Tonight Chez trof: Blue Apron. It was a gift.

[trof]

From some friends.
Just this once.
Outa my league moneywise.
Korean Spicy Pork and Rice Cakes.
Here's the whole recipe:
https://www.blueapron.com/recipes/spicy-pork-korean-rice-cakes-with-baby-bok-choy

So far:
Never had bak choy. I like it.
The rice cakes are CHEWY/gummy.
Never had them before so didn't know what to expect.

We'll have the whole dish in a few minutes.
I'll let you know.

[JHan]

1. bok choy, one of my fav things.

I usually toss it up in a wok with sesame seed oil, garlic, soy sauce and tamarind sauce, and toasted sesame seeds.

Happy Eating, I love the recipe.

[Warpy]

2. Rice cakes I know are like eating styrofoam

but tastier. I like them with peanut butter. Yours sound almost like mochi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi

[trof]

4. These are half-dollar size, gelatinous and tasteless.

meh

[Warpy]

6. Sweetened and/or flavored mochi can be very good

You can find it prefab in health food stores or if there's a decent Asian market near you, you can make your own. Ice cream mochi is a popular dessert, scoops of ice cream encased in thin, sweetened mochi wrappers. They're sweet and it's an interesting texture contrast.

You can get ice cream mochi at an Asian market, also, but they tend to be pricey and some of the ice cream a little weird to European taste buds.

Hmmm, chocolate mochi, French vanilla ice cream. I get the ambition to do it, I'll tell you how it turns out.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. I always thought rice cakes were like styrofoam

only without any flavor. Put on peanut butter, and it's peanut butter & styrofoam.

Never, ever, understand why anyone eats them.

[Warpy]

9. The flavor develops as you chew them up

and they end up tasting very sweet.

I thought they were weird as hell at first, too.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. I certainly never noticed anything more

pleasant than the flavor of styrofoam when I chewed them.

[procon]

3. looks delicious!

I like Korean food. Some of its too spicy for me, but I like all the veggies.

[trof]

5. It was very good, except for the rice cakes.

Fresh ginger and the spices were just right for us.
We didn't have to pay for it, but it would work out to $9.65 per person per meal.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. To me that's a bit pricey, especially for a meal cooked at home.

I don't understand why they claim to be cheaper than home cooked, or whatever their exact claim is.

[trof]

10. Yeah, it is a bit.

Not as bad as I would have thought, but still more than just going to the grocery.

They claim the savings is in time for busy people.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. I suppose for a two career couple,

or even a single person with a demanding job, it's better than eating out every night. Personally, I like to cook and enjoy making lots of things from scratch.