tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post1506942241794435185..comments2024-03-18T11:48:21.973-07:00Comments on Wandering Chopsticks: Vietnamese Food, Recipes, and More: Gluten-Free Cha Gio (Vietnamese Spring/Egg Rolls)Wandering Chopstickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-62088024047428179122013-01-07T17:46:05.085-08:002013-01-07T17:46:05.085-08:00Brett,
I like both, but I do like the light outsid...Brett,<br />I like both, but I do like the light outside, chewy inside of the Vietnamese rice paper wrappers. Haha. But yeah, I think some places just get lazy about making rice paper wrappers because the egg roll wrappers are easier to fry.<br /><br />Butterfly,<br />Bubbles are OK! I wish mine had more bubbles actually so they'd be crispier. As long as your wrapper doesn't break, you&#Wandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-69194926305058986722013-01-07T17:08:01.240-08:002013-01-07T17:08:01.240-08:00When I fry them, my rolls end up with bubbles. Do...When I fry them, my rolls end up with bubbles. Do you know why this happens? Do you have a picture of the type of wrappers you use? Should the wrapper's ingredients not have starch in it?Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131897085955043509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-85735494521962007282012-12-17T18:10:36.420-08:002012-12-17T18:10:36.420-08:00Yes! Yes! Yes! I am always so disappointed with t...Yes! Yes! Yes! I am always so disappointed with the restaurants that use the Chinese egg roll wrappers! I miss the stick-in-your-teeth chewiness that comes with the rice paper skins. The same restaurants that serve the summer rolls in rice paper, and then tell me that they can't fry rice paper. . .And I am American, not Vietnamese at all! UGH! Thank you for setting the record straight. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945008089153041539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-30091214099925905552011-03-11T13:36:43.590-08:002011-03-11T13:36:43.590-08:00Alex,
The coolest part is that you were at a Chine...Alex,<br />The coolest part is that you were at a Chinese restaurant in Haiti?! Although, it is odd that they used Vietnamese rice paper wrappers. I wonder if the owners couldn't obtain Chinese wrappers, or if they were actually Vietnamese but opened a Chinese restaurant instead?Wandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-22949284255513516852011-01-03T15:04:49.293-08:002011-01-03T15:04:49.293-08:00I first tasted these rolls in a Chinese restaurant...I first tasted these rolls in a Chinese restaurant in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I was 8 or 9 years-old. It was years before I knew that these were actually vietnamese spring rolls. <br />I am writing you to thank you for answering a question that both my bnoyfriend and I have been asking ourselves for a while now: why are the spring rolls that I had as a child and the ones we've had in France soAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215730955979661938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-1509696431992856782010-03-25T13:23:05.361-07:002010-03-25T13:23:05.361-07:00Tammy,
I always make both now. I don't know ho...Tammy,<br />I always make both now. I don't know how some people get them brown. Mine get maybe a little golden but are still obviously white. Now, it looks like the poor guy is allergic to squash too!Wandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-4523930427029890922010-03-22T14:14:23.521-07:002010-03-22T14:14:23.521-07:00Hi WC, I PREFER the rice paper spring rolls! Alwa...Hi WC, I PREFER the rice paper spring rolls! Always have. And yeah, they take a gentle hand, but they are so good. I've tried dipping the rice paper in beer, anything to try and get more of a browned look after frying, which some people manage...My son has excema as well, no fun. But no wheat allergy, either. Dairy is often the culprit. Good luck to any mothers struggling to tamp down Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03437876558716264896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-17395494700425610662010-03-18T05:38:56.178-07:002010-03-18T05:38:56.178-07:00Dennis,
