622762 Tue May 26 14:17:15 -0700 2009 13 31 Home Cooking 0 4716402 I try to be good about using up cans of food that I need to open for any given recipe, but today I've failed. I find myself faced with half a can of shredded bamboo and no idea what to use it in. Most times, I use canned shredded bamboo in complicated Chinese soups that have 10 other ingredients, so I'm at a loss. How do people prepare this simply? The only thing that comes to mind is stir fried, with bok choy and ginger. Boring! Tue May 26 14:17:15 -0700 2009 11577 Pei 1 4716726 I've sauteed sliced canned bamboo shoot with lima beans -- the recipe I used was from the old Sunset Chinese Cookbook, but this http://tinyurl.com/p8jlvs is similar or better (I skip the ham). The combination is surprisingly good. Tue May 26 16:08:59 -0700 2009 4716402 138056 mshenna 2 4722286 Would be good with shelled edamame too. Thu May 28 11:10:21 -0700 2009 4716726 13709 buttertart 1 4716795 Here is a good, if stupidly rich, combo. Cook up: 1/2 roast duck from Chinese butcher, shredded bamboo shoots red curry paste coconut milk a vegetable and whatever you usually to do to wake up the curry paste....(nothing or a whole pile of stuff depending on your taste/time) Onto rice, vinegar cucumbers on the side. Run around the blocks 10 times. Tue May 26 16:41:06 -0700 2009 4716402 65891 waver 1 4716858 In fresh lumpia? Tue May 26 17:01:10 -0700 2009 4716402 36661 Sam Fujisaka 2 4718540 You beat me to the punch! Fresh bamboo lumpia would be a great light snack for summer weather. Wed May 27 08:48:35 -0700 2009 4716858 68363 JungMann 3 4718715 Ironically, that's how I ended up with half a can of bamboo in the first place. Wed May 27 09:27:39 -0700 2009 4718540 11577 Pei 4 4718863 Now that is funny! And I'm honored that you, JungMann, and I think alike! Wed May 27 10:10:39 -0700 2009 4718715 36661 Sam Fujisaka 5 4719276 Had I known, I should have used the whole can and made enough to share, right? I think going with my "use what's in the fridge" rule I might have to stir fry it in sesame oil with Chinese celery and some pressed tofu, and maybe some shitake. But next time, mshenna, lima beans! My husband loves them. Wed May 27 12:03:08 -0700 2009 4718863 11577 Pei 6 4719493 Yum. I am doing the same thing wrt using up existing food stores. I had half of a jar of bamboo shoots in chili oil. I stir fried them with regular celery and some leftover frozen edamame. A very successful recycling job, if I do say so myself. Wed May 27 13:08:09 -0700 2009 4719276 280735 tcamp 1 4718938 filling for vegetable potstickers ... maybe add some shitakes, scallions, a little ginger, perhaps water chestnut... whatever you have around Wed May 27 10:30:12 -0700 2009 4716402 153975 bw2082 1 4721705 i'm probably far too late to this thread, but if you're still looking for ideas, there's a pleasant, light thai salad that basically involves tossing shredded bamboo shoots with fish sauce, powdered chili peppers, scallions, cilantro, lime and toasted rice. you could also add toasted white sesame seeds if you want. Thu May 28 08:22:53 -0700 2009 4716402 64215 cimui 2 4724083 That's it. Now I have to go get a few cans of shredded bamboo shoots this weekend & work my way through all these! Thu May 28 22:24:40 -0700 2009 4721705 138056 mshenna 1 4724155 Make some rice. Maybe 1 cup of uncooked rice. Throw in your bamboo shoots. Throw in some crumbled dried shiitake mushrooms. Throw in a slice or two of very thin sliced ginger..Splash in some soy sauce. Cook the rice. Top with very thinly sliced green onions and serve. Thu May 28 23:29:34 -0700 2009 4716402 214697 ritabwh