Cooking with Tea - Recipe Request

Does anyone have any recipes that involve tea that they'd like to share? I'm having friends over this weekend and am looking for a new recipe to try. To meet everyones dietary needs, my only options for meat involves chicken or seafood. Oh, and I also need it to be Gluten Free (no wheat, rye, oats, flour, etc) as one of my friends has a gluten allergy. It's a difficult bunch to cook for. Thanks!

Desirea

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The Steeping Pot
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hi,

sorry i don't have any such recipes but have you made prawns with longjing? or chicken with jasmine? i ate these 2 dishes, at lao she tea house in peking and lou wai lou in hangzhou -china- respectively, last year and i really tried hard to like them both but.... :)

missing bottomless pots of tea and dim sum....

Reply to
Saudades

I haven't tried prawns before, but I did try a Jasmine tea glaze on chicken last week. It was delicious! I'll try doing a search on Google for the prawns though. Thanks for the tip!

Desirea

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The Steeping Pot

Just incase anyone was interested below is a recipe that I found on ChineseFoodDIY.com at

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I think I shall try this one this weekend.

Desirea

This elegant dish has its origins in the imperial court of Beijing, where Long Jing tea, or "Dragon Well," from the Hangzhou region, was the most popular in China...The coolness of this tea on one's tongue is quite evident in this recipe.

Serves 4 to 6

Ingredients:

1/2 tablespoon Dragon Well green tea leaves 1/4 cup water

For the sauce:

1 tablespoon oyster sauce 2 tablespoons brewed tea 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce 1 1/4 teaspoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil 1 teaspoon Shao-Hsing wine or dry sherry Pinch freshly ground white pepper 1 3/4 teaspoons tapioca flour 2 tablespoons Chicken Stock

2 1/2 cups peanut oil One 1/4-inch-thick slice fresh ginger, peeled

3/4 pound medium shrimp (about 24), shelled and deveined 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger 1/4 cup chopped white parts of scallion in 1/4-inch diagonal pieces 1/4 cup diced red bell pepper in 1/4-inch pieces 1/4 cup diced green bell pepper 1 orange, cut thinly into rounds, then half moons, for garnish

Directions

To brew the tea, place the tea leaves in a bowl. Boil the water and pour over the leaves. Cover the bowl and steep for 10 minutes. Strain the tea. Reserve the tea leaves and 2 tablespoons of brewed tea for the sauce.

In a bowl, mix the sauce ingredients and reserve.

To blanch the shrimp, heat a wok over high heat for 1 minute. Add the peanut oil and slice of ginger and heat to 350 degrees F. Place the shrimp in the oil, stir, and loosen. When the shrimp begin to turn pink, about 5 seconds, turn off the heat. Remove the shrimp with a Chinese strainer and drain. Transfer the oil to a bowl and discard the ginger slice.

Return 1 tablespoon of the reserved peanut oil to the wok. Heat over high heat for 20 seconds. When a wisp of white smoke appears, add the minced ginger and stir briefly. Add the scallion and cook, stirring, until its fragrance is released, about 15 seconds. Add the shrimp and reserved tea leaves and cook, stirring, for 20 seconds. Add the peppers and cook, until all the ingredients are coated, about 20 seconds. Make a well in the centre of the mixture, stir the sauce mixture, pour in, and stir well. When the sauce bubbles and thickens, turn off the heat, remove to a heated platter, garnish around the edges with orange half moons, and serve.

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The Steeping Pot

WOW, thanks so much for this recipe. I am always looking for new ways to cook with tea. You are doing such a great service to tea drinkers!

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erinlcummings

You know, if you want people to believe your protestations of good faith, you should skip the cheesy and transparent tricks like this. Your recipe post WAS on-topic and interesting. But your thinly-veiled self-response is just tacky.

N.

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Natarajan Krishnaswami

I didn't post that respone. My recipe request was honest. I don't know why people automatically assume there is something dishonest about me. I have not done anything wrong, and I have been completely honest. I have no reason to lie about my postings. If I post something, I will always sign my name after it. I only have two gmail accounts. One with the name desirea and the other with the name steepingpot. I started this group using the steepingpot address, and that is the only address I intend to use. I don't appreciate your accusations.

Desirea

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Desirea

Funny that both were posted from the IP 68.83.175.32, with a suspiciously similar (and messy) quoting style. Take your sock puppet and go somewhere else.

w
Reply to
Will Yardley

I work for a University - we all share the same IP address. I didn't say I didn't know who posted it - but I did not post the message, nor did I tell her to post. She was simply trying to stick up for me since everyone has been so freaking mean. I was venting to her about the group. Feel free to email her directly. I'm not sure what you mean about the quoting style. Google Groups does that when you post using the reply button. All of you need to simply back off!!! So thank you Mr. William Yardley of PriceGrabber.com for your helpful input.

Desirea

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Desirea

I think there was just a misunderstanding here, but to be fair, there are plenty of dishonest vendors who try to deceive people in this group (rather poorly I might add) so this sort of harsh reaction is often deserved. Still, I think you are well-intentioned, so I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. I hope you don't leave the group because of a bad start! This happens a lot with new honest members who are also vendors, so don't think you're the only one who has a rough reception at first.

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Brent

Like talking too yourself or someone you know? In a later post you said it came from a University friend. Okay but that was their first post with the Gmail account. You scam Gmail with an account name similar to your website. This is how our taxpayers dollars are being spent at Universities? Identify yourself so we can complain.

