Chop Suey : A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States

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by Coe, Andrew


  Reasoner, Harry, 238

  recipes for Chinese food:

  distributed by La Choy, 193–94

  in Jewish cookbook, 203

  newspaper and magazine, 164, 165, 185

  See also cookbooks

  “Recipes from the Sui Gardens” (Yuan), 66–67

  red beans (azuki), 80

  Red Flag, 228

  regional cuisines of China:

  cookbooks describing, 218

  eastern, 67, 99

  northern, 99, 221

  southern, 99–102

  western, 99

  Reinhart, Herman Francis, 135

  restaurants, Chinese. See Chinese restaurants in America

  restaurants in China:

  American franchises, 248–49, 250

  history of, 34–35, 94–96, 94–97, 98, 100–101, 101

  Ricci, Matteo, 20–21

  rice, 30, 33

  in Chinese cuisine, 23, 57, 78–79, 92, 99, 100

  cultivation of, 6, 71, 72, 76, 78–79, 100, 101

  early cooking methods, 73, 76, 84

  in fan-cai dichotomy, 79, 94, 98, 101, 134–35

  noodles from, 91

  sprouts, 164

  See also rice wine

  rice wine:

  and drunken prawns, 67

  in fermentation process, 86

  invention of, 91

  mao-tai, 235, 239

  samchou, 15, 48

  Richardson, Albert, 103, 106

  Roberts, Edmund, 32

  Robinson, Edward G., 195

  Rock Springs massacre, 142–43

  Rogers, Richard, 197

  rumaki, 216

  Sacramento, 134, 142

  samchou (rice wine), 15, 48

  Sam Yap (Three Districts) region, 100, 101

  Sam Yap Company, 104

  Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands, 27, 41, 109, 206–7

  San Francisco, 108, 123, 131

  immigrants to, 107–10, 112–13, 134, 243–44

  1906 earthquake, 133, 174–75

  See also San Francisco Chinatown; San Francisco restaurants

  San Francisco Call, 175

  San Francisco Chinatown:

  as distributor of Chinese products, 208

  Dupont Street (Grant Avenue), 103, 107, 108, 110, 123, 208

  tourists to, 128–31, 175, 208

  trade relationships with China, 118–19, 120, 134

  See also San Francisco restaurants

  San Francisco restaurants:

  advertisements for, 131, 190

  anecdotes of, 103–7, 110, 111–12, 123–25, 126, 127, 129–30, 132, 173

  banquet fare in, 208–9

  nightclubs in, 189

  revitalization of, 220–21

  San Francisco Whig, 123–24

  San Gabriel Valley, 244, 251

  sauces:

  in Chinese cuisine, 86–87, 99, 100

  See also specific sauces

  savoriness, in Chinese cuisine, 86–87

  scallions, 79, 85, 98, 99, 100

  scorpions, 249

  scurvy, 3

  sea biscuit, 2, 3

  sea cucumbers:

  as Chinese delicacy, 27, 48, 50–51, 58, 98

  flavor of, 27, 28, 50–51

  and Nixon visit to China, 237

  as trade good, 27–28, 93–94

  seafood:

  in Chinese cuisine, 72, 82, 84, 99, 100, 120

  coastal California, 119–20

  fermentation of, 86

  in kosher practice, 198

  See also crabs; fish; shrimp

  seasoning, in Chinese cuisine, 85–87

  See also sauces; spices

  seaweed, 80

  seed oils, 85

  Sentinel Jewish Cook Book, 203

  sesame oil, 85

  shallots, 85

  Shandong, 72, 99

  Shangdi, 17

  Shang Dynasty, 73–75, 75, 85, 86

  Shanghai (city), 53, 62, 79, 99, 116, 231–32

  Shanghai Chop Suey Café, 174

  Shanghai cuisine:

  in American restaurants, 221, 223, 244

  origins of, 99

  Shanghai Low (nightclub), 189

  “Shanghai mind,” 54–55

  Shanhaijing (Guideways through Mountains and Seas), 18, 21

  sharks’ fins:

  as Chinese delicacy, 50–51, 58, 61, 93–94, 239

  diners’ anecdotes, 105, 126

  recipe, 164

  Shaw, Samuel, 4

  on Chinese culture and cuisine, 4, 7–8, 13–14

  etiquette concerns of, 10–13

  as pioneer of Chinese-American trade, 3–4, 5, 6, 10, 15, 16

  on shipboard cuisine, 3

  Shaw, William, 111

  sheep, 2, 80–81

  See also lamb; mutton

  shellfish, 72, 100

  See also seafood

  Shen Nong, 72–73

  Shoot the Works (musical), 196–97

  shrimp, 67, 120, 198, 205, 223

  Shunde, 101

  Shun Lee (restaurant), 222–23, 241, 246

  Shun Lee Dynasty (restaurant), 223

  Shu Xi, 88–89

  Sia, Mary Li, 207

  Sichuan cuisine:

