Beetroot: Oops

Oops 18 September 2003, 16:24

The collected Edmonton spelling mistakes, plate No. 347:

Chinese Superstore sign, September 16, 2003

I’m realizing my impressions of this town are more informed by my recent 5 years in Europe than by the preceding 20 years in Vancouver and its environs. It’s not the Alberta/BC differences, it’s just living in Canada I can’t get used to. One thing I’m noticing, on-campus and off, are typos and spelling and grammatical mistakes (most from native English speakers).

Cruising the heck out of the Supertore for the makings of a Ma Por tofu, I recently picked up the following heretofore unfamiliar ingredients (bless them in their fermented glory):

preserved tofu (learn about it at The Cook’s Thesaurus or see a photo)
chile bean sauce (learn about it at The Cook’s Thesaurus or see a photo)

Next: the mystery crunchy strings in a hot and sour soup, which I’m told are shredded black fungus.

The Essential Wok Cookbook is quite respectable, with great range and scrumptious illustrations. So far everything hits the spot. The Ma Por tofu recipe has a typo, but what’s a teaspoon of soy sauce between friends? Next time I shall stir in all the preserved tofu “until fragrant” before adding the actually firm, fresh tofu
I caught a glimpse of The Essential Asian Cookbook at the bookstore, and wanted it. (Soon, soon, my pretty.) Apparently there’s a whole series: Mediterranean, baking, pasta, desserts, appetizers, vegetarian, seafood, vegan, barbecue, Christmas, etc.

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