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Nobody even came close in this week's food quiz. It was dried apricots. Come on people, use your imaginations.
In other food news, I went grocery shopping today and you can certainly tell that spring is here. The produce looks so much better than it did one month ago. And what variety! I was drawn, of course, to this dark purple hued eggplanty thing. I don't know what it is, but it sure looks interesting.
I also bought purple potatoes. Or I think they're potatoes. Turner said they might be arrow root. Neither of my purple purchases made it in dinner tonight because I made a red curry with chicken and yellow potatoes. Their glorious purpleness would get smothered by the curry powder and tomato paste.
I apologize for my lack of posts lately. We have had house guests, and between hosting, sightseeing, cooking, dining out, teaching, and making lesson plans I just have not had the time. I bowed out of their last afternoon on the town to rest and get my head together.
Lunch.
Nap.
Bake.
My iPod in my apron pocket, listening to The Splendid Table podcast, I made a Lemon Yogurt Cake, simple and light.
Since I do not have any interesting cooking or food news, how about another round of the Chinese Food Quiz? Like usual, submit your guesses for the food product advertised below and wait for the answer in a couple days!
Here is the answer to the second Chinglish food product quiz:
RAISINS! Can you believe it? Our winner this week is Paul Gutmann, a.k.a. Popsie. He guessed bay leaves, since he at least chose a food product. Although, considering the advertising copy, I think condoms was a good guess (way to go, Mom).
Turner and I leave for Shanghai this afternoon, so there will not be any posts until I return. However, I will take lots of pictures and record our culinary adventures. I am looking forward to some good Shanghai cuisine and also foreign food as we have reservations at an Italian restaurant for V-Day/3-year anniversary and a French restaurant for a buy-one, get-one dinner deal.
As long as we don't get Shanghaied, we will be back in one week. Until then, happy eating!
Round two of the Chinglish food product quiz.
In case you can't decipher the image, the advertising on today's item reads, "Cool Fashion Need cool Taste. You Are The New Man." I will post the answer in a couple days, so send me your guesses as to what these words are advertising. Good luck!
Here is the answer to this week's Chinglish Food Quiz:
I'm sure you can tell what the product is from the picture. The Chinese call these la jiao, or hot pepper. We know them as chili peppers. Alyson had the closest answer as noodles are also dried and come in similar packaging, so one point for her! Stay tuned for another addition of the Chinglish Food Quiz.Now, about last night's dinner. Here is what I started with. Can you guess what I made?
A curry with potatoes, cauliflower, and spinach, but because of the coconut milk, it tasted more like a Thai green curry than an Indian curry. I also made daal, aka lentils, with onion and tomatoes. I always used canned beans because no matter how hard Turner and I try to used dried beans, they never, ever cook properly. Maybe someone reading this has a fail-safe method for preparing dried beans. Please share if you do! I also use prepackaged curry powder, which I know is not authentic and I could very well make my own except powered turmeric is very expensive! I d
o use fresh ginger and grind coriander and cumin seeds to add a fresher punch than what is in the packet.
With the extra rice and coconut milk, I whipped up a quick rice pudding while Turner did the dishes. I can't share a recipe because it's one of those things that you make without measuring anything. I can say that it involves leftover rice (about 2 cups), milk (cow, soy, coconut, rice, goat...), water, cinnamon sticks, an egg, and some nutmeg, and it comes together like a pudding minus the corn starch because...duh...rice is a starch.
Mmmm... writing about last night's dinner makes me think about the leftovers that are sitting in the fridge waiting to be reheated and served with a fresh batch of rice. I was going to make naan, or Indian flat bread, but it requires rising time, and both yesterday and today I have not made it home in time to prepare the dough. I love naan. Some day I will share my recipe with you. I think I could eat freshly and authentically prepared (which means not by me) garlic naan every day for the rest of my life. I'm off on a tangent. Time to stop writing for now. 'Night!
I am starting a Chinglish quiz where you have to guess what food item the pictured advertising came from. I will accept answers for a few days before posting a picture of the entire product. The prize? We'll see...
Here is today's puzzler:
Hint: The food product is NOT ice cream.
