Dinner tonight - or last night.

Um, I like all those items..

it's going to be a nice little festive meal

I've bought those pre-seasoned pork roasts a few times now - they are excellent - and inexpensive

you might like this site

http://www.asiandumplingtips.com/asian-dumplings-recipe-index.html

I went there because I was looking for something like this

http://www.asiandumplingtips.com/2009/09/chilled-cucumber-with-garlic-recipe.html

I was looking for an Asian variant on tzatziki.

http://kirbiecravings.com/2014/02/chinese-spicy-cucumber-salad.html

The Rican is making his pork chili Verdi for dinner, we’re going to make chili Verdi burritos with beans, diced tomatoes and cheese.

day 2 of Chinese New Year festing with the chinese 5 spice pork roast

onion
celery
carrot
portabello mushroom
(all diced)

sauteed in a little bit of oil

pork broth

bok choy
brocolli

all brought to a quick boil

the noodles and diced pork roast have just gone in

the final seasonings + bok choy frilly bits will go in shortly

oyster sauce/soy sauce/fried onions/lemon slices are ready to be used when serving up the bowls of soup

it smells soooo good

I made the chili Verdi concoction and froze it, waiting to buy the pork before cooking in any way. I remember I had a lot leftover of the chili last time. Maybe I'll make it twice, to store, if I see tomatillos in my market again. So good to have on hand. Of course, my market sells lots of packaged green chile items; I just like making my own stuff.

Tortilla cause yummy.
Red juice cause antioxidants sell for me.
Portuguese bread cause always bread.
Cigarette for desert and a walk in the garden at night because it goes well with a cigarette.

I'm an old smoker. Luckily I got myself in hand and finally stopped at 40 or 41, cold. That was in '82. I well remember the many pleasures of cigs, but they are just part of the scenery of my life now, enjoyably past.

I won't lecture you, I hate being lectured to.

Part of the deal with cigs is the atmosphere, and I tended to like the atmosphere, as you poetically make references. Leaving cigs was not as hard as losing that type of atmosphere, for a while.

Now, I can go watch an old movie if I want.

whooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaa

our neighbours just came over with beef and celery pot stickers

omg

so delicious!

I'm glad I wished them gong hei fat choy when I saw them earlier today

I am about to quit...I have 3 more years till permanent damage starts hitting at 45 (42 now)...so this is sort of a long goodbye thing going on...
You did right and I hope I can leave them soon enough...an old movie is a good suggestion after dinner.

It took me three cold turkeys to get rid of smoking. I can now smoke a cigar without having any withdrawal symptoms.

It took me two, but the second time worked.


Toothpicks. Heh, a friend at work suggested them. I tried one or more for a few days but it seemed very silly; worked, though. Maybe the laughing helped.

Dinner
big bowl of broth based chicken soup. lots of veggies. 1/4 cup or a little more of cooked macaroni in it.
side of sauteed kale with a bit of grapefruit juice reduction. yummy!

later for dessert, 2 rice cakes with a thin smear of almond butter.

Tabouli, from David Liebovitz's recipe via Chowhound, except that I used quinoa (white) instead of bulgar this time. My favorite grain in farro, so I'll try that with it next. I haven't seen red or black quinoa in my market yet.

http://www.chowhound.com/recipes/traditional-tabouli-31524

before dance class/es I had half of a curry beef bun and a sticky rice ball from a Vietnamese bakery near the studio

now that I'm home, I mixed half a container of beef chili with half a container of chili soup

next ... tea with lime wedges

homemade chicken noodle soup with kluskis. Today was Fastnacht Day so weve been fressing . Its only once a year but e do so love the raised donut.

You lost me entirely after chicken noodle soup. I have no idea what any of the rest means. Well, I do know what a donut is - but what I know as a donut may not be related to any of the other of those things.

kluskis

Fastnacht?

fressing?

raised donut?

the last piece of the five spice pork roast needed to be dealt with tonight


sauteed onion, carrot, celery
added broccoli
diced the last of the pork, tiny tiny tiny
a handful of chopped asparagus
the bulbs of a couple of green onions
the bottom of bok choy, slivered

hot hot hot
stir stir stir

added over a litre of water
beef and citrus sauce packets
minced garlic

boil boil

added 2 rounds of chinese soup noodles

threw in the bok choy leaves
mushrooms
green onion green bits

holler at Set

soup's on!!!!!!

served with lime wedges and soy sauce

all is quiet in the land


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the counter looked a bit like this as I was getting started





my soup target was ...



it wasn't too far off

I am not farmerman, but he either picked up some German or he speaks yiddish.
Fastnacht = Karneval, fressing = eating (lots of it) and raised donuts are very delicious, mostly with jam filling. They're part of the Fastnacht tradition.