thai food

[ana]

once you get your shiratake noodles how long will they keep in their bag in the fridge???

[Heidi3]

Ana HI how are you????? you can find those noodles in Tucson and I can not find them here .... :sadblinky I must be looking right at them and for some reason it is not kicking in ...

[LindaJay]

I'd hate to say forever, but nothing I can find gives an expiration date on these things. I think I kept my first bag for about three months before I used it with no ill effects!

That was for the regular ones (yam starch based). I don't know if the tofu-based ones are different. I buy fresh tofu noodles at the Asian grocery store here, and they have a sell-by date of a week or so. Note -- I am talking about fresh soy noodles, not soy shirataki -- but since other soy noodles and tofu products typically have an expiration date, you would want to make sure which one you were buying if you weren't planning on using them for awhile.

[scott123]

Ana, the tofu shiritake noodles that I get have an expiration date printed on the bag. I go by that.

[ana]

HI nurselady long time no see :hug

yep I found them at the asian grocery store but the bag was completely in someother language if it had an expiration date it didn't see one.
I don't think these were the tofu kind but the yam kind. urplequ: lol

I will have to buy another bag to see if I can figure it out. I had bought some then left them in the fridge for a few weeks and tossed them because I wasnt sure about how long they were good for.

[v-sly]

spaghetti squash works great for pad thai.

[NulloModo]

Tamarind Paste has around 55 grams of sugar per 100 grams.... I figure the density is probably similar to brown sugar, so let's say that you get 200 grams of the stuff to a cup, that brings 1 tablespoon of it to around 7 grams of sugar. Definately not induction friendly, but if you are on the fruits rung that shouldn't hurt spread across a recipe.

[michigangirly]

scott123-i'm in mid michigan for another month, then metro detroit in may.

[scott123]

Okay, I took a look at a map and it looks like Lansing, is pretty 'mid' so I did a 50 mile search from lansing on 'oriental' in superpages

Her's Oriental Market
2404 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI 48912
(517) 702-2635

Kim's Oriental Food Store
901 Trowbridge Road, East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 337-2525

These are the listing for Detroit:

L C Oriental Treasures
2530 Market Street, Detroit, MI 48207
(313) 259-6100
(313) 259-6101 (fax)

Pacific Trading
30525 John R Road, Madison Heights, MI 48071
(24 589-9148

Kim Nhung Superfood
30925 Dequindre Road, Madison Heights, MI 48071
(24 588-8383

International Business & Trading CO
30805 John R Road, Madison Heights, MI 48071
(24 585-6007

China Merchandise Corporation
31722 John R Road, Madison Heights, MI 48071
(24 588-0450

Kagopa Asian Market
29307 Southfield Road, Southfield, MI 48076
(24 559-7370

C & L Oriental Food Market
37164 Dequindre Road, Sterling Heights, MI 48310
(586) 978-8220

Oriental Furniture Outlet
22476 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI 48034
(24 355-4880

Phil-Mart Oriental Store
13063 Pardee Road, Taylor, MI 48180
(734) 374-0865

Asia Mart
5047 Rochester Road, Troy, MI 48085
(24 689-6090

Hanmi Oriental Mart
5060 Rochester Road, Troy, MI 48085
(24 528-0022

Jeramm Westside Oriental Store
29454 Ford Road, Garden City, MI 48135
(734) 421-0019

Far East Trader
Oakland Mall, Troy, MI 48083
(24 585-2267

Just in case you're in North central michigan, I did a search for Saginaw:

Oriental Grocery & Gifts
2885 Bay Road Ofc, Saginaw, MI 48603
(989) 792-6751

Oriental Emporium Food & Gifts
4298 Corunna Road, Flint, MI 48532
(810) 732-0220

Btw, superpages is notorious for outdated listings. Definitely call first.

House foods (the producers of the tofu shiritake noodles) seem to be a fairly small company. You might want to contact their customer service department and see if they sell to any grocers in your area.

HOUSE FOODS AMERICA CORPORATION
7351 Orangewood Ave
Garden Grove, California, USA 92841
Phone: 714.901.4350
Fax: 714.901.4235

You also might want to check your yellow pages for any listing under 'Asian' or 'Oriental' as well.

[michigangirly]

awesome! thank you so much!! i'll definitely have to hit up one of those places. :yes

alright..time for a pad thai adventure. now i just need the other ingredients lol ensive

[scott123]

Good idea. While you're at the Asian store, pick up a block of tamarind (or a jar of paste) and some non sugar fish sauce. Some recipes have preserved turnip. It's never appealed to me all that much

[NulloModo]

And don't forget the little jars of friend onions. They are great to toss on top of stuff, or just to snack on. I can't seem to recall the brand, but any store that has lots of thai stuff should have them, the only ingredients are red onions and palm oil.