enjoy the all you can eat and drink on a rooftop in Japan during the summer. but no A/C on the roof areas... :sweat: :doh:

i can handle a fairshare of alcohol, but i don't drink very often and very much. :bonk:

qilver wrote:i can handle a fairshare of alcohol, but i don't drink very often and very much. :bonk:

That nigoro sake I had about a month ago was the first drink I had in months... ;)

bmwracer wrote:
That nigoro sake I had about a month ago was the first drink I had in months... ;)

that must be some good sake, ne? :bonk:
had some sake last week, forgot the name of it, but it wasn't bad.

qilver wrote:

yeah, it would be fun to go to the beer gardens and pay 3,000 yen, to enjoy the all you can eat and drink on a rooftop in Japan during the summer. but no A/C on the roof areas... :sweat: :doh:

i can handle a fairshare of alcohol, but i don't drink very often and very much. :bonk:

they have a japanese summer beer garden at the new otani hotel in little tokyo...it's not nearly as cool as the ones in japan but it is cooler than most places here in SoCal if you want to eat outside on the roof. I've been...if you go with a group of ppl you can pay a set fee and drink as much beer as you can handle for two hours or so....

i had fun when i went....very chill place...it's like an oasis of serenity near downtown.....