herbal soups

[sandra]

anyone fobby enough to know?

[SunWuKong]

i just drink whatever my mother makes me.

but wait, are you talking about good for taste or good for health?

i like yah sei mei (twenty four flavours). but my mother doesn't know how to make that. tastes like crap though.

[deez nuts]

yup i know lots. my mom fed me that shit growing up.

too lazy to pinyin all that shit out.

my mom used to make me drink/eat huang niang to cleanse my system. that shit is raw.

[Green_Jade]

tasty herbal soup? does it exist?

i as a young'en got subjected to those nasty tasting herbal medicine stuff. ya know..all the dry stuff brewed into nice dark brown bitter...mmm yum :gross:

[moschikat]

Originally posted by artzygrrl@Jun 3 2003, 09:39 AM
tasty herbal soup? does it exist?

i as a young'en got subjected to those nasty tasting herbal medicine stuff. ya know..all the dry stuff brewed into nice dark brown bitter...mmm yum :gross:
oh lord. I got a random roomie last year (in Irvine) and she tried to get me to down some of that stuff . . .

of course, I was being polite and drank the entire bowl . . .
:cry:

[deez nuts]

ban lang gen

builds up your immunity and helps in recovery of a cold or flu.

they were buying the stuff up in china months prior to the sars epidemic making worldwide news; when isolated cases were popping up in guongdong and the news spread through the local news, local newspaper and word of mouth.

[Tao]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Jun 3 2003, 08:49 PM
ban lang gen


oh man I remeber that stuff, mad good. That stuff didn't taste like medicine at all, god damn I wish I had some right now. Better tasting than iced tea.

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by Tao@Jun 3 2003, 08:03 PM
Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Jun 3 2003, 08:49 PM
ban lang gen


oh man I remeber that stuff, mad good. That stuff didn't taste like medicine at all, god damn I wish I had some right now. Better tasting than iced tea.
tao,

was there sugar in it?

my mom made it without sugar. it was gross (in my opinion anyways. everybody has a diffierent palate).

but with a little sugar, it was yummy yummy in my tummy for some odd reason.

[Tao]

your mom made it for you?
<br>my parents bought the stuff in packs of 20 or something like that. each cube was wrapped in paper, and i believe they added sugar in the cube. so yeah it was quite delish

[kayla]

Originally posted by artzygrrl@Jun 3 2003, 09:39 AM
tasty herbal soup? does it exist?

i as a young'en got subjected to those nasty tasting herbal medicine stuff. ya know..all the dry stuff brewed into nice dark brown bitter...mmm yum :gross:
oh, man. so gross! I still have to drink those once in a while. When I cough and my mom "detects" flegm or a cold coming or if i've eaten too much fried stuff, she makes me drink them depending on what the diagnosis is. I think the worst part is burping afterwards from downing it too quickly and the taste lingers in your mouth. But Chinese herbal medicine usually is more effective for me as opposed to western medicine.

[applehead]

Originally posted by artzygrrl@Jun 3 2003, 09:39 AM
tasty herbal soup? does it exist?

i as a young'en got subjected to those nasty tasting herbal medicine stuff. ya know..all the dry stuff brewed into nice dark brown bitter...mmm yum :gross:
i love the smell of han yak.

[Green_Jade]

Originally posted by kayla@Jun 3 2003, 10:07 PM
Originally posted by artzygrrl@Jun 3 2003, 09:39 AM
tasty herbal soup? does it exist?

i as a young'en got subjected to those nasty tasting herbal medicine stuff.&nbsp; ya know..all the dry stuff brewed into nice dark brown bitter...mmm yum :gross:
oh, man. so gross! I still have to drink those once in a while. When I cough and my mom "detects" flegm or a cold coming or if i've eaten too much fried stuff, she makes me drink them depending on what the diagnosis is. I think the worst part is burping afterwards from downing it too quickly and the taste lingers in your mouth. But Chinese herbal medicine usually is more effective for me as opposed to western medicine.
i only got those when i was younger...cause, supposly, i was 'weak'.

..hmm maybe chinese med is more effective because lot of it is based on prevention..

[Green_Jade]

Originally posted by applehead@Jun 3 2003, 11:24 PM
Originally posted by artzygrrl@Jun 3 2003, 09:39 AM
tasty herbal soup? does it exist?

i as a young'en got subjected to those nasty tasting herbal medicine stuff.&nbsp; ya know..all the dry stuff brewed into nice dark brown bitter...mmm yum :gross:
i love the smell of han yak.
i dont like that smell... too many memories of being chased w/ a bowl full of that stuff

[tvbdude]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Jun 3 2003, 08:49 PM
ban lang gen

builds up your immunity and helps in recovery of a cold or flu.

they were buying the stuff up in china months prior to the sars epidemic making worldwide news; when isolated cases were popping up in guongdong and the news spread through the local news, local newspaper and word of mouth.
I dranked a bowl of this today for my sore throat. There was already sugar in the thing.

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by Tao@Jun 3 2003, 08:49 PM
your mom made it for you?
<br>my parents bought the stuff in packs of 20 or something like that. each cube was wrapped in paper, and i believe they added sugar in the cube. so yeah it was quite delish
yeah she buys it raw in packages and boils it.

no sugar =(

[Barbs]

i LOVE chinese herbal chicken soup. my mom makes it with these little red bean-like looking things and the soup is pure broth. yum!

i've had the really bitter soup before too....actually sometimes i make it with ginseng root & this powder (tian-chee-fen). i put a "young hen" in the crock pot, add like 12 of those ginseng root suckers (actually it's not ginseng...it's a derivative which is not as strong--it's "cool" as opposed to "hot") and some of the tian-chee-fen. after it stews for several hours it's very very tasty & it seems to keep away colds. then again, i wouldn't know b/c i'm so lazy i only make this once every 4 months.

on the same topic....do ur parents ever tell you that some foods are "liang" ("cool") and some things are "huo-chee dah" ("hot"). the cool foods are good for u and the "hot" foods are to be avoided in large amounts. i never could figure out that theory...

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by Barbs@Jun 4 2003, 09:59 AM

on the same topic....do ur parents ever tell you that some foods are "liang" ("cool") and some things are "huo-chee dah" ("hot"). the cool foods are good for u and the "hot" foods are to be avoided in large amounts. i never could figure out that theory...
yeah mine does.

the huo chi dao dishes refers to the really pungent and stringent dishes i.e. mad salty, mad spicy etc etc

that allegedly stresses your system. i guess adding to your stress level (huo chi) in a way, i.e. making you break out in zits, mild skin disorder, perpetual bad breath etc etc.

so says my mommy.

[Chris]

Man I drank it so much even to this day. I do beleive it works in most cases as I don't get as sick as most of my coworkers and friends do. :)

[sandra]

hm...maybe if each person gets a recipe from his/her mother or grandmother, we could make a little yw herbal soup/medicine recipe book.&nbsp; you guys willing to do this?&nbsp; if so, can you also ask them what it's good for (i always like asking my mom what certain soups are good for - just 'cause i like to pretend that it's doing it's job while i'm drinkin' it.)&nbsp; plus, i think it would be sad to have all of this lost in our generation ...

[sandra]

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meena, is hae-jang-kook (sp?) an herbal soup?&nbsp; ab drinks it when he's sick.&nbsp; have a good recipe for it?&nbsp; :D