I'm having a frustrating (yes, we'll stick with that word rather than what I would really like to say) day. I never realized before that I don't eat when I'm upset, I cook.
Some write, some clean, some exercise~different catharses for different people, mine is cooking.
I woke up in a mood after having gone to sleep in a mood and as soon as I got home from the daily school drop-off I started culinary creations.
I'm in the midst of egg rolls and crab rangoon and I just whipped up a fairly tame tapenade. I really could almost care less whether I eat any or not, I just felt the need to do something besides sit and stew myself.
What is your catharsis?
Pork Egg Rolls
Printable Recipe
1 lb ground pork
1 1/2 c shredded cabbage
4 green onions-sliced
3 T vegetable oil
1 c bean sprouts-chopped
2 garlic clove-minced
2 to 3 T soy sauce
refrigerated egg roll wrappers
In a large skillet, cook pork over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.
Remove pork with a slotted spoon and set aside. In the same skillet,
stir-fry cabbage and onions in oil until crisp-tender. Add bean sprouts,
garlic, soy sauce, and reserved pork; stir fry 4 minutes longer or until liquid
has evaporated. Remove from the heat.
Position egg roll wrappers with a corner facing you. Spoon 1/3 cup
pork mixture on the bottom third of each wrapper. Fold a bottom corner over
filling; fold sides over filling toward center. Moisten top corner with
water; roll up tightly to seal. In a skillet, heat 1 inch of oil
to 375F. Fry egg rolls for 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until golden
brown. Drain on paper towels.
Crab Rangoon
Trader Vic's Recipe
1/4 lb. crab meat
1/4 lb. cream cheese
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
Dash garlic powder
1 (12 oz.) pkg. won ton wrappers
Oil
1 egg yolk, beaten
Chop up the crab meat and mix it with the cream cheese, A-1 Sauce and garlic
powder. Place 1/2 tsp. of the mixture. In the center of a won ton wrapper.
Moisten the edges with egg yolk and join the two opposite corners, making a
triangle. Twist the ends to seal. Repeat with the remaining won ton
wrappers. Heat 1/2 inch of oil in a skillet over medium heat and fry the
packets until delicately browned, about one minute per side.
8 comments:
Oooo! I LOVE crab rangoon! Send some my way, please!
My catharsis? Probably reading.
Your family might start to enjoy seeing you upset, what with these delicacies!
Hot power yoga!!
I can never visit your blog without drooling - take that as you will...
My latest catharsis: running my dog!
I just wanted to let you know the girls and I made your Wedding Soup this week-end and there is not a drop left! Delicious!
Catharsis: gardening (digging in the dirt/pulling weeds/raking, etc.)
Melanie-if I lived near I'd run some right over! Didn't last long, my teens got to it!
Bonnie-I wouldn't put it past them to do things on purpose to make me upset :o)
Nino dear-you had better be talking about the food!
KFarmer-I'm SO glad you enjoyed it-I'm getting a hankering again myself!
Damn girl! Will you PLEASE come live with me? :-)
My catharsis: Talking to my best friend or reading. (Well, okay, there's the whole dark chocolate thing too, but shhhhh!)
OK 'Chellie but you need to get mucho rooms ready! :o)
I won't tell about chocolate if you won't--but hey--you're allowed 2oz a day of the dark stuff and you can validly claim it's for your heart!
Now...where are those Dove bars?
Don't you just love the latest reasearch on chocolate? I never liked chocolate till I went to Belgium and France and tried the real thing. Mmmmmm.
My catharsis is quilting. When I can't deal anymore I shut myself away in a tiny laundry/quilting room and work on one of the numerous projects on my to-do list. I used to find solace in gardening, but it's kind of hard to get into it now that I can't kneel. My other great escape is to get lost in a good book.
P.S. Anne--I know it was ages ago, but I finally tagged you back:)
my word verification was lzynoel. Wouldn't it be fun to have a lazy Christmas season?
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