Food stories make me smile
Sunday, September 7th, 2008, posted in: just food
by Kang L.On Twitter, I said...
- Ahem, I went to my mate's wedding last weekend, took some pictures, and would like to share them with you. Susan & Jon http://bit.ly/dtvXZO 10 hrs ago
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- Canon develops a 12inch sensor. That's 40x 35mm! Dawn of large format digital photography? http://bit.ly/bEYJBs 14 hrs ago
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- Excellent way to sum up your sushi experiences! Will have to follow up on a few of the places I h...
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What is your favourite meal? Doesnt have to be proper, just something that puts a smile on your face. Can you think of it? Let me give you a hand.
Take a deep breath.
Close your eyes, picture it in your mind, let the shapes form, now slowly turn up the volume. Are the surroundings hazy?
Picture the people, tune them in, and let the colours flow, what does it taste of, describe it, like Hemingway does, you work up an appetite yet?
ok my turn. deep breaths.
I hear thumping,”Dinner in half an hour” its my mum’s voice coming from the kitchen. She’s tenderlising meat the old fashion way. I’m twelve and I’m running around the house, and i hear the sizzling sparkles, my mum is pan frying her world famous thinly sliced steaks. Dinner time, my brother and I run to the table. What is that gorgeous smell?
“Its steak”, my mum says, ”you’ll like this.”
She spreads some ketchup on a piece of white bread and makes me my first steak sandwich. ”Mmmm..”
So what’s your recipe for smile?
image by jurijus azanova
Posted in: just food
I love the smile picture! My recipe is a pizza with mozzarella.
Sounds nice! Hope it made you
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I have so many! One I was recently talking to my Mom about was when I was a kid and she would make corn fritters. It would just make my day. I started comfort eating at a very young age!
For me, it’s fried chicken with fried dumplings (we called crumbs), mashed potatoes, and green beans. My mom first soaked the chicken in milk, then diped them in flour seasoned with Lawry’s seasoning salt. Then, they went into the hot oil of the frying pan. She’d mix the leftover milk with the leftover flour to make a paste and then dropped the paste in little dots into the same oil. These “crumbs” are, by far, my most favorite make me smile food memory.
Oooh, oooh…I’ve so many I don’t know which one to list out first…but if I have to choose one, it’s the smell of pork meatballs being fried and then stir fried with potatoes and onions. Yummy.