Could someone in the U.S.A. tell me what an egg roll is?!


Question: Could someone in the U!.S!.A!. tell me what an egg roll is!?
I've seen them mentioned on t!.v!. shows when the charcters order chinese food!. We don't seem to have them in Australia, not that I know of anyway!. I wonder if it's some sort of dim sim!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Its a crispy tortilla (usually made of rice flour), filled with veggies cut shoestring style (thin strips) like carrots, cabbage, and onions, and sometimes chopped meat!. They are rolled up into a tube shaped pouch like a little burrito and baked crispy or deep fried!.

You can eat them hot and plain, or dip them in sauce!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

An egg roll is made by wrapping a combination of chopped vegetables (often mostly cabbage), meat, and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it!. It can be closed or open ended!.

When compared with its cousin, the spring roll, the egg roll is generally larger; has a thicker, puffier skin; is crunchier; and has more filling than the spring roll!. However, the terms "spring roll" and "egg roll" are often used somewhat interchangeably!. The egg roll dough is wheat-based while the spring roll is sometimes rice-based!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Eggroll

An egg roll is made by wrapping a combination of chopped vegetables (often mostly cabbage), meat, and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it!. It can be closed or open ended!.

When compared with its cousin, the spring roll, the egg roll is generally larger; has a thicker, puffier skin; is crunchier; and has more filling than the spring roll!. However, the terms "spring roll" and "egg roll" are often used somewhat interchangeably!. The egg roll dough is wheat-based while the spring roll is sometimes rice-based!.

An egg roll is an appetizer which was originally eaten in East Asia but has spread throughout the world as a staple of Asian cuisine!. It is said by some that the spring roll led to the creation of the egg roll!. Many Asian countries are claimed to have originated the dish, and variants of the egg roll exist in multiple Asian cuisines (such as the Vietnamese ch? giò)!. Southern China is the most likely source, as it stems from features of Cantonese cuisineWww@FoodAQ@Com

An egg roll is a delicious,popular fast food prepared in Asian countries !.

A sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it!.The dough is either made of wheat or wheat flour!. It can be closed or open ended!.
The egg-dipped dough is wrapped in combination of chopped vegetables (often mostly cooked potatoes,onion,e!.t!.c!.), meat, and sometimes even noodles,Www@FoodAQ@Com

an egg roll is a little thicker skin wrapped around veggies and meat!. the dough is more white flour and the square wrapper is like or even at times can be a wonton wrapper!. egg rolls are at times, chewy too!.

!.!.!. while spring rolls!. dont have any form of meat in them!. (hence the word, spring)
and have a crispy leaner wrap made of either rice flour or more water and less flour!. !.!.!.!.making it very crunchy to bight into!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

An eggroll is dough wrapped around cabbage, beef, vegatables and then deep fried!. Pretty good stuffWww@FoodAQ@Com

Any sort of meat or vegetables, whatever you like put in an egg roll wrapper, than deep fried!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I just assumed they were bread rolls with boiled egg in them, I've been living a lie!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Its basically a pancake roll, spring roll!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

haha being Australian i've always wondered the same thing!.!.

Is it a spring roll kind of thing!?

We dont have egg rolls on the menu in Australia!.!. Maybe its just American!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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