mylunch ([info]mylunch) wrote,
@ 2008-09-18 22:11:00
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Entry tags:box, crab rangoon gyoza, edamame, lychee, omelet, spam musubi

Lunch Box 584: A hill o' soybeans
Today I have some Spam musubi. By now I'm so used to it I don't even think about how funny it is to be eating Spam until I have to tell somebody about it. And then there are some crab rangoon gyoza with neatly wavy shells thanks to a new gyoza press I just got. Below that is the titular pile of edamame. Then there's a strip of omelet acting as a divider, protecting the fresh lychees.

(Website post, with links to recipes.)


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[info]nekonoai
2008-09-19 12:32 pm UTC (link)
psst, your website post links to an older entry. ;)

crab rangoon gyoza. Those three words make my stomach just GROWL! I tried making rangoons once, and it was EPIC FAIL! I don't know what I did wrong, but they turned out horrid. :( I ended up having to throw the whole lot out. It was a sad day, because I was so excited about making them. :P

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[info]mylunch
2008-09-19 02:50 pm UTC (link)
Oop. I actually fixed that, then got distracted by soemthing shiny and forgot to upload the file.

What happened with your crab rangoons? There are a few things that can easily go wrong, and ways to get around them.

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[info]nekonoai
2008-09-19 06:26 pm UTC (link)
The cream cheese mix just didn't taste right and I couldn't figure out why. I thought maybe cooking them would help, but it just didn't. It tasted rancid. And my ingredients were FRESH which was even more perplexing.

I followed a recipe I found online (can't remember where) to the letter. I probably should have scaled the recipe WAY down to test it out, but like I said, I was excited. LOL The thought of not having to spend $3 for 10 rangoons when I wanted them was quite appealing. :)

Perhaps, in future, when I get a new food processor, I shall try again with your recipe.

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[info]negaduck9
2008-09-19 06:36 pm UTC (link)
Huh. That is strange. Perhaps the brands weren't that good? I use Philadelphia cream cheese (the low-fat stuff works fine) and Kroger brand crab sticks. I don't have a food processor, so I just chop everything up fine, soften the cheese, and whisk it around.

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[info]nekonoai
2008-09-19 07:10 pm UTC (link)
It WAS Philly cream cheese (there IS NO OTHER BRAND!).. Maybe the crab sticks just weren't up to par.

Or it could be that I had to break up the recipe because my food processor was hella small... I dunno.

Plus, I need to find a store that sells wonton wrappers bigger than those tiny squares, so I can use my gyoza stuffer thingie!

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[info]negaduck9
2008-09-19 07:27 pm UTC (link)
Huh. Well, I'd just suggest trying it again with a smaller batch then. My recipe makes enough for a few people, and if you don't want to fry them all up at once you can freeze the uncooked dumplings and cook them later.

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[info]nekonoai
2008-09-22 01:24 pm UTC (link)
I shall definitely use YOUR recipe next time.

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[info]mylunch
2008-09-23 06:58 pm UTC (link)
I hope it turns out as well for you as it does for me.

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