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Post by Lotus Eater on May 18, 2006 14:58:14 GMT 7
Today for lunch I had pai guo rou (BBQ spare ribs) pidan in soy sauce and a little bit of rice. I am not good at eating rice.
I didn't have to wash up again, and I walked off and left the mess.
The domestic stuff I like doing - hanging up pictures, creating storage solutions for my dongxi. Everything else - all yours. This is why I have a cleaning lady every week. Any volunteers for my ironing??
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Post by acjade on May 18, 2006 15:46:13 GMT 7
How many of us can eat a pooload of rice? I eat a couple of spoonfuls tops. But I can eat a whole bowl full of mashed potatoe.
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Post by woza17 on May 18, 2006 16:55:20 GMT 7
AJ this is a very good recipe and you can get all the ingredients here.
Lotus storage solutions I am into that . I want to fixed the dish drainer to the wall over the sink to free up more bench space in the the kitchen. I would love a butchers block for chopping up the veggies
Shelves more shelves.
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Post by acjade on May 18, 2006 17:02:13 GMT 7
AJ this is a very good recipe and you can get all the ingredients here. Lotus storage solutions I am into that . I want to fixed the dish drainer to the wall over the sink to free up more bench space in the the kitchen. I would love a butchers block for chopping up the veggies Shelves more shelves. The Gin Hua centre here sells great butcher's blocks. I have my eye on one that also serves as a pantry and bread box underneath as well as knife and chopper storage. Tai gui le though. What's your recipe, Woz? |
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Post by Mr Nobody on May 19, 2006 12:00:41 GMT 7
I like rice. I like mashed spuds. I like pasta, bread of varying kinds, noodles and tortillas. Lebanese bread. You name it.
I am a carbohydrate addict, especially if singed or scorched or tortured in some way.
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Post by cheekygal on May 19, 2006 12:27:11 GMT 7
I can eat A LOT of rice. In fact if I eat Chinese food, I ask for rice to be on my table before food arrives  I LOVE RICE! |
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Post by Lotus Eater on May 19, 2006 12:43:47 GMT 7
My Chinese and Japanese friends will usually eat more than one bowl of rice at lunch or dinner. The guys especially.
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Post by Mr Nobody on May 20, 2006 0:05:45 GMT 7
um yes? of course.
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Post by Lotus Eater on May 20, 2006 10:17:39 GMT 7
Did you mean because:
a) they are Asian and brought up on rice
b) they are boys and eat more than girls anyway
c) all of the above?
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Post by Mr Nobody on May 20, 2006 11:17:39 GMT 7
and d) so do I
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Post by acjade on May 20, 2006 11:18:27 GMT 7
The boys I eat with can really choof it down. Three to four bowls at a go. I've never seen any of the girls eat a full bowl except if it's fried. The only eception here is the kid's ma who can outdo the winner of a hotdog eating competition. When we eat at the local restaurants the boys scream ' [glow=red,2,300]FUWUYUAN[/glow]!!!' at the waitress like their pants were on fire to get their bowls refilled.  |
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Post by acjade on May 20, 2006 12:45:49 GMT 7
Tonight's dinner is in the hands of the gods. Or rather some of the kid's graduating class and their 'leader', Mrs Wong. Not Susie but a funny and wonderful woman nevertheless.
We will, I assume have a few beers and a few rounds of cold thingies followed by plates of everything imaginable. Personally I'd like kao ya but will probably end up with chicken claws. Then again, they might surprise me.
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Post by acjade on May 20, 2006 12:47:03 GMT 7
especially if singed or scorched or tortured in some way. er... how about bitten? |
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Post by woza17 on May 20, 2006 14:28:21 GMT 7
I left home at 7.30am (this could be permanent if things don't shape up around here) this morning for a 4 hour lesson in a neighbouring township without breakfast, so when I got home I was starving and made fried rice for the first time in China it was bloody great better than any fried rice I have had here. By son attracted by the wonderful aromas from the kitchen. Mum that smells great I am really hungry? Can I have some> No m'kay off.  Yesterday I was up at five to get ready for class and do a bit of housework and walk the dog before class, back at home at 9am a quick breakfast then off to 2 classes finish at 11.30am then do a bit of food shopping, get stuff ready for dinner party tonight and more housework back to the high school for 2 hours then more shopping at walmart, back home, keep cooking and cleaning, Guests arrive, feed guests, guests go 10.30pm, dinner table piled with dirty dishes, I am whacked go to bed, son knocks on door. Mum aren't you going to do the dishes?  Got up this morning early, did the dishes cleaned the kitchen and dining room, walked the dog and left for class, everything spotless, returned home, their lunch dishes left on the table. In a spirit of martydom I picked up their dishes washed them, threw out the take away containers. There should be some service like a counsellor that you can call at a minutes notice, even do it over speaker phone, to act as a mediator. A fairly objective person. You say what is bothering you, then the other person tries to defend themselves and the moderater says, I believe that you are taking your mother for granted and that you are totally in the wrong and should kow tow to your mother 3 times and thank god a million times for giving you such a wonderful mother and if you don't start pulling your weight around the house, a couple of our physical mediators will come around and rip your bloody arms off. |
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Post by George61 on May 20, 2006 15:12:15 GMT 7
Poor Woza! Sack your son, and employ an Ayi!
