How get rid of dried mushrooms in your fridge.

First, check if you have leftover rice. Preferably yesterday's so at least something in your about-to-be concoction is reasonably fresh.

Next, prepare universal 'gelling' ingredient, eggs. Depending on the portion of rice you wish to serve (or portion that is left), you may put in one egg or more according to your disgression or liking for eggs. :)

Ensure that there is chicken essence flavouring on hand for, well what else, flavouring. Warning, minus this ingredient means minus any tasty flavour at all in the end result.

For a healthy and filling meal but with a rather unusual taste, also prepare mock duck. Separate the "duck" from the sauce it comes with in the tin.

If you are still at this point unaware, the dish to be prepared is fried rice. Thus, oil and chopped garlic are key ingredients. A wok and frying apparatus would of course be helpful as well.

Having secured all ingredients, heat up the wok and add oil. (I've just realised this also means 'jia you' which means 'go for it' in Mandarin. very encouraging.) Let it simmer then throw in chopped garlic. After frying till golden brown, throw in egg(s) and fry as usual before tossing in the mushrooms (soaked in water and shredded) that you were trying to get rid of in the first place. Continue frying till mix is approporiately dry then shake some chicken flavouring powder into the mock duck sauce and pour into wok. Pour in leftover rice and mock duck and fry. Also add more chicken flavouring powder at some point and be sure not to let your hand slip lest too much powder is shaken in. Fry till rice is light brown and stop before cocoction is too dry.

This meal is suitable for those who are not strictly vegetarians but vegetarians nonetheless. :)

p/s - should this recipe not turn out for you, a helping of chili or tomato sauce will also be handy.

-end impromptu recipe-

this is what happened when bi and me were wondering what to do with the rest of the mushrooms we bought last week and forgot about. fried rice is a good way to go about making useful almost all leftovers so that's what we decided upon. it actually made a pretty good lunch!

deciding upon ingredients done by me (except for the mock duck :p), actual cooking and frying done by bi. i just stood by to 'add oil', chop garlic and shred the mushrooms for him. hehe.
i think i make a great kitchen hand now.. :D thanks, bi! ^^

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Starting time: 1.51 p.m

Name: Vic

Sisters: None

Brothers: 1

Shoe Size: Somewhere between 5 to 7. If it fits, it fits. ;)

Height: 5'5 ish. not too sure.

Where do you live: land of food and duit kopi Malaysia.

Favourite drinks: Cocktails.

Favourite breakfast: At the moment, Hakka mee. ^^

Have you ever

Been on a plane?: Yup.

Swam in the ocean: Yes, huge salty swimming pool. :)

Fallen asleep at school: You mean the 'snooze' option isn't applicable in school?

Broken someone's heart: That someone's gotta tell me if i did.

Fell off your chair: Eheh..not that i remember but i did fall off my doubledecker bed once. Onto the office chair below no less. There's my little gymnast stunt.

Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call: No, if i were to wait for a call, the phone would wake me anyway.

What is your room like: Floor's relatively clear. Can't say the same for any of the other raised 'spaces' though.

What's right beside you: Pillows. ^^

What is the last thing you ate: Terribly made "fried ice cream" from an overpriced mamak near my uni. Ice cream sludge oozed out when i cut the fried shell open. That's not supposed to happen. But well, this mamak has proven lousy the two times i dained to dine there due to friends' whims anyway. Check out the nasi lemak basi i almost ate the last time.

Ever had

Chicken pox: Yeah, the only thing i remember about it is Calamine lotion.

Sore throat: Ugh. Croakalicious wei.

Stitches: Ya, according to my dad i was the 'bride of Frankenstein' for as long as the stitches stayed. lol.

Broken nose: Thank God, no.

Do you believe in love at first sight: Like i believe in Santa Claus. Sure would be nice, but nah.

Like picnics: Yay! Cake! and with cake comes ants and grass and...

Who was, were the last person you:

Danced with: Bearbear? in our uni corridor. haha.

Last made you smile: My bi. Cause he pouted. nyahaha.

You last yelled at: Mami and her crude joke.

Today did you:

Talk to someone you like: Lots of someones I like.

Kissed anyone: Every morning. :)

Get sick: Thank God, no.

Talk to an ex: Nope.

Miss someone: Yeah a few, even some who might not even remember me anymore.

Eat: Today i ate horribly made ice cream...eh, deja vu la.

Best feeling in the world:

Do you sleep with stuffed animals: They be my bed decorations.

What's under your bed: I told you the floor was clear.

Who do you really hate: hate is a strong word. perhaps it should be reserved for the moment.

What time is it now?: 2.27pm

chocolate rêve

-update-

told bi about my dream. he tempted too. now i has chocolate! teehee!

-endupdate-

I don't know if it's my recent passionate abandon for 'Pastry Passion' or the heat with it's oven bake-like qualities that bring you back to days when mother set the oven to heat while she mixed the dough and the kitchen would be this sticky stifling oven itself but you'd go in anyway just to see if you were lucky enough to get some of the mix before she popped it in the oven, or a combination of both.

Mayhaps even neither and tis only a withdrawal symptom but I believe something's up when chocolate invades even my dreams(!).

Having been tireder than I thought through the past week, I came home after Saturday morning class with the very enthusiastically cheerful Mr. V and proceeded to crash.

Best sleep I've had in a month and the eclaire of it all is, I had a chocolate filled dream. But even in my dreams I'm generous for chocolate is a bliss to be shared after all~ :)

In one scene I remember, bi was feeding me some of the Cadbury Marble he bought earlier. Ah bliss...I think this is the bit where he walked in and saw me sleeping with a smile on my face.

The next scene I remember is walking in on Carmen's mom enjoying her own stashed bar of chocolate and I told bi (in my dream) about it and we were laughing over it. ^^;

Well, it's not so funny now I'm up and the weather's still warm...I crave C.H.O.C.O.L.A.T.E!!!! T_T