Keeping in Touch

 My 84 year old Godmother was in town over the Christmas holidays with her husband and daughter.  It was nice to catch up with them over a luncheon.  She knew my departed mother since elementary school days.  She said my mom sewed all her party dresses when they started going out to parties,  remembered when she met my dad.   Her sister lives nearby but my Godmother had not visited in 4 years due to Covid, so they were happy to fly in from New Jersey.  They used to drive but maybe they can do that in the summer weather when they plan to come again.

I am happy we keep in touch. 

Tofu and Egg

 Inspired by a recipe I saw on Instagram, I found this Tofu and Egg recipe and thought it was delicious.  It comes together quickly too.  It is great with some rice.

1 pkg of tofu cut into bite sized pieces

2 eggs, beaten

2 tbs soy

1/2 tbs dashi powder (can use chicken stock powder)

1 tsp sugar

2 tbs water

2 tbs canola oil

1 green onion diced

1 tsp hot sauce (optional)

Make a sauce with soy sauce, sugar, water, hot sauce.

Pan fry the tofu in canola oil for 2 or 3 minutes

drizzle in egg, let it set for about 30 secs

pour sauce all over, top with green onion.

It is delicious served on top of rice.

Anti-Theft Measures

 My sister in California had shared these photos of the steps Home Depot is taking to prevent theft these days.  It looked like this all over the store.   It is a sad sign of our times.  This was before Christmas but I suppose the locks might still be there.

The police in our area have mobilized with steps to prevent car theft.  Our local grocery store has had locks on items like baby formula for years.

Friday Art- Crested Auklet

 Welcome to Friday Art!  This is my Crested Auklet portrait, an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Happy New Year!

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Dance and Oyakodon Dish

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date. This is my piece for the Dance theme.

 For the Dinner date, my sister had given me this recipe for Oyakodon, a Japanese Chicken and Egg on rice recipe.  I decided to try something new for me.  The first step was to visit the Asian grocery store to locate Dashi powder.  It is needed to make the Dashi stock required in this recipe.  There is a diagram on the 10 g packet with tells you that 4g (1 tsp) of the powder packet (half a packet) with 600 ml of water (boiling) with give you 2 1/2 cups of dashi stock, I was good to go!

Dashi Powder

Here is the recipe I used.

1 tbs olive oil

4 skinless boneless chicken thighs cut into bite sized pieces

1 onion thinly sliced

 2c dashi stock (approx)

1/4 c soy sauce

3 tbs mirin

3 tbs brown sugar

4 eggs

4 c cooked white rice

Heat oil, brown chicken pieces for 5 minutes, stir in onions for another 5 mins.

Pour in stock, soy, mirin, sugar.  Simmer 10 minutes.  Swirl in beaten eggs.  Simmer covered for 5 more minutes.  Serve on top of rice.

Note:  To make the dashi stock, I mixed  a teaspoon of powder (about half a 10g packet) with 2 1/2 c boiling water.

I have lots of packets of dashi stock so I may try making my own miso soup next.

Wednesday Memes

 

The Stoneware Teacup

 I got this stoneware teacup a long time ago, it is not part of a set but I will miss it. There is one left from the bunch I bought at the time.  I like stoneware.