I know I swore my cooking posts would start again today, but after last week’s simple non-postworthy recipes, the subzero (yes, actually BELOW ZERO) temperatures, and the severe lack of ingredients in the house, we opted for a carry-out Chinese dinner from one of our favorite places, China Wok. I’m a slacker, I know.
Oh, and it was really tempting to not leave the house after seeing these hanging outside our front window:
Those are approximately 5 to 8 feet long icicles, the longest of which hangs directly above our front door. SCARY!
Back to dinner…
I started with half of these amazing steamed dumplings full of spicy pork:
And the rest of what I had didn’t photograph well… one patty of chicken egg foo young, a few bites of chicken fried rice, a bit of some spicy noodle thing, and of course:
My fortune read: “You will be recognized and honored as an influential member of the community”.
There’s a lot of catch-up I still need to do which I’ll address in tomorrow’s post, but for now, I want to announce the winner of the MyBlogSpark and Progresso Soup giveaway. Thanks to random.org, I came up with number #3 which was a recipe for cabbage soup from Christina! I know you’ll read this, so Christina, when you do, email me your information and I’ll contact your benefactor!
I’m off to watch the Simpson’s 20th Anniversary Special and get to bed early… it’s going to be a LONG week!
OH, and I’m committing to you here: I WILL COOK A NEW RECIPE TOMORROW. It has been blogged, so it shall be done.
Wow, those icicles are scary! I just put some pics of ours on FB, but they were only like 2′ long – the longest maybe 4′. Luckily ours are ground level so we can knock them down – but I agree – they’re dangerous!!
YIPPEEE!!! Thank you! I’m sending my info off now!!!! Soooo excited!
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oh, man, those dumplings look good. Now I’m going to have to make some!!
Tamara Lea´s last blog ..What I ate December 28-30, 2009
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don’t try to remove those suckers while standing underneath them!
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Holy icicles! We have some like that. They scare me.
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That fortune is right on! You are already recognized as an influential member or this blog community for sure!
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I think my icicles are worse than yours! Cannot wait for spring – after the holidays I am so done with snow!
Happy Monday Mara!
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Man, when I first saw the title of this email, I thought you were giving away a Chinese dinner, and I was so excited!
Those icicles look deathly…please be careful! <3
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wow. serious icicles.
huh.
is that even spelled right?
why does it look so weird.
Ive been in texas too long and havent seen snow….
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i have the same icicles over my house’s front entrance. they are scary! my association has always acted like it’s normal to have them (my house doesn’t have gutters but what they call a “diverter” which is why they happen).
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oh my gosh! please be careful with those icicles!! that IS CREEPZ! i totally remember those days!
and wow! i am craving chinese dumplings sooo badly right now!!
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