what's up with calgary and ginger beef

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Invented here just like Clamato (or both urban myths that have been grossly exaggerated)

There are a lot of places outside Calgary where you cannot get Ginger Beef.

People don't say Clam was invented here, it was the Caeser (which uses clam obviously)

Clamato isn't even Canadian, part of Mott's from NY. But for some reason it became a Canadian thing. They even had Beefmato!

But the Caeser is the Canadian version of the Bloody Mary, and supposedly invented in Calgary, yes.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by CrusaderPi

If people knew how delicious the cat was they'd been nicely served up was then we'd all be eating more a lot more cat.

Having drunk with a health inspector I am perfectly aware we mostly know how delicious cat is even if we think it is pork, apparently raccoon makes a decent pork as well.

[CrusaderPi]

Originally Posted by Daradon

Calgary or San Fransisco. (two cities you usually don't see in the same conversation.)

...unless you live in Kensington. Fabulous!

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by CrusaderPi

...unless you live in Kensington. Fabulous!

Haha! Too true, and strangely enough the origin of the 'created in Calgary myth.'

[Sr. Mints]

Clamato juice is what you're served in hell as part of eternal damnation and torment, I imagine.

[NuclearFart]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

It wasn't invented in Calgary, it was westernized into its current recipe in Calgary.

Yup, that's why I put invented in quotations.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Invented here just like Clamato (or both urban myths that have been grossly exaggerated)

Are you thinking of the Ceaser? Because that was invented here.

[PeteLFan]

What's the fat and protein content in cat meat ?

[JonDuke]

Kinjo has AMAZING ginger beef!

[Lt.Spears]

Originally Posted by worth

i will eat any kind of ginger beef. just put it in my mouth.

That's what she said.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Clamato juice is what you're served in hell as part of eternal damnation and torment, I imagine.

Agreed. The Caesar is a terrible waste of vodka.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Agreed. The Caesar is a terrible waste of vodka.

And celery.

[Aegypticus]

Use homemade ginger beef as the meat in a homemade Vietnamese sub. It's amazing.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by NuclearFart

Yup, that's why I put invented in quotations.

What was it westernized from? There is nothing remotely like that in Chinese cuisine.. except the ginger part. Maybe from ginger yak jerky?

[Huntingwhale]

Boeuf de gingembre

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Agreed. The Caesar is a terrible waste of vodka.

What? You guys don't like drinking cold, salty, spicy tomato soup when you hit the bar?

[cKy]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Agreed. The Caesar is a terrible waste of vodka.

Try a Caesar with Gin instead. Most places use Smirnoff Vodka, may as well just use paint thinner. Gin makes a caesar delicious.

I havent had good ginger beef or chinese food since I moved to Victoria. There is no decent places that we have found. They are all mostly horrible.

[sparky69]

From wikipedia

Ginger beef (Geung Ngao Yuk, 薑牛肉) usually refers to a westernized version of a Chinese dish made from beef and ginger. Calgary-style Ginger Beef


The western Canadian version of it is claimed to have been invented in Calgary, Alberta in 1974 at the Silver Inn[2], and it can still be ordered at most of the Chinese restaurants in that region.

[NuclearFart]

Originally Posted by Wormius

What was it westernized from? There is nothing remotely like that in Chinese cuisine.. except the ginger part. Maybe from ginger yak jerky?

It's basically a deep fried Szechuan dish. It's like every other westernized Chinese dish:

step 1) Deep fry it
step 2) Cover in sweet sauce
step 3) Gwai lo gulps it down and feels ethnically cultured

[Regular_John]

Originally Posted by cKy

Try a Caesar with Gin instead. Most places use Smirnoff Vodka, may as well just use paint thinner. Gin makes a caesar delicious.

Ditto, as far as I'm concerned there's no crappy Vodka cocktail out there that can't be saved by gin.