# What's For Dinner Tonight: Episode 2021 – A New Hope

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015 "2021-01-20T19:38:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/2529 "2023-07-24T09:04:53Z")

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> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> > [@wolfpup](#):
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> > Thai spring rolls with the dipping sauce I make by mixing a big spoonful of chili crisp with plum sauce.
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> Innnnnteresting. 🧐
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> Are yours the fried kind, or the fresh/cold version rolled in soaked rice paper?

Not homemade, but definitely the fried kind – or in this case, oven-baked from frozen. One of the principal lovely attributes is the crispness of the thin lightly-browned wrapping.

> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> (ETA: Possibly a dumb Q but is plum sauce similar/same as duck sauce?)

I didn’t know you could make a sauce with a duck! 😆 No, it’s literally sauce made from plums. And the key added ingredient is the “angry grandma” chili crisp discussed here:

[Let’s talk about chili crisp (condiment with chili flakes, garlic, etc. in oil) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-chili-crisp-condiment-with-chili-flakes-garlic-etc-in-oil/970341/89)

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