The pad thai kit that we like has been going discontinued, so I saw a flat of pre-cooked packaged 'thai ribbon rice noodles' at the other supermarket and have mentioned a few times 'I'm not sure what I could do with those..' I bought a flat the other day, to see.
Mark made pulled pork on Sunday (an all day cook) and there were leftovers. I sauteed some onion in butter in a big pan (not a wok) and added some yellow pepper, and then some leftover pulled pork and some yellow pepper. I added porkchop seasoning (dragon spice that we make, basically ginger, garlic, some sugar and other things) and stirfried an egg into the mixture. I put in what was about a half can of rinsed cannellini beans that were leftover in the fridge. I rinsed, broke up and then drained the rice noodles in a colander. I put the rice noodles in and stirred them in to the liquid in the pan - but it wasn't enough and they were still a bit dry. So, I added a half cup of water and some soy sauce (about three caps worth) and more porkchop seasoning in the pan - set to high heat to build up steam, covered it - and then turned it down again. After a bit, it was ready and the noodles were the right consistency.
There is one more flat of noodles - and I'd like to either make the pad thai 'mock' sauce that I had made a recipe for, or buy a bottle of it from the one store that has it. That and some red pepper would have made the recipe almost like the kit.
In other news : I've been doing French, Czech and Japanese language lessons every day. I've done a little bit of Catalan here and there. It has been VERY cold, very much so this morning and all day long - barely hit 60 in the office at work because of how cold it was this weekend trying to keep the heat on 'don't freeze the pipes' but 'don't use unnecessary energy as well'... and it took a good long time trying to warm it back up to regular temps. It will start out warmer tomorrow, which is good. I've just been dressing in five layers at a time and drinking a lot of coffee and tea in between tasks. Hot soup for lunch is great.
I hit a huge deer with the truck last week and was lucky not to wreck the truck entirely - and the other car is still in the shop. Somehow, everything continued working even though the deer came across the hood a bit and then under the front right tire and then back off onto the road. I was lucky that the flailing feet did not hit the windshield - but I saw the horns. The poor truck looks like it took a massive beating (it did) and has a few more whines and a broken lens and lamp (but the bulb still works) on one side, the grill is entirely gone and the radiator exposed and also the door doesn't open all the way anymore because the deer's legs rammed the fender there and bent it wrong. The hood doesn't cover everything inside the compartment anymore, but not by much - and it does open and latch firmly. The mechanic looked it all over for me and said it was driveable (although he was quite impressed, said the little car would have been 'toast' with that impact) and not to do it again *ha*. I hope when he gets a better chance to look at it all, he can straighten the hood out as right now I'm covering it with a tarp at night if it is going to rain (the battery is right there).
I have gotten propane on the way home almost every other day since it began to get colder - and we are waiting for the car to get back as well because it can carry a bigger propane cylinder than the rig I have made in the truck. The truck having the kind of topper it does severely limits where a cylinder can be put securely. We've gotten something that a man at work recommended to try - a cargo bar - and will see if we can figure out how to make that work - but with it so bitingly cold out (7 degrees this morning) I'm doing good to get to work and get a few things done and get home, make dinner and go to bed to do it again tomorrow. I leave before sun up in the morning and get back after errands as the sun goes down - will really appreciate Spring for the temps and for the longer daylight hours.
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