Birthdays are for Little Boys to Get Together

And Play Play Play

We were over at Stephanie's house last Saturday for Tony's Birthday,

and when all the children get together and rule the house, we look at each other and wonder what we ever did before they were in our lives :)

I mean, I didn't even manage to get a shot of the birthday boy, I was so besotted with the kids :)

Misery Index = High

Heat, heat, go away, and bring this gusting wind along with you.

Le Lootage

Just Another Chapter

in the continuing adventures of the usage of the lootage from the Dallas Trip, in our meals.. Hurrah!

Lotus Root





I grew up with this made into Lotus Root Soup, but this time I thought I'd use it in a "dry" form with some stir fried chicken to give it some yummy crunch.




KangKong aka. Water Spinach





Stir Fried Noodles





Sour Mustard soup with Tofu aka. Kiam Chai Tng/Ham Choy Tong






Sliced Thai Chili/Chili Padi





Some of the other loot(age) which had also been gotten to are the Salted Eggs









And a Bak Chang/Glutinous Rice Dumpling with Pork and Mung Bean Paste

So What's for Dinner?

I had bought a couple of different types of Won Ton noodles at the Asian Market the other day, and I thought we'd better have some before they start to go....

So we whipped up some blanched/stirfried asparagus,




5 spice powder chicken with "tofu pok" ( fried tofu )




The aforementioned "wide" wonton noodles.




and Won Ton soup.

West Texas Traffic

It's harvest time..

The wheat had turned the fields into seas of gold a week or so back, and the combines were out there in force, even getting onto the highway!

In spots, even in the far-off horizon, there would be the telltale plume of brown wheat dust as the combines worked and worked to harvest the wheat.