A couple days ago I went down town to a Bartell's store and got a digital camera. I think this one is going to work. I still don't have it mastered, especially transfering pictures so I can put them on this blog. The camera is Kodak so I have confidence in it.

I went to the Vietnamese grocery store, Viet Wah a few days ago and bought three cases of soft drinks to have around since summer will be here soon. I bought a case of peach drink. I have found this in most Oriental grocery stores that I have gone to. I got a case of milk tea. This reminds me of the time I went to Mongolia and was served hot milk tea by a nomad family way in the interior of that country. Next I got a case of what I thought was some kind of thai tea, but when I got home I looked at the box. It said Pennywort drink. I had never heard of it so I looked it up on the internet to see what it was. Come to find out it is a pretty healthy drink. It tastes like sweetened grass, which is not my favorite taste. Here is what I found out about it on the web;

Asiastic Pennywort. The Thai name is Baai Bua Bok. The medicinal uses are: healing wounds, circulation, memory enhancement, cancer, vitality, general tonic, respatory ailments, detoxification of the body, treatment of skin disorders, revitalizing of conective tissues, burns and scar treatment, clearing up of skin infections, slimming and edema, arthritis, rheumatism, treatment of liver and kidneys, strengthening of veins, blood purifier, high blood pressure, sedative, anti stress, anti anxiety, an aphrodisiac, immune booster, anabolic and adaptogen etc;

Wow! I'll keep this stuff around and drink one once in awhile. Maybe in time I will aquire a taste for it.

A few days ago I made a dish that I really love and would like to share it here. It was...

SWEET & SOUR PORK

Ingredients;

Some cubed pork

chopped onions

1/2 green bell pepper chopped

small can of pineapple chopped

1 jar or can of sweet & sour sauce

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Marinade for the pork (optional) This is a basic teriyaki sauce

1 cup of soy sauce

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 T powdered garlic, or fresh if you have it

2 T powdered ginger, or fresh if available

water tt (tt=to taste)

Method for marinade

blend all ingredients in a bowl with a wire whisk, except the water

Once this is all blended up taste it. It may taste too strong.

Add a little water and taste again.

Keep adding water and tasting until the teriyaki sauce suits your palate

Put the cubes of pork in the sauce, put plastic wrap on it and put in the refrigerator for a few hours, or over night

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When you are ready to cook the sweet & sour pork add a little oil to a frying pan on medium to high heat, stirring constantly.

add the onions, bell pepper & cook a little

add the pineapple. drink the juice or add it if desired, cook a little

separate the pork from the teriyaki sauce

add the pork and cook til it is done to your satisfaction

Add the sweet & sour sauce, cook until heated through

serve over rice


With the left over teriyaki sauce I put it in a pot and brought it to a boil on the stove and added a bunch of red chili pepper seeds, then dropped in some small chicken legs and let it cook for a few minutes & then turned the heat off. When it cooled I drained the chicken legs and put them in a covered bowl and then into the refrigerator. I'll bake them off in a few days, so I'll get 2 meals out of that teriyaki sauce. Then I dumped the rest of the teriyaki sauce down the drain.