Egg roll vs. spring roll?!


Question: Egg roll vs!. spring roll!?
i have a dumb and very random question!. what is the difference between egg roll and a spring roll!? a friend asked me and i wasn't sure!!! thanks for the help!!Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
I had often wondered myself- did a little research!. It is not really the filling- there a slight varietions but I have had egg rolls without meat and spring rolls with meat!. The difference is the wrapper they are in!. Egg rolls use a egg noodle dough and spring rolls use a very much thinner rice based wrapper!. Egg rolls are thought to be Chinese and spring rolls are Vietnamese or Thai!. Spring rolls are called Summer rolls when they have not been fried though!Www@FoodAQ@Com

In Vietnamese cuisine, a spring roll consists of lettuce, mint, noodles, and either pork or shrimp wrapped in rice paper and eaten with either a fish sauce (nuoc mam) mixture or a peanut sauce made of peanut butter, hot sauce, hoison sauce, and crushed peanuts!. An egg roll has grounded pork and shrimp along with various small herbs and carrots wrapped in the egg noodle dough and deep fried!. They're not always wrapped in egg noodle dough, sometimes they're wrapped in rice paper!. Egg rolls are about half the size of spring rolls!.
Egg rolls originated in China, while Spring Rolls are a Vietnamese dish, although the Vietnamese have they're own versions of egg rolls and the Chinese have they're own versions of spring rolls!. Egg rolls can have meat or vegetarian, and same applies for spring rolls!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

In Chinese cuisine, egg rolls differ from the spring roll!. There are sweet spring rolls with red bean paste inside from areas in Eastern China, such as Zhejiang and Northern China!. Spring rolls are usually eaten during the Spring Festival in China, hence the name!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

no question is dumb!.!.haha!. umm egg rolls have a small amount of meat in them, and spring rolls have vegetables!.


hope I helped!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

my understanding is spring rolls are usually just a vegitable mix, while egg rolls usually have meat addedWww@FoodAQ@Com

An eggroll has meat like pork or shrimp!. A spring roll has veggies, mostly cabbage!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Eggs rolls have meats in them, different kinds!. Spring Rolls only have veggies!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

egg rolls = chinese deep fried with eggs
spring rolls = vietnamese deep fried with rice paperWww@FoodAQ@Com

egg roll is deep fried and a spring roll isntWww@FoodAQ@Com





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