Nostalgia

Been feeling a big nostalgic lately. My parents just moved this past weekend and I went to help with the move, sorting things and other stuff and ended up with a great big box(es) of my old things.

Some of them was old cookbooks of my mom's. Leafing through them, it's acutally kind of weird, in an interesting way. One book keeps listing "pork fat" as ingredient. It comes with a bunch of stories and histories behind some of the dishes, which is really neat. Too bad it doesn't have any pictures. ;-) Another one has a LOT of pictures and it has one of my childhood favorites on it! Sauteed milk!!! I had totally forgotten about that dish until I came across the book.

Sauteed milk is not just a watery puddle, but these light fluffy white stuff, usually served over crispy fried rice noodles. I remember that not many restaurants made them growing up, so it's always a treat whenever I get to have it.

So, it secret turned out to be whipped egg white! I can't wait to try my hand at it.

Other things I really crave include turnip cakes. I've tried making these in the past based on what I can remember mom or grandma doing in the past ... with some degree of success too, I may add (just not all the time.)

Currently wants to make:
fish filet with some kind of summery fruit-based salsa.
braised short ribs with red wine.
sauteed black bean chicken.
pork chop masala.
tea eggs.
veal piccata.