Chinese New Year, February 17, 2026...

[pacanis]

I made a midnight snack before I turn in. (close enough)
The egg was an afterthought. It seemed if there was bacon, there should be an egg.
The asparagus makes it a healthy snack

 

[taxlady]

The plan for stir fry with frozen dumplings had to be put aside. I hunted for the dumplings in the freezer. No luck with the dumplings, but I found the cod I couldn't find on Friday. I gave up and reheated some more of the turkey Stroganoff. I had a large salad with that: lettuce, mustard leaves, pea shoots, cucumber, julienned red bell pepper, red onion, already cooked bacon lardons, a few honey preserved cranberries, and my batch vinaigrette.

 

[Sir_Loin_of_Beef]

Today was a triple holiday, Valentine's Day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras). I could have had candy, or Chinese , but I decided to make a cauldron of jambayla. I ate two bowlsful and have enough left over for two more.

 

[taxlady]

Today was a triple holiday, Valentine's Day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras). I could have had candy, or Chinese , but I decided to make a cauldron of jambayla. I ate two bowlsful and have enough left over for two more.

How do you figure that it was Valentine's Day?

 

[Meryl]

Apart from the fact that it was Shrove Tuesday for Brits, or the French "Mardi Gras" more widely known, and Carnevale for Italians, it was also my son's birthday, so I baked a Lasagne, then a "fianchetto ripieno" (stuffed flank steak) as a second course, plus a pastry cream cake. The sponge was from the bakery but I made the pastry creams and decoration with whipped cream. You can see the crooked layers, I'm no good at using knives.