In a week or so, my parents, my aunt & uncle and myself are embarking on a three-week trip to the Canadian (and American) west coast. My new challenge? To record as much food related activity as I possible can. 'Challenge' is definitely the right word to describe the above mentioned task for myself. Um...March 27th was my last real food post. That's almost six months ago - oops. (Boink on the head - I'm a terrible blogger.)
Last night was an adventure. Ox tongue. Bought from a Chinese supermarket, the black rough outer membrane was already removed, completely destroying my hope of doing my own mini-surgery. The stewing took about two and a half hours. The smell of herbs, spices (star anise, Sichuan peppers & peppercorns), an onion and a piece of cow muscle rocking out a stew in my slow cooker (the same cooker my very own mother used a couple months ago to make me loads of strange-tasting Chinese herbal medicine) and a can of beer lingered in the house for hours. Then I braised it for another two hours with carrots, tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, more onions and some red wine. Half a bottle to be exact. What can I say, I love alcohol. The meat was really tender, almost like corned beef, but fatter; it'd make excellent sandwich meat.
