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I hate going through any farewell moment, I always do. So this early morning after we handed over our old Holden Commodore to its new host, Adam and Joanne couple, I didn’t stand outside the door watching it leaving. My husband did. He gave him (he said he likes to call “him”) some emotional pats [...]

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We had a short tour along the Queanbeyan riverside this afternoon as my husband wanted to get a sun bath or just simply “get a place to read something or just fall asleep”. He made it in his car eventually and I sat beside, watching the ducks and birds enjoying their happy life in this [...]

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Dad had an glaucoma operation on his left eye last Thursday and got out of the hospital yesterday. Mom and my sister went to see him twice a day during the time of his hospitalization to bring him the meals. So far he is happy with what has been achieved through the operation and the [...]

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I saw 40 happy faces got together waiting to be surprised. It was morning tea time, we’ve got quite lot of sweets and a big box holding all the presents from each secret Santas. Nobody knows what they would get and where the present comes from. The distributing work began. The names were called in [...]

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这是我第二次做春卷。第一次相当成功,得到了某人的好评。特别是刚出锅不久的,皮脆馅儿香,想想是从自己手上弄出来的吃食儿,吃着不仅是美味 还有点得意。唯一的失误是炸好的春卷沥油的时间不够。虽然好吃,但无意间吃一大桶油下去总之是有百害而无一益的,所以牢记下一次一定要吸取教训。 这 一次的春卷馅儿又有所不同,用得是鸡肉、粉丝、黑木耳、一点点螃蟹肉,还有葱丝、姜丝。鸡肉拌好热油中炒过,再将其它配料也稍稍在锅中拌炒一下,加上合适 的盐味儿。包时以面糊作为最后封口的粘料,决不会脱落。煎炸时用最小号的钢筋煮奶锅,加入三分之一锅的油,每次炸六个(我买的春卷皮算是Baby那种的, 不喜欢吃特大的春卷)。关键是炸时要注意翻动,否则浮在油上面的一面颜色老不变,浸在油里的却早早就变深了。吃时我还做了一东南亚的蘸料。取新鲜小红辣椒 两个切小圈儿,放入适量白糖,将一个红宝石柚子的汁儿挤出来泡上辣椒。如果有鱼露可以再加点鱼露,但即使没有鱼露这种蘸味儿也酸辣甜融为一体,十分特别 了。 我自己的收获是:中国菜本来就讲究就地取材,灵活写意。人生在世,十几年吃一种口味的春卷,再好吃也有吃腻的时候。饮食上要次次有创 新,就不能什么都象老外那么精细得要命地照搬菜谱。谁说春卷馅儿就必须是豆芽、韭黄、猪肉丝?做饭的最高境界是家里有什么就用什么,而且用得还得恰到好 吃,知道为什么要那么用。 Would it be better to put the spring rolls in a bamboo basket and then take a photo? That’s what I always see from those cooking books. Anyway, this is genuine home-made food from a pure family studio. Don’t complain anything, just eat them [...]

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