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General Gao's Chicken
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Posted 02 November 2004 - 05:27 PM
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Posted 02 November 2004 - 05:30 PM
he was an actual fighting general.
The story goes... something like his men have for their rations only chickens and rice. They've been eating that for a long while. General Tsao, tso, I don't know how to spell his name, decides to raise moral with something different. I think he just grabs whatever garnishings they have on hand, and voila, his chicken is born.
That's what I've heard
The story goes... something like his men have for their rations only chickens and rice. They've been eating that for a long while. General Tsao, tso, I don't know how to spell his name, decides to raise moral with something different. I think he just grabs whatever garnishings they have on hand, and voila, his chicken is born.
That's what I've heard
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Posted 02 November 2004 - 06:41 PM
The dish's name in Chinese is 左宋雞 Zuosongji but the way it's prepared authentically is quite different from the "Americanized" version that you may find at your local Chinese buffet restaurant...
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Posted 02 November 2004 - 08:21 PM
Kulong, on Nov 2 2004, 06:41 PM, said:
The dish's name in Chinese is 左宋雞 Zuosongji but the way it's prepared authentically is quite different from the "Americanized" version that you may find at your local Chinese buffet restaurant...
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I've never had the 'real' version before, how does it differ? I would imagine less 'fried chicken'-ish?
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Posted 02 November 2004 - 09:09 PM
TMPikachu, on Nov 2 2004, 08:21 PM, said:
I've never had the 'real' version before, how does it differ? I would imagine less 'fried chicken'-ish?
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I never had the real version either. However, I did read an article recently regarding Chinatowns in the U.S. In the article, they made several examples of how dishes "changed" when they came to the U.S., one of the examples was General Tso's Chicken. I don't remember any of it though :-P
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Posted 08 November 2004 - 05:34 PM
When I asked for General Tso's chicken in China, no one knew what it was.
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Posted 11 November 2004 - 10:58 PM
Zuo Zongtang, on Nov 8 2004, 05:34 PM, said:
When I asked for General Tso's chicken in China, no one knew what it was.
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How did you ask them, in English?
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Posted 12 November 2004 - 05:30 PM
左宗鸡, thats how i asked for it.
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Posted 12 November 2004 - 06:20 PM
Zuo Zongtang, on Nov 12 2004, 05:30 PM, said:
左宗鸡, thats how i asked for it.
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As far as I know, that's the Chinese name for it too. However, I, too, have never seen it in China.
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Posted 19 August 2005 - 09:05 AM
Zuo Zongtang, on Nov 8 2004, 06:34 PM, said:
When I asked for General Tso's chicken in China, no one knew what it was.
Hmmm interesting...
I think that might surprise many American travelers as well....
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Posted 19 August 2005 - 10:56 AM
How did Zuo Zongtang get mangled into "General Gao"?
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