Approximately 54,690 pounds of Stouffer's "LEAN CUISINE® ASIAN-STYLE POT STICKERS," with the package code 5262595512 stamped on each package, were recalled recently. The pot stickers are described as "chicken and vegetable dumplings with rice in an Asian-style dipping sauce."
I have a question about Lean Cuisine pot stickers. Besides the obvious question of why the small hard plastic fragments were part of the recipe, what the hell does "Asian-style" mean? Asia, the largest continent on Earth, is made up of 37 different countries, give or take a few depending on the day of the week. I'm not familiar with the native cuisine of Afghanistan or Brunei or Papua New Guinea, but I suppose that the style of food in all those countries could be termed "Asian-style," since they are in Asia.
Turkish food ... I have written about my experience in a Turkish restaurant before, which was not a good dining experience ... as I recall, is quite different from Japanese cuisine.
And Indian food ... well, you couldn't put out the fire in one's mouth with a fucking fire hose ... and "white" was written on my order; since, I guess, non-whites can tolerate a helluva lot more than stereotypical whites can.
So, what the fuck do they mean by "Asian-style?"
Posted by Bill at February 12, 2006 11:40 PMCome to California. We'll teach you how to eat Indian, Thai, and Mexican food without screaming.
You know why they call them pot-stickers, BTW? Ever try to clean a pot when they've touched the sides?
Posted by: Joel Sax at February 13, 2006 04:51 PM