Happy Lunar New Year, everybody!
According to Wikipedia:
"Lunar New Year is the first day of a secular, sacred, or other year whose months are coordinated by the cycles of the moon."
Actually, a lot of Asian countries celebrate the lunar new year. Mom likes to celebrate it just so she can have Chinese food which she loves. It's embarrassing to admit, but we pick up Panda Express which is also one of her favorite take out meals.
I recently saw an article about lotus root in the Star Advertiser. It stated:
"In Chinese culture, the lotus is a symbol of endurance, persistence and hope. Its beautiful flowers and the useful plant grow out of adversity — mud."
I didn't know this.
Mom always prepared lotus root (hasu in Japanese) as kinpira (sort of a teriyaki type sauce).
Art insisted that he preferred it like his mom used to make with vinegar, soy sauce and sugar, but he didn't have a recipe. He asked his sister and although she remembered the dish, she couldn't remember the recipe either.
Well, Art searched the web and cookbooks and came up with something that he thought would taste like what his mom prepared. Mom and I loved it!
He made so much sauce last month that he'll be using left over sauce to cook these roots for lunar new year today.
I told him to find the recipe so I could put it on my blog, but try as he might he couldn't find it anywhere. I hunted for it too and somehow, it's gone. He really needs to write these things down.
Instead he came up with this song.
" MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh no!"
Very funny!
According to Wikipedia:
"Lunar New Year is the first day of a secular, sacred, or other year whose months are coordinated by the cycles of the moon."
Actually, a lot of Asian countries celebrate the lunar new year. Mom likes to celebrate it just so she can have Chinese food which she loves. It's embarrassing to admit, but we pick up Panda Express which is also one of her favorite take out meals.
"In Chinese culture, the lotus is a symbol of endurance, persistence and hope. Its beautiful flowers and the useful plant grow out of adversity — mud."
I didn't know this.
Mom always prepared lotus root (hasu in Japanese) as kinpira (sort of a teriyaki type sauce).
Art insisted that he preferred it like his mom used to make with vinegar, soy sauce and sugar, but he didn't have a recipe. He asked his sister and although she remembered the dish, she couldn't remember the recipe either.
Well, Art searched the web and cookbooks and came up with something that he thought would taste like what his mom prepared. Mom and I loved it!
He made so much sauce last month that he'll be using left over sauce to cook these roots for lunar new year today.
I told him to find the recipe so I could put it on my blog, but try as he might he couldn't find it anywhere. I hunted for it too and somehow, it's gone. He really needs to write these things down.
Instead he came up with this song.
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh no!"
Very funny!
maybe someone will read this and have the recipe for you!
ReplyDeleteI love lotus root, too, but I haven't tasted it in years. I'll have to go to a Chinese restaurant to celebrate the New Year and have some. Thanks for the reminder about this wonderful food. :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteIt was probably only European countries who really switched to the solar version. Though I think the date Easter is dictated by the moon, not the Sun.
ReplyDeleteThat song triggered a memory. I searched my brain and came up with Andy Williams. Was I right or wrong. Right, for once. https://youtu.be/-MtVhZor4xY
ReplyDeletenice to have a hubby who cooks and has a sense of humor too...
ReplyDeleteLove that song. Yes, it has to be online somewhere. LOL
ReplyDeleteHope the recipe magically appears. Now I have to get that song out of my head.
ReplyDeleteLOL!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Lunar New Year to you & your family.
ReplyDeleteSuch a tease!!! Now I am super curious.
ReplyDeleteKung Hei Fat Choy!!!
Interesting about the lotus root.
ReplyDeleteLong time ago when I was married, mom taught me to make hasu w/ spam. Try fry the hasu first, add a little shoyu and water to taste until it gets cooked then add spam and pau. It was ono. BTW you got me into mattresses though I don't need one, but thought this link might prove interesting to you: -BB
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DeleteNever had lotus root. Please post the recipe when you find it. Don't think it grows in Kansas. Charming that Art can sing for his supper! Happy Chinese New Year! Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteHappy Lunar New Year to you and Art and Mom!
ReplyDeleteI always wondered what the words to that song mean, but I know that this weekend we would be melting in the rain here, and maybe getting snowed on too. I'm staying indoors! Brrr.
You seem to have to do a lot of research to find a good recipe on line.
ReplyDeleteFunny song from funny Art:-)
ReplyDeleteYou two are wonderful!
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