Pho

[hellokitty]

Hi Melinda,

Pho is basically noodles in soup. The most famous and classic Pho is the one in beef stock. Other soup stocks are used as well, so there are chicken, prawn, and pork Pho, etc. The noodles used in Pho are usually the flat rice noodles (for those who don't know, these are the ones like white-coloured fettucine, also known by their Chinese names - hor fun noodles or kway teeow noodles, and they are the same noodles used in the Thai dish, Pad Thai). Pho is served with the meat that the soup stock is made from, so beef Pho has beef meat products in it. A plate of fresh bean sprouts and fresh Vietnamese mint leaves and lemon wedges are served together with a bowl of Pho. You add all this (as much or as little as you like - I add it all lol) into the hot soup before eating and squeeze the juice of the lemon into it too.

This dish originated from the Chinese beef hor fun soup, and the addition of the freshly-squeezed lemon juice came from the influence of the French. The name Pho is actually pronounced FUR (as in fur coat, with a silent R), and is also from the influence of the French, being the word FEU in French (pronounced the same way), a short form of the name of a classic French dish called "Pot au Feu" (literally meaning "pot in the fire"), which is a beef stew often served with rice or pasta.

[SocialGirl]

Oh gosh i have no idea
I don't like to eat too many things i don't know anything about because i am always worried about food poisening

Same here... kinda stick to what I know... then again do we know really ...

[Melinda]

thanks for the info hellokitty

[hellokitty]

You're most welcome

[Cherie]

Pho???? Wha????

[Binx]

Pho Sho