The Chinese don't like to waste any part of a pig and it seems the French don't either. At the marche yesterday, while searching for plain ground pork to use as dumpling filling, I was surprised to see some fresh pork butts and pale pink trotters (that's pigs feet) in the meat case. From the case's contents, it looked like the marche had butchered 4 pigs that day. Side note: I have yet to find ground pork without the sausage seasonings!
I've never tackled cooking pig's feet, but I've eaten them a few times in my youth, and recently I had a sublime 5 spiced braised pork shoulder served with Shanghai vegetables and super soft mantou buns. With a vague idea of how I wanted to cook them, I bought a package each of the pig's feet and pork butt.
Showing posts with label grandmother. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grandmother. Show all posts
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
On my Tiger Grandmother
There's been much controversy lately about "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother", a memoir written by Amy Chua, a Chinese-American mother of two and Yale law professor. I haven't yet read Ms. Chua's memoirs, but I've read several NYT articles about it. It seems Chua prefers her "Chinese" way of parenting compared to the "American" way of parenting. In her book, she recounts how she pushed and challenged her kids, sometimes inducing them to tears. If I'm lucky enough to have my own child(ren) one day..I hope I don't induce anyone to tears and I hope I adopt a healthy balance of building up my child's self-esteem along with challenging them to do their best.
In my family, we have a Tiger Grandmother, my Mom's mother.
In my family, we have a Tiger Grandmother, my Mom's mother.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
New year, new look
The Tiger is waning and the Year of the Rabbit is rising! One of the benefits of growing up Chinese is celebrating New Year's twice, sometimes even in the same month! For those of you in the dark (like I was until my Mom informed me), Chinese New Year occurs on February 3, 2011 this year..that means it's only 8 days away!
Basic Facts
In 2010, we welcomed the Year of the Tiger (and year 4707 in the Chinese Lunar calendar) on February 14
In 2011, we will welcome the Year of the Rabbit (and year 4708) on February 3 (with CNY's eve on February 2)
Basic Facts
In 2010, we welcomed the Year of the Tiger (and year 4707 in the Chinese Lunar calendar) on February 14
In 2011, we will welcome the Year of the Rabbit (and year 4708) on February 3 (with CNY's eve on February 2)
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