Comments on: #100

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 22:47:50 +0000

Wow, I feel special. :-) That’s a good one, too.

Every now and again I go through a few dozen comics in the archive to find a new icon, and every time I realize that Cat really only has three expressions and a pair of 3-D glasses.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 22:38:07 +0000

And to clear it up even more: it’s pork in a bun.
You couldn’t tell it was a pork bun without opening it up. Well, unless you bought it from a shelf that said “PORK BUN”. But even then it’s really just faith.

By: happinesstogo

happinesstogo — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 21:51:40 +0000

OK, here is the new icon I created from the Cat and Girl archives specifically for this series of comments in your journal. I screwed it up the first time but this should be the way I want it to look.

By: happinesstogo

happinesstogo — Tue, 03 Jun 2003 21:43:12 +0000

Somehow I knew you were going to respond by saying something like, “Well, it’s pork on a bun…duh!” but the rest of the explanation clears it up a little more.

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 01 Jun 2003 18:24:20 +0000

Except now I realize I should’ve used this one!

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 01 Jun 2003 18:23:24 +0000

(Now I can sit back and admire that sequence of icons.)

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 01 Jun 2003 18:20:16 +0000

It’s a bun! with pork!

But that’s probably not that helpful. It’s a baked or steamed bun with barbecue pork filling. They’re Chinese — the Chinese name is “char siu bao”, but I find that that makes people go “What?”, after which I go “Pork bun”, so I take out the middleman.

I get the baked ones, which are about burger-sized; there are also steamed ones that tend to appear in dim sum.

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 01 Jun 2003 18:09:53 +0000

It’s a packet-type thing, you ought to be able to find it in most generic grocery stores. I bought it at the Loeb in the Glebe, in the back right-hand corner, but I bet the Loeb near us has it too.

“Thai Kitchen” brand, red-bordered label.

By: happinesstogo

happinesstogo — Sun, 01 Jun 2003 14:51:39 +0000

This may be a bit of a silly question, but what is a pork bun? I don’t know if we have them in Arizona.

By: damned_colonial

damned_colonial — Sun, 01 Jun 2003 09:20:42 +0000

What, you don’t have coconut milk around the house all the time?

Where did you get these thai curry noodles, though? I *do* have coconut milk around hte house and often have thai curry cravings but can’t be bothered making real food.