Fried lettuce. Ick! Although, I do like sa...Dennis,<br />Fried lettuce. Ick! Although, I do like sauteed lettuce...<br /><br />Are you going to be like the Scots? Deep-fried Mars bars anyone?<br /><br />Joanh,<br />You're welcome.<br /><br />Katie,<br />Sounds good! I love mushrooms.Wandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-9146327350821452182010-03-17T15:54:35.150-07:002010-03-17T15:54:35.150-07:00I just made some with foraged black trumpet mushro...I just made some with foraged black trumpet mushrooms, chanterelles, and hyper-thin rice paper. A prize a brought from Vietnam. So yummy!katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753564313606669430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-79800006457801293832010-03-17T10:58:01.794-07:002010-03-17T10:58:01.794-07:00yum! thanks for the step by step... will have to g...yum! thanks for the step by step... will have to give it a try somedayjoanhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929132028327934282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-86765144855923692892010-03-14T15:53:27.965-07:002010-03-14T15:53:27.965-07:00Thanks WC! Yeah, I quickly realized the fresh lett...Thanks WC! Yeah, I quickly realized the fresh lettuce and herbs wouldn't be good eats if heated.. I'll have to keep thinking up other things to try to deep fry.. haha :)Dennis K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14818629163699623022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-40847277941298942102010-03-14T13:59:09.421-07:002010-03-14T13:59:09.421-07:00Shirley,
Hopefully after eliminating those foods t...Shirley,<br />Hopefully after eliminating those foods the poor kid will catch a break. <br /><br />Dennis,<br />Goi cuon means salad roll. Cha gio is loosely translated as a meat paste roll. Although, they both have pork, shrimp, and noodles, the pork and shrimp in a salad roll are already cooked and are in large pieces. Also, goi cuon uses rice vermicelli, not bean thread vermicelli noodles. AndWandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-25874138398651396252010-03-14T13:05:46.532-07:002010-03-14T13:05:46.532-07:00My son just did his allergy test Monday ... he doe...My son just did his allergy test Monday ... he doesn't have allergies. He just have a very bad case of eczema ... around his eyes and ears ... and some on his hands.<br /><br />Funny thing is, he just started to get eczema now at age 5!<br /><br />All the best to little Pablo! I was told sometimes they grow out of it! Fingers crossed!<br /><br />As always, I love your recipes!!! Can't Tigger mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09634831564701160251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-48818018530530327922010-03-14T01:25:42.920-08:002010-03-14T01:25:42.920-08:00Ohhhhhh you've reminded me of university days ...Ohhhhhh you've reminded me of university days when my best friend and I would make rice paper spring rolls together for lunch. She was vegan, I had gluten allergies, so I'd cook up some textured soy protein with vegetables, slice up some fresh veggies (if I wasn't being lazy) and we'd wrap and eat and have a glorious time.<br /><br />I am -going- to try this! Funnily enough it Shukuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11258042395311417934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-44581700505744714242010-03-13T17:13:49.671-08:002010-03-13T17:13:49.671-08:00I LOVE RICE PAPER EGG ROLLS! They take longer to ...I LOVE RICE PAPER EGG ROLLS! They take longer to fry up and stick to my teeth like crazy, but they're still my favorites. Hope poor little Pablo grows out of his food allergies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-58760146155026980952010-03-13T11:10:52.171-08:002010-03-13T11:10:52.171-08:00Hmmm you keep on saying egg rolls even you didn...Hmmm you keep on saying egg rolls even you didn't use any eggs :P But they really looked nice and yummy :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-87560999275116347172010-03-13T10:55:59.724-08:002010-03-13T10:55:59.724-08:00This looks great WC! I always wondered.. can you d...This looks great WC! I always wondered.. can you deep fry a giant Goi Cuon? Or am I just crazy? Or does Goi Cuon naturally translates to becoming Cha Gio if it is deep fried?Dennis K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14818629163699623022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-49237002720547412112010-03-13T09:17:12.830-08:002010-03-13T09:17:12.830-08:00Poor Pablo! At least hopefully now he'll be r...Poor Pablo! At least hopefully now he'll be relatively free of eczema. Those egg rolls look delish!Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184797623430500464noreply@blogger.com