Adventures in fried rice

 

Hi Natty!  How are you, Honey?  Are you on vacation and getting lots of sleep?  Oh, I felt so sleepy today.  I took a nap and it didn't help.  I couldn't get rid of the drowsiness.  It was a busy day, too.  I knew it was going to be busy, so I cooked up a pot of rice first thing in the morning, so I could have rice ready for fried rice in the evening.  I bought some dried bok choy at the Chinese market the other day, which would be great for ramen broth, so I put one into the rice pot to steam along with the rice.  As I suspected, it did add flavor and color to the rice.  The fried rice was otherwise routine: chopped garlic first (with some galangal), then the rice, a spoon of anchovy bouillon, soy sauce for color, cabbage and carrots (plus the steamed bok choy), then egg last.  But this time I had some orange juice.  Somebody gave the family some oranges from China (in occasion of the Chinese New Year coming up) and I got a case.  I made some orange juice, but the oranges are tart.  Plus I blended the pulp and seeds, and that made it bitter.  But I could use it to add tartness to the fried rice, as long as I didn't use too much.  It worked, and dinner was a success.  It looked good too, I should have taken a photo.  Want some?  Oh, I ate it all.  Adolf knew I didn't put any meat in there so he wasn't interested, but Lookie gobbled it up.  Vegetarian!  Except for the egg.  Light and refreshing!

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