Fried rice

Hi Honey!  How are you today, my darling?  It's a crazy world out there today, huh?  I know you're smart enough not to get involved with their silliness.  So please keep your precious self safe, because you are so precious to me, and I love you lots.  How is work?  I hope you are making lots of money for yourself, and easily and safely too.  Might as well, while you're waiting for me.  Rejoice in the world, but this world is but little comfort in the Hereafter.  So please pray.  Floofy had been digging in my spice basket lately, that's how she trashed the jar of vinaigrette.  Apparently what she was after was my block of fermented shrimp, known here as "belacan".  Pronounced "buh (as in "duh")-"lah"-"chan", not "belliken".  The locals use it to add flavor in just about everything.  Smells like hell.  Smells worse than durian.  I used it the other day to make curry.  Very tasty!  Are you planning to cook with it?

Hi Natty Honey!  Are you hungry?  What are you having for dinner?  I made some fried rice today.  There are so many versions of fried rice in the world, and most of them are bad.  I am of the opinion that fried rice should be light and refreshing, and not bogged down with heavy sauces and flavors.  The simpler the better, but today's fried rice was more complex than I anticipated.  I started off with frying up chopped garlic in anchovy oil, then added bamboo shoots, and frozen vegetables (corn, carrots and peas).  Then the rice went in, which I cooked last night and kept in the cooler.  Cold rice is easier to fry up.  I use soy sauce for color, and a little vinegar, but the salt comes from anchovy bouillon.  Then some sliced chicken, an egg (which I fry up in the middle of the rice), turn off the heat, and chopped scallions last.  Lots of stuff, but very light and mild.  All the flavor comes from the sweetness of the rice and the flavor of the vegetables.  Great for sensitive tummies.

Today the computer wants you to watch the very first James Bond movie, from 1962, "Dr. No"".  Wow, he looks so young!  007 didn't have any gadgets back then, just a new gun and a lot of brute force.  What a tough guy.  As far as I understand, that's how Ian Fleming intended Bond's character to be: a womanizing brute.  I love Ian Fleming's stories.  So much intrigue.  This is the also only time that James Bond sings.  Er...  Awesome movie, though.