Recently, a childhood playmate came across an Internet article on chives. According to this unknown Chinese author of the write-up, this less-known cousin of the venerable garlic had, among other things, helped him keep his blood sugar in check. It appears this plant of the allium family is full of essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and others*.
My dear friend also reminded me of the happy days we spent in front of bowls of steaming hot dumplings. The perogy-like doughy meals we had at that time were always stuffed with scrambled eggs and chopped up chives. But over the years, I noticed chive did not seem to be a common and popular ingredient in our everyday cooking.
In the old days, it was quite a job when making the dumplings from scratch. Now with the wrappers made of wheat flour readily available at supermarkets, this everyday fare for residents in northern China has become a simple meal to prepare. Dumplings made with eggs and chives are a complete meal by itself. As you can see, it includes all three essential food groups: starch, veggie, and protein.
Matter of fact, boiled dumpling was the most requested dish at our family reunions. We had always used ground turkey or chicken with Chinese cabbages as the fillings in the past. From now on, thanks to my newly acquired knowledge on chives, we will have an extra choice of stuffings when preparing this mouth-watering goodies. - Ayee
* See Wikipedia on chives
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Love thy neighbors.
This is not a typical block-party story.
In the 60's, my favorite American story teller wanted to see what had happened in the country that he called home. John Steinback with his best friend, Charley, a big bluish French poodle, set out for their fact-finding trip in a customized truck named after Don Quixote’s horse, Rocinante,
The provisions this prolific writer packed for the long working odyssey from his home in New York to his birth place in Salinas, California, also included guns and fishing poles. But this homeowner’s real reason for arming his temporary home was not the same as the ones that other homeowners had in mind. He wanted to give others an impression that he and his four-legged buddy were on a hunting and fishing expedition.
On the way to his childhood home in California, when the master and his beloved follower stopped to take a much needed rest to get hydrated in the parched Mojave Desert, they noticed two coyotes were near by in the same neighborhood.
Since wild dogs are considered vermin, this well-equipped as well as trained traveler sprang into action and was about to do a favor for the invisible chickens and chicken farms around him. He reached for his rifle, and pointed it at one of these two nonthreatening desert dogs. But when he was about to pull the trigger, he relented.
Before leaving the desolate desert country, the author of many prize winning books opened two cans of Charley’s food and left there for the coyotes he was about to kill just moments ago. - Ayee.
*”Travels with Charley,” John Steinbeck, 1962
In the 60's, my favorite American story teller wanted to see what had happened in the country that he called home. John Steinback with his best friend, Charley, a big bluish French poodle, set out for their fact-finding trip in a customized truck named after Don Quixote’s horse, Rocinante,
The provisions this prolific writer packed for the long working odyssey from his home in New York to his birth place in Salinas, California, also included guns and fishing poles. But this homeowner’s real reason for arming his temporary home was not the same as the ones that other homeowners had in mind. He wanted to give others an impression that he and his four-legged buddy were on a hunting and fishing expedition.
On the way to his childhood home in California, when the master and his beloved follower stopped to take a much needed rest to get hydrated in the parched Mojave Desert, they noticed two coyotes were near by in the same neighborhood.
Since wild dogs are considered vermin, this well-equipped as well as trained traveler sprang into action and was about to do a favor for the invisible chickens and chicken farms around him. He reached for his rifle, and pointed it at one of these two nonthreatening desert dogs. But when he was about to pull the trigger, he relented.
Before leaving the desolate desert country, the author of many prize winning books opened two cans of Charley’s food and left there for the coyotes he was about to kill just moments ago. - Ayee.
*”Travels with Charley,” John Steinbeck, 1962
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