nytimes.com — General Tso?s chicken is the most famous Hunanese dish in the world. A concoction of lightly battered chicken in a chili-laced sweet-sour sauce, it appears on restaurant menus across the globe. Despite its international reputation, however, the dish is virtually unknown in the Chinese province of Hunan itself.
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phatalbertFeb 5, 2007
It doesn't matter, it's a made up translation anyways.
bigslackerFeb 6, 2007
Or more like people think of a country as homogenized thing when cuisine is heavily regionalized. Just order something common like BBQ in North Carolina verse Texas.
kuzotzFeb 6, 2007
Texas BBQ isn't real BBQ ... Now Tennesse...
Closed AccountFeb 6, 2007
why does everyone eat General Gao's and General Tso's chicken? can't they find their own chicken to eat or at least pay for the chicken? i would think Gao and Tso would be pretty pissed already if everyone were eating their chickens.
lordmetroidFeb 6, 2007
They aren't pissed, they are communists, they like to share, right?
livejamieFeb 7, 2007
that would be an epic battle
techlawFeb 8, 2007
And thus ends the quandary of "what shall I eat for dinner tonight?"
chatty82Feb 10, 2007
After I live with someone for 10 years, AND NOT UNTIL, and IF THEY CAN BE TRUSTED, I make Gen. Hso's chicken recipe for him.