{"id":11229,"date":"2020-03-23T18:23:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=11229"},"modified":"2020-05-23T17:55:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T21:55:34","slug":"cooking-in-the-time-of-covid-hong-shao-kao-fu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=11229","title":{"rendered":"Cooking in the Time of COVID – Hong Shao Kao Fu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram Post 3\/23\/2020<\/h4>\n

 
\n\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf73 Cooking in the Time of COVID \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf73<\/p>\n

A few days ago, I posted <\/a>about New Kam Man, 200 Canal St in Manhattan, a Chinatown market that\u2019s been open during the COVID-19 crisis and deserves our support. I highlighted a couple of bean curd skin snacks (they have top-notch barbecue and roast meat options too) and I spotted another that I was less familiar with, so of course, I bought it. The label read \u201cStewed Gluten Kao-Fu 5 Spices\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nHong Shao Kao Fu is an appetizing Shanghainese dish made from wheat gluten (kao fu), dried mushrooms, wood ears, dried lily buds, and peanuts that\u2019s served cold and is so good that it\u2019s something I make at home. Now, although the kao fu I buy in Chinese markets looks a little like whole wheat bread, this product was different. But I thought it might be fun to experiment with using it in place of my usual kao fu \u2013 even though it\u2019s not an orthodox usage \u2013 so I modified my recipe and here\u2019s how it turned out. It\u2019s rather different from the original but pretty tasty if I say so myself. And yes, my vegetarian friends, it\u2019s perfect for you too.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is NKM\u2019s \u201cStewed Gluten Kao-Fu 5 Spices\u201d in slices, straight out of its container, before I started messing around with it. Since we\u2019re very much in the throes of coping with COVID-19, you\u2019ll be seeing more \u201cCooking in the Time of COVID\u201d posts from me. Hope that\u2019s okay. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

And a reminder: you can stay current with which Manhattan Chinatown restaurants are doing take out and deliveries during the COVID-19 crisis here.<\/a> Please give them your support.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd61 #keepcalmandcarryout #supportchinatown #supportsmallbusinesses<\/p>\n

Stay safe and be well. It\u2019ll be a long row to hoe, but we\u2019ll get through this together.
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