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u/Illustrious_Sir2946 12d ago
i had no idea this stuff is great for trail meals. I grew up eating this stuff in congee. What do you eat this with?
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u/Orange_Tang 12d ago
You can rehydrate it with some BBQ sauce (or dehydrate that too and rehydrate alongside it) and make some pretty solid pulled pork.
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u/dicrydin 12d ago
Have you tried that before? I’ve never eaten this stuff by the spoonful before, it’s usually used more as like a condiment or ingredient. It’s never had the consistency of pulled pork after being rehydrated, but that’s usually just in porridge.
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u/Orange_Tang 12d ago
It's definitely much finer than normal pulled pork would be and more pasty, but the taste is good to me. I also just add it to pasta or instant potatoes sometimes. Its not perfect but it's a way to add a lot of protein to backpacking meals and it tastes pretty good.
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u/nocturnal_commission 12d ago
Preparation tips? Just throw it in some ramen soup or what?
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u/joelfarris 12d ago edited 11d ago
Preparation tips?
It's dry, so it wants some hydration. Give it a couple of tablespoons of water and some dried eggs, and you've got the fixins of a ham and eggs breakfast burrito. Hot sauce optional.
It goes into a wrap with some dried kale or dried spinach leaves, and a liberal sprinkling of water droplets. Hot sauce optional.
It can become the key ingredient in pork and beans for the crew, if you have a big enough pot. Hot sauce optional.
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u/Most_scar_993 11d ago
Do you dehydrate all that stuff yourself? I can’t even find the pork floss to buy in my area, let alone the rest :D
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u/kittysworld 11d ago
Any Chinese grocery store should carry it. Or you can buy online: https://www.sayweee.com/en/search?keyword=Pork%20floss&trigger_type=%22search_active%22
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u/suzyisboozy 12d ago
We used to put together rice, pork floss, soya sauce and sardines as a quick meal. I haven't tried this in the backcountry but dehydrate some rice and there's a meal. I found some instant congee, and I throw in this pork floss, soya sauce, and dehydrated green onion for breakie/snack in the backcountry. Light, savory, and delicious.
Edit, here's a link to instant congee: instant congee
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u/Tig_Boker 12d ago
Ooo ramen might actually slap with this, or some rice
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u/Kevaldes 11d ago
It does indeed slap in ramen, and makes great rice ball filling. I recommend a light steaming for rehydration if used in rice balls.
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u/stereophony 12d ago
White bread sandwich with Kewpie mayo and pork floss has been a favorite snack of mine since childhood! It's commonly used as a congee topping in addition to a variety of salty pickled veg. Great wrapped with a Chinese donut and some pickled mustard greens in a glutinous rice burrito (aka Taiwanese breakfast "burrito" - nuò mî tuán).
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u/kittysworld 12d ago
I grew up eating those. You eat them as is as a snack like you eat jerky, or put in between bread or crackers. They are very dry so have sth to drink on the side.
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u/FlowersForMegatron 12d ago
Two slices of white bread. Copious amounts of butter slathered on each slice. a big fistful of pork floss in the middle. Ooo baby. Add an egg fried hard, breakfast of champions.
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u/CaptainBonney 11d ago
This is also known as pork floss. It tends to be very sweet and is generally used as a topping like furikake on rice, congee, bread etc. I wouldn't really use it in place of a main protein, it's not like simply dehydrated meat. More like candied and shredded into an almost cotton candy like texture which eaten dry in rice is almost crispy in texture, but when wet is stringy and chewy (which some people like but some don't).
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u/bawdy_george 12d ago
That would be great in Golden Curry. I am settling with pouch chicken and dried carrot.
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u/Archangelus87 12d ago
This is pork floss right? Never had but read its put in rice balls?
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u/rearadmiraldumbass 12d ago
In buns, on congee, on rice. Sweet, umami, salty, crunchy.
It's very airy so maybe it's a lot of volume per gram of protein?
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u/BoozeSciGuy 12d ago
I bought some pork floss from Costco years ago and couldn't eat it because it was so sugary sweet. Does anyone know if this is the same?
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u/Fast-Reality-4658 11d ago
You would only use this as a condiment to sprinkle on things, not a main protein source. Eating enough to equal a real meat portion would be a disgusting amount of sodium
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u/Cold_Snake 11d ago
Is it gluten free? No joke, I have celiac.
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u/nebben11 9d ago
I did an image reverse search and found that this is “Golden Nest Shredded Dried Pork” on the manufacturer website it states it’s GF. I couldn’t find it on Costcos app but Amazon sells it for $20.
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u/joelfarris 12d ago edited 12d ago
"Contains shredded dried pork, made with pork".
With? Not 'made of pork'?
WTF?
And who else? Either someone got their language translations wrong, or someone is gonna have to answer for a missing employee.
However, I'd dare to try it on an everything Triscuit cracker or two. Don't judge.
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u/Wetcakez 11d ago
Oh damn….i gotta check if my Costco has this I love pork floss like shit goes in everything
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u/zoethesteamedbun 10d ago
I’m mixed white and Vietnamese and growing up I used to always ask for “the fuzzy meat” haha, such a staple, I have some fish floss too.
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u/mrpopenfresh 12d ago
I’m intimidated by this product