Vegan + Eat Local

choi

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(1) Joel Stein, The Rise of Vegan Moguls; Steve Wynn, Russell Simmons, Bill Clinton and a comparable cast of heavies are now using tempeh to assert their superiority. A look at what gives. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Nov. 4, 2010 9title in the print).
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_46/b4203103862097.htm

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the report.
(b) In the subtitle:

tempeh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempeh
(tempe in Indonesian, is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form. Tempeh is unique among major traditional soy-foods in that it is the only one that did not originate in China or Japan)
(ii) Tempeh (from Whoel Foods)
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=126
("Tempeh has been a staple in Indonesia for over 2000 years")
(iii) Tempeh originates at Java, Indonesia. Japanese is テンペ, so definitely it did not begin in Japan.


(2) Rahul Jacob, Chef Margaret Xu Yuan's Passion for Local Ingredients Have Made a Name for her Hong King Restaurant; Chinese Source; Can sourcing locally ever be more than a one-woman crusade in a city that is a poster-boy for globalisation
A Hong Kong chef who grows her own vegetables. Financial Times, Nov. 6, 2010.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cec10512-e6e0-11df-8894-00144feab49a.html

My comment:
(a) Honestly I have no idea who she is. But it appears she is a big shot.
(b) 李昂, 以獨特烹調術聞名的香港名廚徐蒝. 大紀元, Oct. 2, 2010.
http://www.epochtimes.com/b5/10/10/2/n3042964.htm
(Margaret Xu Yuan; "其獨到之處是她餐館的名字 [Yin Yang]，她為餐館取名「陰陽」（ 英語）也稱「鴛鴦」（中文）")

Naturally pinying for 陰陽 is ying yang. I am Cantonese (and born and raised inTaiwan), so Cantonese pronunciation for 鴛鴦 is NOT yin yang or Ying Yang. I guess she took some liberty in naming her restaurants--in English and in Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin).
(c) quizzical (adj): "mildly teasing or mocking <a quizzical remark>"

All definitions are from www.m-w.com, except noted.
(d) corny (adj): "mawkishly old-fashioned : tiresomely simple and sentimental <told corny jokes>"
(e) non sequitur (n; Latin, it does not follow): "a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said"
(f) Wanchai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanchai
(灣仔; section 1 Name)
(g) borscht (n): "a soup made primarily of beets and served hot or cold often with sour cream"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht
(soup of Ukrainian origin)
(h) moreish (adj): "UK INFORMAL APPROVING  
(of food) having a very pleasant taste and making you want to eat more"
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/moreish



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choi

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(a) But Tempeh originated from Java, Indonesia. There was no such thing in Taiwan before I left there in 1984. Apparently Japanese consider it foreign, that is why they use katakana 片仮名 (reserved for loanword 外來語; as opposed to hiragana 平仮名; there is no corresponding Kanji 漢字 for tempeh in Japan).

(b) Tempeh Reuben sandwich seems to be a fad recently.
Jill, Tempeh Ruben and Power Bowl for Lunch at Sacred Chow. May 13, 2010.
http://veganbackpacker.com/blog/sacred-chow-veagn-vegetarian-new-york/

(i) The store name Sacred Chow is a play on the phrase sacred cow, AND on Chow as a relatively common Chinese name.
(ii) Reuben sandwich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_sandwich
(section 1 Origin)

Tempeh Reuben sandwich replace corned beef/pastrami with tempeh.

(2) When I wrote the original, I read the Japanese-language Wikipedia already.

テンペ
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A

, whose paragraph 1 says, "Written as tempe in Indonesian language and tempeh in English, tempeh had its origin in Java, Indonesia, and is derived from fermentatin of soy bean by tempeh germ. It tastes like natto 納豆, smells a bit foul, but will not draw strings when pulled apart.

natto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natt%C5%8D

http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Natto

(3) I assume one can buy tempeh and/or natto in a specialty or ethnic (Japanese/Korean/Chinese) supermarket or store. As you can expect (now that my original posting included a link from Whole Foods trumpeting its nutritional value), Whole Foods sells various dishes of tempeh (besides uncooked ones--I searched its web site just now) but not natto.



【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: (1) Joel Stein, The Rise of Vegan Moguls; Steve Wynn, Russell Simmons, Bill Clinton and a comparable cast of heavies are now using tempeh to assert their superiority. A look at what gives. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Nov. 4, 2010 9title in the print).
: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_46/b4203103862097.htm
: (以下引言省略...)

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