I have stayed away from all offerings of sweet and sour because when I had tasted it for the first time as a teenager I had decided then and there that I didn’t like it. Granted that my palate was not as developed as it is now, I nevertheless found that the sauce needed to get over its split personality – was it sweet or sour because the combo just was not working, at least not for me. Click here to read the column and find out how Kylie Kwong changed by mind.
Top: prepared ingredients. Bottom: Sweet & Sour Sauce
My friend Felix over at Simply Trini Cooking really brought back some memories the other day when he made this drink. You see, we do not throw away the skin of the pineapple, we use it to make drink. My preparation was exactly like Felix's only I wanted to push the pineapple flavour forward and so I added 2 whole all-spice berries, 2 whole cloves and a 1-inch piece of cinnamon to the mixture when boiling.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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Mmmhhh, that sauce looks fantastic! Wow!
Cheers,
Rosa
I love sweet and sour, but I can imagine it might not taste so good for everyone, it is a strong type of flavor... Great photos!
Glad you changed your mind!! I LOVE sweet & sour sauce :-)
I grew up with sweet and sour sauce for just about everything fried (especially with flour batter). Shrimp, fish (whole or fillet), chicken (in nugget form), pork, and beef. There's a variety of vegetables that goes in it... and varying degrees of hues and tang. It is also used as dipping sauce for deep fried wonton (in most case it doesn't have veggies/pineapple).
I agree with you, that you enjoy the sauce on the side. When you pour the sauce over the fried stuff, you'll loose the crunchy factor :-)
Sauce looks gorgeous, bet tastes divine too. Love the Pineapple photo. Enjoy and have a great Sunday. hugs to you! :))
I am not a great fan of sweet and sour sauce, I imagine the fried pork and the sauce. When we don't like the sauce, dipping is better than pouring over! Gorgeous pictures
I love anything sweet and sour but not my family. Great pictures.
The colours are brilliant!
I love sweet and sour. And the pineapple in the dish looks good and also the pineapple drink. Love your photos.
Neat that you and Susan have paired up here Cynthia. I have no doubt that your book is turning out to be a huge success. Funny, I have had that same feeling about sweet and sour chicken. Maybe I should open my mind too?
LL
I like sweet & sour, the dilemma is what I like :)
Second picture from the top, they remind me of asinan. :)
I grew up with breaded whole snapper/grouper with sweet and sour sauce. Yummy
I always thought I didn't like sweet and sour too. The versions I had tried were just sweet red gloop, with very little in the way of sour notes at all. I really enjoy cooking from Kylie's Simple Chinese Cooking book. Her ways with tofu are fabulous, and she managed to convert my family to discerning tofu fans, just as you now have a discerning appreciation for sweet and sour:)
Now that is a sauce I HAVE to make!
It looks so good. Your pictures are fantastic.
I love sweet and sour sauce as well. My MIL uses it like ketchup.
Off to amazon to look for your book!
I was thinking about buying that book, good to know that it's got such good recipes!
Mmm, thanks for sharing!! I love sweet and sour sauce when it's served as more of a dip... just like this!
I love sweet & sour, but only a little at a time. Lovely Pictures.
love the pineapple drink. we do something similar as well. i really need to get ur book!!
Cynthia, our tastes change, even year by year. It's good to revisit those off-putting tastes. See..sweet&sour is in again!
I love this fresh version of home made made Sweet and sour sauce with veggies in it.The pineapple peel juice looks exotic :)
Oh that sauce looks yummy, another one who likes it on the side :)
I'm not a big sweet and sour fan either, but I think I have to try this! I love the pineapple in it..
I do enjoy the balance that sweet and sour (and spicy too) brings to food.
I never knew you could use pineapple peel, Cynthia. Doesn't the skin contain irritants? Matbe the boiling takes care of that.
i love sweet nad sour anyday..the sauce looks fantastic!
That sauce and pineapple is a combination that reminds me of mangoes in a tamarind sauce.