  in American restaurants, 221, 223, 236, 243, 244

  origins of, 83, 99

  Sichuan peppers, 83, 85

  Sichuan Province, 17, 69, 83, 92, 99

  Sigel, Elsie, murder case, 180–84

  Silk Road, 19, 57, 68, 83

  silver:

  mining, 135

  as trade currency, 1, 26, 28

  See also mining camps

  Six Companies, 104, 113

  Smith, Keely, 197

  Smith, Wally, 192

  snakes, in Chinese cuisine, 23, 81, 231

  Snow, Edgar, 226

  Society of the Right and Harmonious Fists, 165–66

  “Some Celestial Dishes” (Hamm), 165

  Song Dynasty, 84, 85, 86, 94–95

  South China:

  climate of, 70

  cultivation in, 71, 72, 76, 78–79, 82–83

  geography of, 69–70

  typical modern fare, 80

  South China Sea, 100

  Southern regional cuisine of China, 99–102

  South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 249

  soybeans, 76, 80, 86–87

  soy sauce:

  as American convenience food, 192, 193, 250

  in Chinese cuisine, 86–87, 92, 98, 100, 134, 160

  and Chinese miners, 137

  Spain, 165

  Speer, William, 134

  spices:

  in Chinese cuisine, 83, 85, 134

  in European cuisine, 12

  See also specific spices

  squashes, 101

  stags’ pizzles, 23

  star anise, 134

  steamed breads, 88, 89, 95, 99

  steaming. See cooking methods

  stir-fry:

  Chinese dishes called, 111, 149–50

  chop suey as, 160, 164

  cooking method of, 85, 87, 101

  St. Louis, 171–72

  Stockton, Calif., 134

  Stork Club, 192

  string beans, 122

  sturgeon, 81, 120

  Sui Ren, 72

  Suiyan Shidan (Yuan), 66–67

  Sumatra, 4

  Sun Leung, 182

  Sun Yat-Sen, 206

  Susanna Foo’s (restaurant), 248

  Szechuan cuisine. See Sichuan cuisine

  Szechuan East (restaurant), 224

  Szechuan Restaurant, 224

  Szechuan Taste (restaurant), 223–24

  “Szechuan Valley,” 244

  Sze Yap (Four Districts) region, 101–2, 113, 159, 161, 210

  Sze Yap Company, 124

  Taipei, 223

  Tai, Uncle, 243

  Taiwan, 214, 217, 223, 234

  Chef Peng in, 243–44

  Tang Dynasty, 85, 89, 90

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p; T’ang, King, 73–75

  Tan River, 101

  taro, 80, 101

  Taverne Alsacienne (restaurant), 157

  Taylor, Bayard, 110, 115–17, 140

  Taylor, Charles, 62–63, 116

  tea:

  American taste for, 22, 132–33

  in Chinese cuisine, 92, 95, 96–97

  as Chinese export, 2, 15, 16, 22, 26, 92

  from jujubes, 82

  origins of, 92, 132

  preparation of, 92, 132

  See also teahouses

  teahouses, 95, 96–97, 100

  Tenderloin district, 167, 168

  Territorial Enterprise, 136

  texture, in Chinese cuisine, 86

  thousand-year-old eggs, 136, 238

  Three Districts region, 100, 101

  Three Gorges Dam, 69

  Tiananmen Square, 224, 247

  Tibet, 17, 68

  Tibet Plateau, 68, 69

  Tiki bars, 216

  Tiki Temple (restaurant), 233

  Tilden, Bryant Parrott, 29–31

  Times (Long Acre) Square, 167, 168

  Todd, Mrs. Florence, 182

  tofu (bean curd), 67, 80, 210

  Toishan, 161

  Tong, Michael, 222, 241, 245–46, 251

  trade. See American traders in China; British traders; Chinese trade

  Trader Vic’s, 216, 233

  Trafton, Edwin H., 144–48

  Treaty of Nanking, 37, 39

  Treaty of Wang Xia, 47, 49, 50, 52

  trepang, 27

  See also sea cucumbers

  Triton (French merchant ship), 4–5

  Tso, General, 241–42

  Tune Fong’s (restaurant), 132

  Turkey, 36

  turmeric, 134

  turnips, 79

  turtles, in Chinese cuisine, 81–82

  Twain, Mark, 136

  Tyler, John, 38, 39, 40, 52

  Uncle Peng’s Hunan Yuan, 243

  Uncle Tai, 243

  Uncle Tai’s Hunan Yuan, 241

  “Underground Gourmet” (food column), 223

  “underground gourmets,” 157

  Uneasy Money (Wodehouse), 191

  United States history:

