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Article: Western ways with rice paper cheese sticks to banana turnovers. (recipes)
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- March 1, 1984
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Western ways with rice paper . . . cheese sticks to banana turnovers
Thin, translucent rounds of brittle rice paper are frequently used by the Vietnamese to wrap food for eating. The mildtasting wrappers also suit Western flavors. Moistened, the paper becomes soft and flexible; when fried, it turns crisp.
To make the rounds, a mixture of rice, water, and salt is dried on bamboo mats. As the paper-thin rounds dry, the cross-hatch pattern of the mats is imprinted onto the paper.
Rice paper comes in rounds of three different sizes, as shown above right. The largest rounds are also cut into quarters to make triangular pieces. Most rice paper is ...