Lee Kum Kee Bi-monthly Recipe Newsletter

I recently came across a newsletter (shown below) distributed by the sauce company Lee Kum Kee.  For those of you not familiar with Lee Kum Kee, they are famous for their oyster sauce. Lee Kum Kee is over one hundred years old and has since branched out into other categories and now offers over 200 different sauces.  Oyster sauce plays a central roll in a lot of Chinese cuisines so it is a must have for many Chinese families. For those that are put off by fishy or seafood tastes, worry not!  Once you cook and mix everything, you can't even taste the oyster sauce anymore. This newsletter I came across recently seems to pay homage to the very sauce that made Lee Kum Kee a household name.  It contains information such as recipes...

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A Taste of Thailand: Ground Pork Laab

Today I made one of my favorite Thai dish of all times, Laab. It's basically a ground pork salad, eaten hot or cold, seasoned and flavored with fish sauce, lime juice, cilantro and chilies. The secret to making this dish taste like you just took a trip to Thailand is the ground toasted rice powder. This is a dish that takes to heart the balance of tastes that Thai cuisines are known for which is sour, sweet, salty and bitter. This Laab I made today is made with ground pork but you can substitute ground pork for ground turkey, chicken or even ground beef. If you're going to be using chicken or turkey, I would suggest sauteing them with a bit of oil since they are a bit leaner than pork or beef. This recipe calls for cooking the ground meat...

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The First of Many

Welcome to Fooditorial!  Since this is the first post, we'd like to elaborate on what we wish to accomplish with this site and our goals for the future.  This site will be an outlet for all things food be it recipes, appliance and utensil reviews or food events.  We will start out with recipes and reviews of food products and hopefully branch out into reporting on food events and upcoming food news and trends. We here at Fooditorial believe that our busy lives do not automatically translate into preparing unimpressive food!  We feel that we just have to cook smarter and that is why Fooditorial exists. We have a lot of exciting plans we want to share with you, but like cooking, things will take time and will need to be properly prepared before going to the next step....

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