Salads with syrup

1/2 pound green beans 8 ounces, or wax beans, or purple beans, ends trimmed 1 pound new potatoes halved 1 x salt to taste * 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1[...]

16 ounces beans soy beans, 2 packages 6 ounces vermicelli noodles prefer brown rice noodles * 6 sheets seaweed 1 small package, about 1 cup, cut into strips *[...]

Copycat Benihana's: 1/2 cup soybean oil 1/4 cup white vinegar 3 tbs. tomato paste 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. ginger powder 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery 1/4 cup[...]