Food Has Been Eaten
18 May 2020 19:02![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
extrapenguinUpdates from last time: lamb baozi went fine, except that I overfilled them like whoah and should probably just ... categorically aim to make teensy things. Or buy a rolling pin. *g* The fish only made one batch of scallion ginger salmon, which was okay, though the fish sort of disintegrated when I tried to flip it. (Possibly because it was thawed rainbow trout rather than fresh salmon. idk.) With orange chicken, I reduced the amount of sugar and vinegar I put in (to 2/3) and it still tasted quite vinegar-y. I guess I'm more sensitive to vinegary tastes than average?
Then I made pork belly with paprika and wood ear mushrooms, since I realized I had a yellow paprika left over from the pineapple chicken (the only way to get green ones here is in tricolor bags with red and yellow included) and some dehydrated wood ear mushrooms. It was pleasantly crunchy and quick to make, would recommend. Made 3-ish portions.
Next was Sichuan boiled beef over cabbage plus seaweed egg drop soup. The beef is absolutely divine, albeit very spicy. I still have some beef left over, so once I've eaten the boiled beef contents (~4 portions), I'll make noodle soup using the sauce as a base. (Sichuan boiled beef noodle soup? I think I'll prepare the rest of the beef similarly and boil it for a moment. Hmm.) I need some vegetables for that, though – I might brave the city center and go look there for stuff. I need 5-spice powder anyway.
After I'm done, I'll make Beijing duck + mandarin pancakes as a treat. I got two frozen duck breasts and a cantaloupe, and I'll have my feast, dammit! Life is plenty stressful enough. (Note to self: take to defrost 2 days before needed.) Then I'll make bang bang chicken and steamed eggplant. Then maybe something with chicken wings? I got 800g of them today at a discount.
I've been collecting the bones of things I've cooked – I have some small pieces of pork bones, and the chicken legbones. I'll make some bone stock eventually.
Tea update, since I only have a tea icon: I finished up the Xinyang Mao Jian – the last tea from the old batch – and I'm continuing with the new batch of tea. (A ludicrous quantity of tea.) It's all 2019 harvest, so not fresh, but I am pretty sure I'll be able to drink the 1kg+ of it in 5+ months. *goes off to make some more*
Then I made pork belly with paprika and wood ear mushrooms, since I realized I had a yellow paprika left over from the pineapple chicken (the only way to get green ones here is in tricolor bags with red and yellow included) and some dehydrated wood ear mushrooms. It was pleasantly crunchy and quick to make, would recommend. Made 3-ish portions.
Next was Sichuan boiled beef over cabbage plus seaweed egg drop soup. The beef is absolutely divine, albeit very spicy. I still have some beef left over, so once I've eaten the boiled beef contents (~4 portions), I'll make noodle soup using the sauce as a base. (Sichuan boiled beef noodle soup? I think I'll prepare the rest of the beef similarly and boil it for a moment. Hmm.) I need some vegetables for that, though – I might brave the city center and go look there for stuff. I need 5-spice powder anyway.
After I'm done, I'll make Beijing duck + mandarin pancakes as a treat. I got two frozen duck breasts and a cantaloupe, and I'll have my feast, dammit! Life is plenty stressful enough. (Note to self: take to defrost 2 days before needed.) Then I'll make bang bang chicken and steamed eggplant. Then maybe something with chicken wings? I got 800g of them today at a discount.
I've been collecting the bones of things I've cooked – I have some small pieces of pork bones, and the chicken legbones. I'll make some bone stock eventually.
Tea update, since I only have a tea icon: I finished up the Xinyang Mao Jian – the last tea from the old batch – and I'm continuing with the new batch of tea. (A ludicrous quantity of tea.) It's all 2019 harvest, so not fresh, but I am pretty sure I'll be able to drink the 1kg+ of it in 5+ months. *goes off to make some more*