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Post by acjade on May 20, 2006 15:45:27 GMT 7
I am whacked go to bed, son knocks on door. Mum aren't you going to do the dishes?  Got up this morning early, did the dishes cleaned the kitchen and dining room, walked the dog and left for class, everything spotless, returned home, their lunch dishes left on the table. GRRRrrrr.  |
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Post by woza17 on May 20, 2006 19:11:48 GMT 7
George, the last one quit. We are still looking for one. We could just get along with a home help coming in a couple of hours. I actually don't like having a live in maid, ignore previous posts, I would prefer someone to come in while I am a work and I come home the place is clean and she has gone home.
I have just finished cleaning the kitchen and cleaned out the fridge. Since I have taken over the domestic chores it got me thinking of the inefficency of cleaners.
Look if you were a smart young women and ambitious. To work as our maid would be a good way to work yourself up into a good job or business.
Work here for say a year, study English learn how to clean properly and efficiently, also learn how to cook western food. You could go on to work for a richer foreign family or start your own little business training other young people with what you have learnt, they would probably pay you for the training and them place them with a family earning even more money.
I am sure there are people out there who would jump at the chance it is a matter of finding them.
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Post by acjade on May 20, 2006 20:52:12 GMT 7
Do they cook frog/toad.
We didn't have chicken claws tonight. We had frog. It was surprisingly tender.
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Post by Lotus Eater on May 21, 2006 2:51:37 GMT 7
Tonight I had for dinner:
TimTams,
dried yak meat,
baijiu+finlandia vodka mixed with green tea,
beer,
plum liqueur.
Why am I still awake?
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Post by Mr Nobody on May 21, 2006 8:47:57 GMT 7
Yao juan
A local dish. Made from minced pork with herbs and spices made into a long thin roll like a sausage, then battered and deep fried. It is cut into slices, and dipped into a sauce made from sweetening white rice vinegar.
Delicious, and has both of the major food groups, fat and oil, in abundance. There are some green herby bits in the mince, so even meat and vegetables are catered for. A perfect and well balanced food.
I could hear my arteries hardening just looking at it.
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Post by woza17 on May 21, 2006 17:40:30 GMT 7
Lotus why aren't you throwing up? Go easy on the tim tams
Today I have a 9 hour day so I made my lunch for work half a French roll the long ones filled with cheese and salad. The roll was quite hard but by lunch time the salad ingredients had soaked into the bread, bloody delicious.
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Post by Lotus Eater on May 21, 2006 18:25:24 GMT 7
yeah - TimTams slow down the drinking!!
Went to the Lanzhou restaurant for lunch - great noodles.
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Post by acjade on May 22, 2006 14:14:47 GMT 7
Tonight's dinner is stuffed chicken fillets served with apricot sauce and mashed potatoes.
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Post by Mr Nobody on May 22, 2006 15:10:30 GMT 7
Any rice with that?
I have a mildly frustrating time that when I ask for what's fer dinner, or what shall we go and get, I get told (or asked my preference of) rice or noodles. I want to know the food itself, how it is cooked, the flavour, etc, and I get told rice or noodles.
WTF is with that?
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Post by acjade on May 22, 2006 16:14:29 GMT 7
It goes right along with, 'Fine... and you?' Maybe after 5000 years the Chinese have been inculturated into only two choices. Rice or noodles. Protein not playing a big part in the diet, historically speaking. Rice or noodles are their staple diet. The odd thing is, when I've had lunch with some of my female students they eat the vegetable and dofu dishes and really just play with the rice. But they still say 'RICE' in answer to the question, 'what did you eat for lunch?' |
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I LOVE RICE!
