• Today in History - 868

    From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to All on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 13:54:00
    OLDEST BOOK PRINTED IN CHINA: Pre-dating the Gutenberg Bible by almost
    six centuries, a copy of the Buddhist 'Diamond Sutra' is created by
    woodblock printing on a 16-foot-long scroll and affixed with an exact
    date. The work will survive to become the oldest known printed and
    dated text in existence.


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  • From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to All on Thursday, May 11, 2023 04:07:00
    11 May 868 - BOOK PRINTED IN CHINA: Pre-dating the Gutenberg Bible by
    almost six centuries, a copy of the Buddhist 'Diamond Sutra' is created
    by woodblock printing on a 16-foot-long scroll and affixed with an exact
    date. The work will survive to become the oldest known printed and dated
    text in existence.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Buddha's Delight
    Categories: Vegetables, Mushrooms, Beans, Wine
    Yield: 6 servings

    2 tb Oil
    3 sl Fresh ginger
    3 tb Red fermented bean curd;
    - (hong fu ru)
    3 cl Garlic; sliced
    1 md Leek; in 2" pieces
    5 Dried shiitake mushrooms;
    - soaked in warm water and
    - sliced
    1/4 c Dried wood ears; soaked in
    - warm water; yields abt 1 c
    1/4 c Dried lily flowers; soaked
    - in warm water w/the tips
    - cut off
    2 tb Shaoxing wine
    3 c Napa cabbage; in 2" pieces
    1 c Fried tofu puffs
    2 Sticks dried bean threads;
    - soaked in warm water. cut
    - in 2" pieces
    1 ts Sesame oil
    2 tb Soy sauce
    2 ts Sugar
    1 c Water or vegetable stock
    1 sm Bundle mung bean noodles
    - soaked in warm water,
    - drained, cut in shorter
    - pieces w/kitchen shears

    Heat your wok over medium-high heat, and add the oil and
    ginger. Let the ginger caramelize for about 30 seconds
    without letting it burn. Add the red fermented bean curd
    and break it up with your spatula. Add the garlic, the
    white portions of the leeks (reserve to green portion
    for later), mushrooms, wood ears, and lily flowers. Stir
    fry for 1 minute. Add the Shaoxing wine and stir fry for
    another minute.

    Next, add the napa cabbage, fried tofu, and bean
    threads, and crank up the heat as high as it will go.
    Stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add the remaining green portion
    of the leeks, sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar and water or
    vegetable stock. Stir everything together, cover the
    wok, and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 6 minutes,
    stirring occasionally.

    Uncover the wok and turn the heat back up to high. Add
    the mung bean noodles, which should soak up most of the
    liquid. Keep stirring until most of the liquid has
    evaporated. Transfer to a large bowl and serve with
    steamed rice.

    RECIPE FROM: https://thewoksoflife.com

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Dave Drum on Friday, May 12, 2023 06:56:06
    Hello Dave,

    11 May 868 - BOOK PRINTED IN CHINA: Pre-dating the Gutenberg Bible by almost six centuries, a copy of the Buddhist 'Diamond Sutra' is created
    by woodblock printing on a 16-foot-long scroll and affixed with an exact date. The work will survive to become the oldest known printed and dated text in existence.

    Egyptian hieroglyphics are much older.
    And Mayan petroglyphs.
    And also the Rosetta Stone.

    As well as prehistoric writings and drawings in caves.

    For Life,
    Lee

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