wargo@sdcsla.UUCP (Dave Wargo) (07/25/85)
I am in the process of trying new pasta dishes. One of the recipes call for hoisin sauce. What is this elixer of life? Is it hard to come by ? How is it pronounced ? Thanks Dave Wargo ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcsla:wargo
billr@tekred.UUCP (Bill Randle) (07/29/85)
>I am in the process of trying new pasta dishes. > >One of the recipes call for hoisin sauce. What is this elixer of >life? Is it hard to come by ? How is it pronounced ? > >Thanks > >Dave Wargo It is a Chinese spicy sauce - somewhat like a form of BBQ sauce. I use it as part of a marinade recipie. It is available from the Oriental or specialty foods section of your supermarket. Not all stores carry it though, I got mine at Safeway. (I'm not sure how it's pronounced.) -Bill Randle Tektronix, Inc. tektronix!tekred!billr (uucp) tekred!billr@tektronix.csnet (CSnet) tekred!billr%tektronix@csnet-relay.ARPA (ARPA)
nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) (07/29/85)
> One of the recipes call for hoisin sauce. What is this elixer of > life? Is it hard to come by ? How is it pronounced ? Hoisin (pronounced "hoy sin") sauce is a dark brown, goopy, sweet sauce most commonly encountered near your mooshu pork. (it's the stuff you put on the pancake before you add the mooshu) You should be able to find it at a good "gourmet" section of a grocery store, or in a Chinese food market. If you can't find one, try asking at one or more of your favorite Chinese restaurants. Nemo -- Internet: nemo@rochester.arpa UUCP: {decvax, allegra, seismo, cmcl2}!rochester!nemo Phone: [USA] (716) 275-5766 work, 232-4690 home USMail: 104 Tremont Circle; Rochester, NY 14608 School: Department of Computer Science; University of Rochester; Rochester, NY 14627
prastein@uiucuxa.Uiuc.ARPA (07/29/85)
You can find hoisin (hoy-sin' I believe) at any oriental food mart. I'm not sure what's in it but it's quite tasty and found in many Chinese dishes (e.g. mu-shu-pork)
wildbill@ucbvax.ARPA (William J. Laubenheimer) (07/30/85)
>One of the recipes call for hoisin sauce. What is this elixer of >life? Is it hard to come by ? How is it pronounced ? >Dave Wargo It is one of the standard sauces used in Chinese cooking. You can probably find it at your friendly neighborhood Chinese grocery if your local supermarket doesn't stock it (around here, almost all the larger stores have it). It comes in jars or cans. I pronounce it "HOY-sin", and haven't confused any Chinese restaurant waiters too badly yet. Bill Laubenheimer ----------------------------------------UC-Berkeley Computer Science ...Killjoy went that-a-way---> ucbvax!wildbill
geoff@denelvx.UUCP (Geoff Baum) (07/30/85)
> I am in the process of trying new pasta dishes. > > One of the recipes call for hoisin sauce. What is this elixer of > life? Is it hard to come by ? How is it pronounced ? > This is a chinese (bean based, I think) sauce. Look in the oriental foods section of your local supermarket. It is pronounced "hoi-shin" where "hoi" rhymes with "oi" (as in oil), and "shin" is pronounced half-way between "sin" and "shin" (most Americans pronounce it "shin"). Taste the stuff before using it since some people have a stronge dislike for the stuff. Geoff
chai@utflis.UUCP (Henry Chai) (08/01/85)
In article <938@sdcsla.UUCP> wargo@sdcsla.UUCP (Dave Wargo) writes: >One of the recipes call for hoisin sauce. What is this elixer of >life? Is it hard to come by ? How is it pronounced ? "Hoisin" means seafood in chinese, ('hoi' = sea, 'sin' (actually 'seen' in the Cantonese dialect) = fresh), altho why it's called that I'll never know; it's rarely, if ever, served with seafood. (and it ain't made with seafood either!) It is actually a kind of sweet soy paste, like a glorified soy sauce. It should be in almost every chinese grocery store, and I don't think there is anything that can substitute for it. -- Henry Chai Faculty of Library and Information Science, U of Toronto {watmath,ihnp4,allegra}!utzoo!utflis!chai
joeloda@aicchi.UUCP (Joseph D. Loda) (08/01/85)
As an additional note, a Chinese cooking instructor informed us that Hoisin is actually a brand name for Chinese seasoning sauce. Evidently, whoever was making Hoisin sauce was getting upset at those marketing their own seasoning sauce and calling it Hoisin. Therefore, you may be able to find a perfectly good substitute for Hoisin-brand sauce under the non-descriptive name "Seasoning Sauce". -- Joe Loda Analysts International (Chicago Branch) (312) 882-4673 ..!ihnp4!aicchi!joeloda
slk@mit-vax.UUCP (Ling Ku) (08/04/85)
Hoi in Chinese means sea; sin means tasty, frequently associated with the
taste of seafood; hoi-sin together could also mean seafood.
So hoi-sin sauce literally means sauce that is made out of seafood.
I don't know whether the name still has any connection with its ingredient.
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Siu-Ling Ku
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