I had some crab meat left from the other day, so I add it to an avocado, chives, cilantro, lemon juice and tobasco. It was better than I expected. Feels like summer.
I bought a rib roast but do not want a big chunk of meat so I cut it into chops and ribs. Made a kitchen-sink sort of rub: cayenne, chilli, cilantro, cumin, chervil, thyme, garlic, paprika, all spice, salt, pepper, brown sugar, coriander seeds and cinnamon. Turned out very good.
The best way to eat meaty crabs, I think. Just steam it for 10 to 15 minutes and then chill it for a few hours to a few days.
When ready, just crack it open and eat it. In the chilling, the meat takes up firmness, sweetness and flavour from the shells. Dipping into vinegar sauce or not is up to you. I never understand dipping in butter. If you like butter just eat it on toast. Perfect crab need very little enhansement.
I like the chicken thighs a couple days ago so much that I decided to make some wings too. I remember why I love eating grilled wings so much when I was a kid.
I made a stock with the shrimp shells from a couple of days ago and added hot dou ban zhang, tofu and a head of giant mustard green to make this soup. Kind of a soup from scraps.
I left a lump of bread dough in my fridge for three days and this is what happened. Very different texture and taste than the same day one, I think I like it better this way.
The chicken is marinated with garlic, ginger, chili, scallion, parsley, sugar, salt, soy sauce, Shaoxing liquor, Rose Liquor, and sesame oil. I remembered why I love barbacuing when I was little.
This is the season for local spotted prawns. Two months a year, that is all. I steamed about a pound and have a simple dip of soy sauce and my home grown three chili pepper oil. They tasted so good, I wanted to go and buy more immediately!
Recipe: Beat three eggs with 3/4 cup of sugar, shift together two cups of flour, a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of baking power, mix everything together, add a hand full each of pecans and raisins, form into 3x9 in rectangle, bake at 350F for 20 minutes, cool for 10 minutes, cut and bake again at 275F for 40 minutes.
I will bake it less next time to see if it will be softer and if I will like it.
My neighbour was saying how sad it is that he can no long eat fried fish this afternoon. For some reason, when dinner time comes, I suddenly really want to fry some fish...