Jim

nslookup.exe 71.225.15.71 Name: c-71-225-15-71.hsd1.pa.comcast.net Address: 71.225.15.71

nslookup.exe 68.83.175.32 Name: c-68-83-175-32.hsd1.pa.comcast.net Address: 68.83.175.32

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Reply to
Space Cowboy

Interesting how this poster ("wow!" etc.) just joined in time to post a recipe! Especially since recipes nearly NEVER appear in this group. It's really not a place that one would seek out to post a recipe......................... Shen

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Shen

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What do you want for me? Would you like my Social Security number so you can do a full background check on me? Like I said - I was venting about the group to a co-worker of mine. We work for a university, and through our VPN network, we all share the same IP address. Most of my posts occurred while I was at home - that's the IP address that starts with the 71. The other one is from our office in Philadelphia. She, on her own accord, decided to post a comment on the message board. I found the Prawn recipe while I was at work. Your tax dollars have nothing to do with it since it's a private institution. Yeah, maybe her comment was a bit cheesy but it was all her own and I'm pretty sure her intent was simply to stick up for me. All of you who insist on harrassing me need to get a life and find something better to do with your time. If you don't have anything positive to say to me, then leave me alone. I'm not going to let you push me out of this group. You're acting like some high school click that decided to pick on the new girl. Back off!

Desirea

As far as Shen's comment goes - I have no idea what you're talking about. I posted the recipes

Reply to
Desirea

You want my money I want your SSN. I'm sure the private institution EspeciallY would like to know what you're doing on their nickel. Does anyone know who hosts:

209.31.112.39.ptr.us.xo.net

That doesn't look like a commercial hosting company to me.

Jim

Desirea wrote:

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Space Cowboy

I don't want your money. I want nothing to do with you. I'd rather never make a sale again than get a sale from you. I haven't mentioned the store at all since the first posting. I don't even put it in my signature like someone suggested I do. You people are the ones that keep bringing it up, and you are the ones that are taking over this group that is supposed to be about tea, but now has turned into a forum for bickering. I doubt the other readers appreciate that much. I'm simply trying to defend myself.

The only thing I did from my office was post a recipe I found during lunch. Leave me alone.

Desirea

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Desirea

xo is a provider of hosting and network services.

w
Reply to
Will Yardley

Consider what it looked like: you post something inoffensive, which was immediately followed by a post from the same IP address using a different email address from a largely anonymous email provider.

If snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com were you, this would be an example of "using a sock puppet". If not, you have my apologies.

N.

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Natarajan Krishnaswami

You work for a university which has a cable-modem connection for its entire campus? I have never heard of an accredited "university" which uses a Comcast connection for even a satellite campus. [looks like

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I think you also have a poor understanding of how a "VPN network" works. If you're working from home and connecting to your university via a VPN, in most cases, connections to anything that's *not* on your university's network wouldn't go through the VPN. You and your "friend" posted two posts from the exact same IP address, with the exact same HTTP user-agent header (i.e., using the exact same web-browser) within a fairly short period of time.

btw, looks like our friend is responding to posts in other online forums pretending to like her own store:

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posting on myspace:

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According to your myspace page, "I do online marketing, my specialty is Search Marketing" - so I'd hope to god that you have a basic understanding of what spam is, what USENET is, etc.

Honestly... instead of staying around and trying to make everyone like you better, why don't you stop playing dumb, then do us all a favor and go away - for good.

*plonk* w
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Will Yardley

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I have nothing to hide - ask me anything and I'll tell you. Yes - I work for Post, but I don't actually work in Connecticut. I work remotely.

Yes, I've posted answers on Yahoo answers for things I knew that answer to and posted a link to my site. There's nothing wrong with that. How else does a small business get any sort of awareness?

Yes, I do search marketing, but know nothing about VPNs. I think if we're connected to the VPN it looks like it's CT, but if we're not it's PA. I have no idea.

Yes, I post on Digg - there's nothing wrong with that. Again - trying to get some exposure and link popularity for nature search results.

Want my life story - here ya go...

I grew up in California. Born in Yosemite, and have never lived in one city longer than 5 years. I've lived in Yosemite, San Pedro, Anaheim, Concord (San Fran) - then to Louisiana (New Orleans), Baton Rouge, then to New Jersey (Sicklerville - close to where your family is from Will), and now North Wales, PA. I bought a house at the age of 24 and was extremely excited about it. Care to see it - you can see everything about me at

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I worked for an Interactive Agency called Unreal Marketing Solutions for almost 4 years. Then I went client side to Post University, trying to help build their online division.

I'm obsessive about two things - Starbucks Coffee and Gourmet Tea. I wanted a project that would be my own, so I got the idea to start an online tea shop. Part what I love and part what I know. My friends all thought it would be a good idea, so I took some money from my savings and started my tea shop.

I tried doing a small AdWords campaign to get some exposure, but it seemed to be more of a waste of money than anything else. So then I started posting answers to Yahoo answers, but only things I knew the answer to and could backup. Some of my answers were even chosen as best answer. I was pleased with myself.

I've had a few sales, and so far everyone has been really pleased with what they received. That makes me happy. I give tea away to my neighbors, and they love it. I have friends over and we try a different tea each time. I love that I can have a different tea everyday for a month without repeating a tea.

I have every right to be a part of this group. I'm sorry I posted the announcement of my store - but it wasn't in the rules that I couldn't do so. If you always react this way, then you really do need to make it an explicit rule in your charter. You can't hold something against me when the rules aren't stated clearly.

My co-workers know all about my tea shop, and think it's a great idea.

So Will - next time you're visiting your parents - why don't you stop by. I'll share a pot of tea with you. I just want this to stop. I'm not leaving the group.

Desirea

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Desirea

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