  American Revolution, 4, 10–11, 22, 24

  anti-Chinese movement in, 140–43, 153

  Beijing Summer Olympics (2008), 248–50

  Chinese Exclusion Act, 142, 161, 205, 206, 216

  Constitutional Convention, 16

  1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, 171

  Geary Act, 142

  Gold Rush, 102, 107–10, 112–14, 115, 134

  Great Depression, 205

  Immigration and Nationality Act, 217, 223

  Korean War, 225

  Li Hongzhang’s visit, 161–64, 240

  Magnuson Act of 1943, 216–17

  Maine battleship explosion, 165

  Manifest Destiny, 40–41, 115, 165

  moon landing, 1

  as new country, 1, 4, 5, 6, 10–11, 16, 24–25, 26

  Nixon’s visit to China, 224–26

  pre-revolutionary, 22–23

  Prohibition, 189, 207

  transcontinental railroads, 138

  Treaty of Wang Xia, 47, 49, 50, 52

  War Brides Act, 217

  See also Americans in China

  U.S.S. Brandywine, 38

  Vanity Fair, 197

  vegetables:

  in Chinese cuisine, 71, 79–80, 83–84, 86, 99, 100, 101, 134

  early cooking methods, 83, 84

  in fan-cai dichotomy, 79–80, 94, 101

  fermentation of, 86

  in food therapy, 78

  in western shipboard cuisine, 2, 3, 5

  See also specific vegetables

  vegetarian cuisine, 89–90

  vendors, street:

  in America, 120–22, 123, 129

  in China, 29, 89, 95, 97, 98

  Vietnam, 17, 79

  Views A-Foot (Taylor), 115

  vinegar, 3, 92, 99

  Virginia City, 135–36

  A Visit to India, China and Japan (Taylor), 117

  Volstead Act, 189

  Voltaire, 23

  Waldorf Hotel, 162, 163, 164

  Walker, Ron, 233, 234

  Wall Street Journal, 241

  Walters, Barbara, 238

  Wangfujing Night Market, 249

  Wang, Tsung Ting, 222, 241, 243

  Wang Xiaoyu, 65–66

  Wang Xia Temple (Kun Iam Temple), 42, 47

  Wang Xia, Treaty of, 47, 49, 50, 52

  Wang Yun Ching, 224

  War Brides Act, 217

  Washington, D.C., 170, 212, 220

  Washington, George, 22

  Washington Post, 163, 212–13

  water buffaloes, 72, 101

  water chestnuts, 80, 160, 192

  Webster, Daniel, 39, 40, 41, 46

  Webster, Fletcher, 46, 48, 51

  the West. See American West

  Western culinary traditions:

  American frontier, 118, 137, 138, 139

  Chinese opinion of, 49, 153–54

  European, 12, 14, 44–46, 54, 92, 132–33

  French, 107, 155–56

  lack of adventurousness in, 14, 54

  pan-North Atlantic, 2–3

  “primal stew” of, 176

  Western regional cuisine of China, 99

  Whampoa, China, 6, 26

  wheat:

  cultivation of, 79, 88, 90, 91

  and dough cookery, 88–91

  gluten from, 89–90

  milling of, 76, 87–88

  in northern cuisine, 99

  Whitman, Walt, 157

  “Who’ll Chop Your Suey When I’m Gone” (Bechet), 196

  Whymper, Frederick, 117

  Williams, Bert, 196

  Williams, Samuel Wells, 32–33, 34, 55–60

  Williams, Sarah, 55

  wines:

  Chinese, 82

  western, 2, 5, 12

  See also rice wine

  Wodehouse, P.G., 191

  Wo Fat (restaurant), 206, 207

  wok (cooking pot), 87

  Wo Kee, 149, 151

  Wong Ching Foo, 152–55, 159, 160–61

  wontons, 89, 154, 210, 216, 219

  Workingmen’s Party, 141

  World’s Columbian Exposition (1893), 171

  World War II, 228

  Wouk, Herman, 200–203

  Wright, Russel, 223

  Xia Dynasty, 72–73

  Xinhui, 101

  Xinjiang dishes, 244

  Xi River (West River), 69

  Yang Guifei, 82–83

  Yangzi basin, 92, 217

  Yangzi River, 65, 67, 69, 71, 72

  Yangzi Valley, 36, 67

  Yates, M.T., 116

  Ye Jianying, 228

  “Yellow Emperor” (Huang Di), 73, 78

  Yellow River (Huanghe River), 68–69, 70, 71, 88

  Yeo, Patricia, 248

  yin and yang, 74, 78

  Yi Yin, 74–75, 85–86

  Yongle Emperor, 20

  Yuan Dynasty, 92, 99

  Yuan Mei,, 64–67, 93, 98, 163

  Yü Emperor, 17, 18

  Yunnan Yuan (restaurant), 243

  Yu-ung-Fang-Lau (restaurant), 159

  zao (cooking stove), 87

  Zhang Dynasty, 80

  Zhang Qian, 19

  Zhen He, 20

  Zhili, 161

  Zhongshan district, 101, 206

  Zhou Dynasty, 75–76, 80, 81, 84, 86, 92

  Zhou Enlai, 224, 225, 227, 228–31, 236–39

  Zhu River (Pearl River), 5, 6, 69–70, 100

  See also Pearl River Delta

  “zones” of influence, Chinese, 17, 18, 22

 

 

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