Archive for June 2007


Jessie came back from China finally, after one month’s holiday. My Mom asked her to bring something back for us. Since it’s been a while since last time we went to Sydney, I did get a bit excited. Sydney was always our first choice of place in Australia, and it still is if only considering [...]

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If you found anything odd from this photo taken for my recent crochet project, don’t laugh please! That’s the best what a person like me, a complete self-taught learner can get. Crochet , to me, is almost like something impossible and impracticable. I found it very difficult to manage right. Comparing to knitting, crochet is [...]

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I had mixed feeling about the last lesson. I am glad it’s finished, so I don’t need to spend my weekend time preparing for the class any more. It is a big relief for me, given that I do get pretty busy over the weekend time. On the other hand, I felt that I probably [...]

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Believe it or not, we do get some strange requests from our clients from time to time. We respect them, but after done the “serious talking” over the phone, sometimes I couldn’t help laughing at it in the other end of telephone line myself. I wouldn’t call it “Making Respite Fun”, like the name of [...]

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If there is really such thing called “wish list”, I have started to make one for myself. I am not a greedy person, so my list so far is not long, and most of things on the list are related to a holiday back to China in a not-very-distant future, which I have been planning. [...]

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老公将此猪肘称为我的“人生第一肘”,嘻嘻!确实不假。这是我第一次做红烧肘子,以前只吃过我妈做的,还有饭馆里林林总总的各种烧肘子,什么四川的东坡肘子、眉山肘子、东北或山东的红烧肘子,以及周庄有名的万山蹄…… 我做的此肘,可谓耗时耗火,经过水煮、油煎、红炖和热蒸四道程序,几乎费了我一天的功夫。早上起来收拾停当后就开始清洗昨晚从冰箱里拿出来解冻的肘子。幸亏这里老外做事很细致,肘子基本上冲洗一下就行了,不太脏。然后就放在大汤锅里,加姜、葱节、花椒、大料和两个干辣椒煮。打掉血泡后,再加入酒,将骚气谁沸腾的水带走。改小火慢炖至少一个半小时,放少量盐。 等到水煮完毕,已经是中午12点半了。肘子已八分熟透,从汤水中取出,凉在一边。吃过中饭,继续进行。此时肘子已经微凉,踢去骨头,用线绳将所有皮肉札成一堆,以免在下面的操作步骤中变散。油锅加油,放入两大勺白糖,几个花椒,油八分热后,下入绑在一起的肘子,在糖里炒上色。等到皮面变得气泡或变成棕色,再加入老抽、冰糖、豆腐乳和原汤,水面刚过肘子即可,然后慢炖再一个小时。最后二十分钟时加入Three Bean Mix,即三种豆子(我在Aldi买的罐装豆子,洗净罐头里面带的汁),尝尝咸淡,调整放盐的量。两点左右,关火。 下午睡醒,开始准备晚饭。取一大碗,碗底扑上略微炒过的宜宾亚菜,铺在碗底。将肘子上的线绳取掉,肉皮朝下放进碗里,浇入炖煮过的红汤至三分之一碗,上蒸锅蒸7分钟。同时,准备一炒锅,将豆子从原来的红汤里舀出,放进炒锅,加入适量原来的红汤加热。汤开后,湿淀粉勾芡,使之浓稠。 此时,蒸锅的7分钟到时。将大碗里的肘子扣在一有深度的大盘中,将炒锅里的豆子和汤汁浇在肘子上,撒上葱花,即可食用。 我写得自己都觉得有点累了…… 总之,今晚是六点钟吃得晚饭。我和老公最多只能吃掉半个。最后吃点白萝卜粉丝汤解腻。感觉还不错,除了我基本上已经从外面上看不出这是一个猪肘子除外,我都懒得挑剔自己了!我也不知道自己做的是哪个流派的肘子,反正是哪家都采纳了一点。

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