burger nazi.
   

“I like thongs.”
  

Remember, whenever asking anyone to take your group’s picture (especially waiters/waitresses) always have them take atleast two pictures, AND CHECK THE PICTURES BEFORE LETTING THEM ESCAPE!!!

Great New York Noodletown TO THE RESCUE!!!!

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I  have a fascination with documentaries. Now i know it may sound weird, but documentaries are pretty much old fashioned blogs where you can talk/film/discuss any topic for an hour or so, and that sort of stuff always gets me interested.  Anyways, one of those documentaries centred on death row inmates.  Now what could possibly fascinate a girl like me when it comes to inmates?

The last meal.

Folks, this was the end of the line for these poor sods, and when they got to their last meal they pigged out.  I always thought for my last meal i’d order Sushi from Tojo’s (the inventor of the California roll) and something super high class. But when it got right down to it, these people wanted home cooked food from their childhoods. Everything from fried chicken, to burgers and fries, to meatloaf.  Nothing was off limits.  But these simple foods that evoked memories of the outside world, home and better times were what everyone wanted for themselves.  And when i thought good and hard about it, i had to agree…these gentlemen knew what was good for their souls.

So if i were to die, i’d want my mother’s cooking and i sincerely hope that when i keel over i’ll be able to make these special foods for my hypothetical future children too. In toi san (my dinky village dialect), we call it tee doi.  Pretty much little dumpling like things that can be fried, or steamed depending on the product.

This is the cooked pork filling. It’s got things like dried shrimp, onions, and water chestnuts in them. 

Experienced hands working their magic.  This dough is not the same as a wonton wrapper.  It’s made of rice flour, tapioca and hot water and my mother makes it by feeling it so i have no measurements.  It’s very malleable and soft.  Because of the easy nature of this dough, i highly recommend it for beginners. 

Flatten that baby out with your fingers!!!

This dumpling is simple to fold, cause you just stuff it with filling and fold the edges together to form a half moon shape. Notice the little lumps in the skin? That’s the tapioca!

Steam until the the skins, when cut into, are the same translucency throughout. 

See how pretty? 

Since my sister’s in India frolicking with her boyfriend and my brother’s married, i get to be the official taste tester.  Yay!!! This is probably one of my own cause mine are little bit more “rustic” than my mum’s aka (thick and bulky HAHAAHA). 

I also made some homemade mac and cheese today. I really enjoy making homemade mac and cheese when i have to the time.  Now it’s not like I snub my nose at Annie’s or Kraft, it’s just nice to do a traditional North American Classic every once in a while.  I’ve put in a wee bit of armstrong cheddar,  and a lot of white Baldersons super aged 5 year old cheese, and some organic italian farmer’s cheese.  The quality of cheese makes all the difference.  It was delicious.  Combined with some beets, asparagas and Costco rotisserie chicken ($7.99 for a large whole chicken!!!), it was a very well rounded meal.

MMMM….cheese….

From one home cook to another, i hope ya’ll enjoyed this segment of FatNation!!!

This was a QumQuat604 production.