(866 354-0450 www.readerscatalog.com SEE BY THE SHORE -- A large clear glass bean pot lamp holds lots of shells, sea-washed glass or beach stones.
The facility was tested by measuring two-phase flow of water-glass beans and water-rape seeds in a centrifugal slurry pump.
Good substitutes for paperweights include smooth rocks, glass jars, bean bags, and heavy books.
Chill the mixture and fill half of your glass with red beans.
Fill an ice cream sundae glass with jelly beans of one flavor.
You can bring cloth bags for rice, glass jars for beans and big containers for nuts and seeds.
I had liquefied caramel popcorn in a shot glass, and a bean dish that came on a tray with a pillow full of nutmeg-scented air.
And glass noodles (mung bean thread) with crab meat is subtle despite its flavoring of black pepper, garlic, nam pla (Southeast Asian fish sauce) and cilantro.
On another night, after our usual impromptu stops at food carts for sticky rice or a glass of mung bean milk, we took a taxi out to District 10 to dine at Lang Nuong Nam Bo, one of a handful of restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City that specialize in Mekong Delta-style barbecue.
Among the many main dishes worth ordering were the mild, Indian chicken curry ($9.75) with plenty of onions; the jumbo shrimp ($11.25) on a bed of smooth glass noodles and bean sprouts; the black mushroom-studded beef ($10.25) alive with ginger sauce; and the Jaiya special fish ($19), a whole red snapper with a crisp, highly seasoned surface.
Glass noodles, also called bean threads or bean vermicelli, are made from mung bean starch.
