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Post by Don Cuevas on May 20, 2009 19:45:53 GMT
What's the big deal with Japanese Panko bread crumbs? My Mom paid extra to get a box of this at the local supermarket.
When I was preparing the crab cakes, I couldn't at first find the Panko. Such a tumul!
Later, I located them in the downstairs pantry. They will be used to coat the crab cakes. The "soft white bread crumbs" called for in the recipe are made from Pepperidge Farm Hearty White Bread, crusts off, crumbed in the food processor.
Why couldn't I have used the same for the coating?
(Details to follow.)
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 20:15:35 GMT
Yes, this panko craze is a mystery to me. Probably all the more so because I do not seek "crispy" or "crunchy" as desirable attributes of my food. I don't even like crispy french fries.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 20, 2009 20:39:40 GMT
There has been a little discussion about it already here. I don't think anything was decided. |
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Post by bazfaz on May 20, 2009 20:40:01 GMT
Mockchoc sent me some Panko. I have coated some stuff for frying and it is good. K will not be impressed but it stays crisp for longer than the usual breadcrumbs I make in the processor.
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Post by gringalais on May 20, 2009 21:03:57 GMT
It is definitely crispier than regular bread crumbs, which I like. I haven't been able to find it for sale, lately, though.
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Post by Don Cuevas on May 21, 2009 11:20:26 GMT
I will say that it made a nice coating for last night's crab cakes.
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Post by mockchoc on May 25, 2009 9:13:05 GMT
Phew. I do prefer crispy if bothering to deep fry which is rare. If nutrax agrees then I know I'm right. End of subject  |
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Post by Don Cuevas on May 25, 2009 9:45:40 GMT
Phew. I do prefer crispy if bothering to deep fry which is rare. If nutrax agrees then I know I'm right. End of subject I have not spotted the rare and elusive nutrax here?  |
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Post by bixaorellana on May 25, 2009 14:01:11 GMT
Is the crispness of panko because that coating absorbs less grease? That would be a plus in many ways.
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Post by mockchoc on May 27, 2009 7:20:08 GMT
I have talked about it elsewhere in the past on threads with nutrax don.
Yes less greasy bixa.
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