Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

This Week's Meals (2/4): Tangy Spicy Shrimp

This time with the CORRECT amount of Sesame Oil. No pics/recipe cause I just did this one last week so it's there if you wannit.

I think one of the reasons I like the Max Headroom TV series is I didn't see it as a Max Headroom vehicle. I see it as a cyberpunk TV show WITH Max Headroom in it as one of the stars along with Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays.

So I enjoyed it as a TV show, versus a Max Headroom show.

This Week's Meals (1/4): Spicy Chinese Pork

All of this week's meals are recipes I've screwed up. But for the life of me, I can't remember what I screwed up. Still, it was good last time, should be better this time!

# Spicy Chinese Pork

Help! My Apartment has a Kitchen
2.0 servings

6.0 whole shiitake mushrooms
0.5 pound pork
2.0 tbsp soy sauce
1.0 tbsp water
4.0 tsp flour
0.5 tsp ground ginger
4.0 cloves garlic
1.0 medium onion
1.0 whole red bell pepper
2.0 whole scallions
2.0 tbsp vegetable oil
0.25 tsp red pepper flakes
2.0 tbsp vinegar
1.0 tsp sugar
4.0 ounces bamboo shoots

1 - Wash the fresh mushrooms and cut away and discard the bottom 1/4 inch of the stems.
2 - Slice the mushrooms thin and set aside.
3 - Cut the pork into thin slivers. Combine the soysauce, water, flour and ginger in a medium-size bowl and stir.
4 - Add the pork, stir and let marinate for 10 minutes.
5 - Peel and finely chop the garlic.
6 - Peel and thinly slice the onion.
7 - Wash the red bell pepper and cut it in half.
8 - Remove and discard the stem and seeds.
9 - Then slice the pepper into strips 1/4 inch wide and 2 inches long and set aside.
10 - Wash the scallions. Cut off the root tips and top 2 inches of the green ends and discard them.
11 - Cut the remaining white and green parts into 1/2 inch pieces. Set aside in a seperate dish.
12 - Heat half of the oil in a large wok or frying pan over high heat.
13 - Add the mushrooms, garlic, onion, red bell pepper and red pepper flakes and fry for about 2 minutes, stirring continuously.
14 - When the vegetables just begin to soften, transfer them to a plate.
15 - Heat the remaining half of the oil in the wok.
16 - Lift the pork from the marinade, add it to the wok and stir-fry for 3 minutes over high heat.
17 - Add the marinade from the bowl and bring to a boil. The mixture will thicken and have a slightly glossy sheen.
18 - Add the vinegar, sugar, bamboo shoots and scallions and cook, stirring for 1 minute.
19 - Return the rest of the vegetables to the mixture, heat through and serve.

This Week's Meals (1/4): Spicy Chinese Pork

All of this week's meals are recipes I've screwed up. But for the life of me, I can't remember what I screwed up. Still, it was good last time, should be better this time!

# Spicy Chinese Pork

Help! My Apartment has a Kitchen
2.0 servings

6.0 whole shiitake mushrooms
0.5 pound pork
2.0 tbsp soy sauce
1.0 tbsp water
4.0 tsp flour
0.5 tsp ground ginger
4.0 cloves garlic
1.0 medium onion
1.0 whole red bell pepper
2.0 whole scallions
2.0 tbsp vegetable oil
0.25 tsp red pepper flakes
2.0 tbsp vinegar
1.0 tsp sugar
4.0 ounces bamboo shoots

1 - Wash the fresh mushrooms and cut away and discard the bottom 1/4 inch of the stems.
2 - Slice the mushrooms thin and set aside.
3 - Cut the pork into thin slivers. Combine the soysauce, water, flour and ginger in a medium-size bowl and stir.
4 - Add the pork, stir and let marinate for 10 minutes.
5 - Peel and finely chop the garlic.
6 - Peel and thinly slice the onion.
7 - Wash the red bell pepper and cut it in half.
8 - Remove and discard the stem and seeds.
9 - Then slice the pepper into strips 1/4 inch wide and 2 inches long and set aside.
10 - Wash the scallions. Cut off the root tips and top 2 inches of the green ends and discard them.
11 - Cut the remaining white and green parts into 1/2 inch pieces. Set aside in a seperate dish.
12 - Heat half of the oil in a large wok or frying pan over high heat.
13 - Add the mushrooms, garlic, onion, red bell pepper and red pepper flakes and fry for about 2 minutes, stirring continuously.
14 - When the vegetables just begin to soften, transfer them to a plate.
15 - Heat the remaining half of the oil in the wok.
16 - Lift the pork from the marinade, add it to the wok and stir-fry for 3 minutes over high heat.
17 - Add the marinade from the bowl and bring to a boil. The mixture will thicken and have a slightly glossy sheen.
18 - Add the vinegar, sugar, bamboo shoots and scallions and cook, stirring for 1 minute.
19 - Return the rest of the vegetables to the mixture, heat through and serve.

#cooking #thisweeksmeals

I think I know why Ozempic leads to weight loss. My endocrinologist recently upped me to 2 units a week, and now anytime I eat more than a few bites, I'm nauseated and bloated. :P

But I AM losing weight....

Anytime I cook with Chinese Five Spice, my house smells like an Asian grocery for weeks.

This is not a complaint.

Glad I caught this before bed:

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
ISSUED: 4:11 AM FEB. 25, 2023 – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 PM PST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of up to 10
inches.

* WHERE...East Puget Sound Lowlands from Snohomish County to
Pierce County, including Arlington, Gold Bar, Duvall,
Snoqualmie, Buckley, and Eatonville.

* WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 10 PM PST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Slow down and use caution while traveling.

For the latest road conditions in Washington state, call 5 1 1.

&&

Watch me beat up on Damian Chapa with Ming-Na Wen in Street Fighter: The Movie, while I see if there's a way I can run a stream without coughing up a lung, in today's Sudden Instant Improptu Stream.

May be another coming.

ALSO, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENED AFTER THIS VIDEO ENDED. NOTHING AT ALL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJDx8NFr9-s

So after the whole Scott Adams debacle, I finally decided to check out the comic for the first time since the UPN show was on the air.

YIKES.

Sudden Instant Impromptu Stream: Street Fighter - The Movie for Playstation 1. Top of the hour!

http://twitch.tv/jenndolari

Do you pronounce "your" and "you're" differently? I do. "Your" for me is "yoor" and "you're" is "yerr."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-bill-ban-gender-affirming-care-transgender-adults/

Enjoying the "fire" on the coldest night of the Winter so far....

While I can't take part in Twin Peaks Day, here's a quick drive through town I did a few weeks ago.

Thankfully I live close enough to North Bend to visit most any time I'd like. Just not this instant, darn it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG5VKdJoAKE

My little shortwave receiving station. The antenna really isn't what I use for an antenna. I clip a longer 25 foot antenna that hangs from the patio outside to it.

There's a very loud coyote howling outside my house right now. It's very haunting. It's also 18 degrees outside. It can't be a lot of fun for the poor thing....

"I will never understand the folks who love Star Trek, but focus on the warfare and militaristic parts of Star Fleet over the compassion."

"They have the best ships."

"Yeah. Okay. I see it now."