Yes.. I have forgotten about this blog.. AGAIN!
I don't really know what happened to my 'egg' counterpart..
I used to have a list of notes of things I could write about here, but if I can't find it, I'll come up with something soon.
In the meantime, feel free to leave questions about some of the crazy things you notice that needs an explanation!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
YKYCW.. #5 Chopsticks
You know you're chinese when.. you can turn take-away chopsticks into food
Step-by-step instructions on how to convert normal wooden take-away chopsticks into preserved vegetables!
1. Collect your clean chopsticks
2. Cut into even lengths.
3. Soak the chopsticks in alcohol for a few days.
4. Add some salt and citric acid.
5. Add sugar and soya sauce.
6. Boil.
7. Pour into a jar and store in the fridge.
8. The preserved chopsticks are done when all the sauce has been absorbed.
9. It looks exactly like preserved vegetables!
10. Stir fry with sliced meat.
Noone will know the difference!
Monday, May 5, 2008
YKYCW.. #4 MahJong
You know you're Chinese when.. you love mah jong
Memories of being about 8 or 10 years old.. with my cousins playing on our own (making mansions and driving little MicroMachines or dominoes) or against our grandma who would give us loose change so we could gamble with her (back in the day when 1c and 2c coins existed). She was proud when others were amazed that we knew how to play at such a young age. My grandpa would walk past and we would laugh as he toot'ed along with flatulence that lasted from the arch to the door to the other room. Often he would stop to help Jeremy (the youngest of our lot at the time, before Danielle) come up trumps from his underdog status. Screaming "POOOONG!" and "SIIIRRRRNG!" trying to imitate how the adults would yell.
Its like playing cards, but with small square brick tiles.
Memories of being about 8 or 10 years old.. with my cousins playing on our own (making mansions and driving little MicroMachines or dominoes) or against our grandma who would give us loose change so we could gamble with her (back in the day when 1c and 2c coins existed). She was proud when others were amazed that we knew how to play at such a young age. My grandpa would walk past and we would laugh as he toot'ed along with flatulence that lasted from the arch to the door to the other room. Often he would stop to help Jeremy (the youngest of our lot at the time, before Danielle) come up trumps from his underdog status. Screaming "POOOONG!" and "SIIIRRRRNG!" trying to imitate how the adults would yell.
Its like playing cards, but with small square brick tiles.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
YKYCW.. #2 Red Beans
You know you're chinese when.. you've eaten red beans in (at least) 3 different ways.
Its reads a bit like a whos-whos in red bean recipes. Kinda like Bubba's shrimp menu.
Red bean desert soup, 3 layered red bean ice drink, sweet red bean paste pancakes, fried sesame seed balls with red bean paste (jin dui), red bean filled moon cakes, azuki frappaccino (seen in Starbucks Japan circa April 2008), coconut red bean pudding, lotus seed and red bean congee, green tea and red bean cake, sago pudding with red beans, steamed buns with red beans, red bean ice cream, red bean soy smoothie, red bean McFlurry (Chinese New year edition), red bean rice cake, red bean soup with rice dumplings, red bean paste jelly, red bean and pumpkin curry, red bean soup dumplings, red bean steamed tea cakes..
Anpanman! (even though he's japanese) His head is a bean filled bun!
Saturday, April 5, 2008
YKYCW... #1 Slippers
You Know You're Chinese When.. you leave your shoes at the front door.
This is customary with many chinese (and other asian) households. It doesnt actually happen at my parent's house as the whole bottom level of the house is tiled and they tend not to expect guests to walk around on cold floors. But if you've ever come to visit or stay with us, my mum would've certainly offered you a pair of slippers from her stash in the cupboard.
I think some of you may have even accepted, but you'd probably find that these Hong Kong bargain bought styles do not fit our general fish-bowl-effected size feet. When I was younger, my mum told me that if I walked around bare-footed, I'd grow up with really big feet (doh!) and she'd lure me with pink ug boots or ones that looked like animal's feet. The funniest was when my dad used to (recently) wear red ones with flowers and teddy bears on them.
Why do asians like wearing slippers?
I think its obviously because they dont want you trudging outdoor crap all over their expensive stone flooring or oriental rugs and white carpets. Perhaps its an indoor footwear vogue that just makes sense and westerners just dont get? Remember when girls were wearing those silky/velevety embroidered slippers as outdoor wear before the Havaiana explosion?
If anyone has any other theories, I'd like to know.
This is customary with many chinese (and other asian) households. It doesnt actually happen at my parent's house as the whole bottom level of the house is tiled and they tend not to expect guests to walk around on cold floors. But if you've ever come to visit or stay with us, my mum would've certainly offered you a pair of slippers from her stash in the cupboard.
I think some of you may have even accepted, but you'd probably find that these Hong Kong bargain bought styles do not fit our general fish-bowl-effected size feet. When I was younger, my mum told me that if I walked around bare-footed, I'd grow up with really big feet (doh!) and she'd lure me with pink ug boots or ones that looked like animal's feet. The funniest was when my dad used to (recently) wear red ones with flowers and teddy bears on them.
Why do asians like wearing slippers?
I think its obviously because they dont want you trudging outdoor crap all over their expensive stone flooring or oriental rugs and white carpets. Perhaps its an indoor footwear vogue that just makes sense and westerners just dont get? Remember when girls were wearing those silky/velevety embroidered slippers as outdoor wear before the Havaiana explosion?
If anyone has any other theories, I'd like to know.
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