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xie xie, brazen amateur - Xiaosui (thanks mate - graeme)

Lehman Bros Debacle - "tai gui le" Xiaosui cooked three great dishes last night, the recipes will follow soon. I thought given the events on the NY stock exchange, the following could be of interest - Graeme Mills (husband of Xiaosui) "Tai gui le - Too expensive". Those were the first...

Thank you texasgirl Yes, don't be daunted and don't worry if they do not look 'professional' the first few times - mine look a bit funny, but they taste great. zia jian Xiaosui

Pork Bone Soup Ingredients: 1kg of pork bones Seasoning: 0.5 cup of Soya beans, 10 red date seeds, some licium fruit. A big piece of ginger. Preparation: put the pork bone into a big sauce-pan, put some water in to cover the pork bone. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Take out...

Hi Dina I see now where I have 'been' - I have been hanging out in 'Ethnic Foods' - I am just about to post a pork soup recipe there zai jian Xiaosui

'a wei' Kaixin now has a writing competition if anyone is interested - The subject is China, the entry to be between 1,000 and 1,500 words, there is a first prize of $250 and the winning entry will be permantly published in Kaixin. There is an entry fee of $10. We are looking for different...

xie xie expatgirl I enjoy cooking at home and I wanted to share how we eat at home, day to day. I started to make a pork bone soup a few weeks ago. My husband loves it and said I should put it in. So it will be next. It is very nutritious. zia jian xiaosui

Ingredients: 1 medium sized whole chicken Seasoning: half a litre of Soya sauce, 1 of large piece ginger, one teaspoon of Chinese prickly ash seeds (you will have to get the seeds at a Chinese supermarket, ask for hua jiao) Preparation: Slice the ginger. Put the Soya sauce, ginger and...

Deep Fry Spring Roll At last, the Spring Rolls. We had them as part of a banquet last night. Jeekinz – any cut with a lot of fat and bone which add flavour to the meat. Ingredients: One Packet of spring roll pastry (large), 2 or 3 different vegetables (carrot, cabbage, bok choy, spinach...

Thank you Dina Sorry about the delay, I'm out of wrappers at the moment. Should have the recipe with photos within the week. Xiaosui

This is a whole new use for a rooster, :chef: In south China, there was an odd custom; where, in an elaborate wedding ceremony, a woman was married to a rooster. In that time, at Wu Wi district, Guangdong, many men left to go overseas and find work. They were very young when they left home...

Stir-fry noodle Ingredients: two peices dry noodle (see photo), 1 small carrot, 0.3kg of meat( any meat you like), Some green vegetable (as much as you prefer), 4 dried mushroom( if you have) Seasoning: 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1 tablespoon of regular Soya sauce , 1 tablespoon of oyster...

Peepr76 - I am posting the stir fry noodle recipe that I use at home. It is very basic, as you can see. I vary the ingredients depending on what is in the garden or the fridge at the time. I use just about any medium quality vegetable oil that is on special at the time and an oyster sauce from...

Peeper76 Fried Noodle Recipe on its way

xie xie I will post a picture in the forum from now on. I do not want to take away from this forum, but if you go to my website, kaixin (click the link beside my signature, Xiaosui) there are photos posted there along with many articles you may find of interest. zai jian

Five years ago, I visited Si Chuan. I really enjoyed that place especially the culture. When I was there I visited the ancient streets and found some interesting things. One afternoon, I found a small teahouse. Inside, there were mostly old people having tea and listening to a story teller. I...

Moving to a new city has taken far more time than we anticipated. Our son, who is 14, had to start at another school. He took some fried rice to school one day for lunch and came home hungry because his friends had eaten it all, declaring that it was the "best fried rice they had ever tasted"...

Chinese radish salad Ingredients: 0.5kg of small red radish. Seasoning: 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon of Salt. Preparation: wash the radish, slice the radish into sections. Cooking: Put the radish in a big bowl, put salt and mix. Wait for...

Ingredients: 6 chicken’s legs, 6 med/large dry mushrooms (You can purchase at any Chinese market). Seasoning: 1 desert spoon of oil, 1.5 tablespoons of regular soya sauce, 1 teaspoon of brown sugar, 1 large piece of ginger. Prepartation: take off the chicken’s leg skin , cut the mushrooms...

linguini, Constance and Jill, thank you. Jill, we grow sweet potato in the garden and just used those leaves. Yours should be OK if they are vines used to grow sweet potatoes and are not just ornamental.

12th May 2008 was a catastrophic day in China. That day had many stories. I was very tearful when I read some of these stories online. They stirred very strong feelings in me. I want share some of these stories. They show that in all circumstances, anywhere there is courage and love. 946...

Ingredients: 12 large lettuce leaves, 1 large chicken breast or two thighs, 1/2 a carrot, 150 gms of cashews, 1spring onion. Seasoning: 1 tablespoon of oil, a little salt (to taste), 1 teaspoon of regular soya sauce. Preparation: Wash the lettue leaves and dry off the water, Chop the...

You would have to check with a doctor about that.

I am not sure what you mean. The point of binding the feet was to stop them growing. The point of breaking the feet was to enhance their shape. If the bandages were taken off, then growth would resume if it were done soon enough, I expect. As to what happened from a medical point of view, I...