Me n' Mister met DPD and Mayor of Pants for lunch a few weeks ago and ate something called Turnip cake (Lo Bo Gao or there abouts) and it was scrumptious. I was afraid it was a scrapple-like* concoction full of lard and pig bits because it had a similar texture BUT it does not. Like scrapple, it's a creamy-ish texture on the inside with a crunchy outside due to a post-cooking/pre-serving frying. But unlike the scrapple, it achieves the creamy texture via rice flour.
Mister challenged me to make it.
After watching many youtube videos with vague directions in languages I don't understand and few very bizaare and possibly offensive google translations, I found a recipe. I gathered the ingredients, formed a makeshift steamer using my dutch oven** bamboo sticks and a small plate and steamed this bitch for 3 hours.
Conclusion:
Attempt #1 has been binned... while it tasted good and the shrimp/meat bits were yum, the texture was off. It was more like a rice cake. I didn't have enough radish in it.
Attempt #2 will happen soon and when it's nearer to what we ate, the recipe will be yours!
*Who knew you could use scrapple 5 times in so short a post? Scrapple is mostly made/eaten in Pennsylvania area and has made it's way to parts of the NorthEast. It's groud up pig bits- organs and meat mixed with lard, flour and cornmeal seasoned with a butt load of salt and some other herbs. I know sounds horrid and most people don't like it because it's a strange texture and it's made with the "icky" parts of the animal. Just try it... It's cooked in a loaf form, then refrigerated and you slice pieces off and fry them until they're crispy on the outside and smooth on the inside. Seems like it's fallen into the "old people" food categories, like spam and Moxie.
**dutch oven. heh, farts.
16 February, 2012
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