招待外國賓客

I finally made it this time. I fixed 台式米粉, pickled cucumber, broiled shrimps, and chicken pot stickers. They all liked it. I used fresh shitake instead of dried ones as Tina / Ann (?) suggested. I cooked stir-fried rice twice before I invited them over, but I guess a powerful stove is the key to make good stir-fried rice. So I gave up this baby. 

 

Keylime

Hi Keylime,

I usually cut cat fish fillets on the shorter side, about 2-3 cm each pieces.  Or you can cut them in big cubes, that will work too.  Before I have my kids, I even used the whole fillet.  My husband and I had one big piece on each's plate.  Serve some rice and vegetables together with fish on a big plate, feels like eating at a resturaunt.

 

You can also use salmone (spell?).  Don't cook them too long.  I usually pan fry them till inside the fish still showing a bit raw.  I won't recommend flounder, it tastes good but hard to cook (too fragile).

 

Fin

 

Windows ME只能看中文但是不能輸入中文，Windows2000才有輸入中文的功能。

 

Beatrice

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Keylime,

Back to the dishes for your bf's family.  I have a father-in-law from NC, in the mountain.  Everytime we go out to dinner together, he wounld annouce that he doesn't like fish.  However, everytime when he visit us, I would cook fish for him.  He finishes his plate every single time.

I usually cook cat fish.  I think it should be easy to find even in Arizona.  I cut them in small pieces, marinated with soy sauce, corn starch, seaseme oil, ginger, and garlic.  Heat couple spoonfuls of oil (for old people, use peanut or oliver oil) in the pan ( I don't use wok either, use any non-stic pan you like), pan-fry the fish.  Turn over the pieces when they are golden brown.  When the fish is done, set aside.  I usually don't wash the pan and use it for stir fry vegetables (maybe add a little bit of oil).  Use any vegetables you like-- brocclli, carrots, celery, green pepper....  Prepare a bowl of sauce now, --soy, corn starch, water, vineger (optional),  pour it over the vegetables when they are done.  You can return the fish back to pan cook a bit or just pour the vegetables over the fish.  Make sure it comes out with some sauce, Americans love sauce.

With this dish, you can cook some rice.  Just to buy the fast cooked rice from the store shelf, such as Uncle Ban.  They like the taste of dry rice.  Sometimes I cook boxed couscous, it has seasoning and everything.

For typing Chinese part, I downloaded something before.  If you still don't figure it out from other people's advices.  Let me know, I will try to give you the information.

 

Fin

有一次我炒了一鍋台式米粉  就是絞肉  洋蔥  高麗菜 配一點胡蘿蔔絲 我們辦公室的 阿都啊  都很喜歡  用紅蔥頭爆香  美國的中國紅蔥頭不香  用shallot

if you have window 2000

go to control panel choose regional option then you may set up chinese input methods.