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Re: shredded veggies, I personally have experience with cabbage and bell pepper stored in plastic containers then refrigerated and I've never seen them drying out too much. They yellow a bit after a week or two, but I've never minded it too much since I'm throwing them in stir fries or soupy noodles anyway and not in salads. And no, they don't give me the runs if I eat them after two weeks.
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Overcome your stigma of MSG and just use MSG salt instead of the slightly pricier (from my experience) fish sauce and oyster sauce.
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May 21, 2018 12:03
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Definitely not saying that MSG is a perfect substitute for fish sauce or oyster sauce. I just personally think that it's acceptable replacement when you're trying to min/max tastiness and cost. My opinion is predicated on (1) you not noticing the flavor differences, (2) significant price difference in sauces vs MSG, and (3) the rate at which you use the sauces and MSG are similar. And yeah I agree that MSG needs to be used carefully. Too much and it ends up tasting like potato chips/packaged umami snacks.
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May 22, 2018 10:16
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Re: cheap rice I do the bulk of grocery shopping in Montreal Chinatown since the stores there have the cheapest veggie and pork in the city, and the best thing is they are consistently cheap, which saves me the hassle of looking at a store's flyer and buying only the stuff that's on sale. Minced pork is $1.99/lb which is close to the price of veggies (cabbage is $0.79/lb off-season and $0.49/lb in-season, other veggies like broccoli or Shanghai green are usually $1.99/lb off-season). Unfortunately the Chinatown stores don't stock the cheapest NuPak rice which is $11.69/8kg. I assume it's so that they have space for the more expensive exotic/boutique rice. I prefer to go out as little as possible, especially when it's winter, so it's annoying that I have to get my cheap meat and veggies in Chinatown then do another run to Supermarche PA for rice.
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