Yummy! i jus love sweet n sour taste. great clicks!
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I have also never been a fan of sweet & sour, but your luscious pics are having me rethink
Sweet and Sour is a fantastic sauce and I'm glad that you now enjoy it!!
I love swwet and sour dishes and I am sure i will love this.
Delicious and beautiful.
oh wow--that sauce is so beautiful!
I'm the opposite, I have always loved the combination of sweet and sour, sweet and spicy, all of the above :)
I also went through a phase where I seriously did not like sweet & sour sauce, but I suspect that's because I only know the ghastly overly sweet store bought varieties. Your pics are gorgeous and I am itching to dip one of those crispy pieces of meat into the sauce!
Think I've lost the taste for this as I grew older, and yes, in Chinese restaurants here, the sweet and sour gravy we get is red goop, more orange than fuchsia.
I am loving this sauce! The photos are outstanding too!
That sauce is everything the ghastly sweet (yet not really sour enough), neon-colored take-out sauce isn't. Looks amazing!
I used to not dig sweet and sour, but I think I've crossed over. I really, really like it now.
Everything looks fantastic!
Love Kyle Wong and her recipes......good one.
love the yellow fried chicken and the soup! Serve me them together when I visit you, ok.. ;)
Hmmm...looks heavenly. Shooting you an email rightaway!
Love the sweet and sour pork. Suddenly I'm getting that tangy taste in my mouth. Definitely have to try that one.
Lots on this post Cynthia! Sweet and sour usually means a gloppy red sauce at a Chinese restaurant...not a fave. Love the pineapple drink! Great way to get ALLL the pineapple out of the pineapple. Will have to do a bean dish for that event...maybe something spicy for you!
honestly, i dont know where to put my eyes on.;everything looks delicious and gorgeous!! thanks for giving me idea what to cook tomorrow night :-) you know i'll be receiving carnivore people heheheh
kisses,
ps, i have been quite busy :-) hope everything is great on your side dear
Hard to beat a decent sweet and sour sauce! Hope you are well, how's the book getting on?
Cheers
David
Thank you for sending the recipe Cynthia - I am making this tonight!!
PS: My pork has been marinating all night long!
Cynthia look really fantastic,I love the pineapple pic!! Gloria
Your sweet & sour sauce sounds amazing! beautiful pics!
Rosie x
It's funny how our tastes change over time. I keep telling my kids that they should alway try everything because one day they may like it. Of coarse they don't believe me lol.
The sweet and sour sauce looks yummy!
That photo is just plain beautiful!
I want that recipe please! You had me at the photo!!
You know thats exactly what happened to me - I hated sweet and sour because i felt the flavours were just too unmatched, plus I didnt prefer sweet tastes in my meals! THEN I started watching Kylie on her food show and it was just "beyootiful" :) made me want to mix all those delicious flavours she melded so effortlessly. This sauce looks wonderful!
Hi, first time here but I definitely love your recipes!
Sorry I haven't been here in a while and by the looks of things I have missed WAY too much.
I first want to say CONGRATS, big time, to you on your cookbook. What a huge accomplishment.
And I'm also glad to read that you now like sweet & sour sauce. My hubby isn't so up for it. I have the wonderful tastebuds in the family he has the boring ones! LOL
I always love your photos my dear.
I love sauces but I hadn't experimented much with them until last year. Now I find it so rewarding to create new and tantalizing sauces. Your sweet and sour looks fabulous! :) This weekend was a weekend for creating meat rubs. I love a good rub down don't you!! :)
you got me drooling cynthia, the pics are fantastic!!i love kylie's show, loved this sauce!
MMMMMM... that sauce looks so delicious!!! I love sweet & sour! Yum Yum:)!!!
The sauce looks fantastic! I can't wait to try it.. I love things that are a little different, this one looks neat because it is so chunky! I bet it would be good with ribs.. yum.
-Jenny
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