Do certain songs remind you of the past?
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Comments (13)I'm going to look for the Turkish red pepper paste - I have some Korean chili paste, but I think the Turkish paste will have a different flavor. I also have the "Black Bean Garlic Sauce" (Lee Kum Kee brand) that is very salty and also too lumpy to be a paste, although I sort of use it that way. One of the Japanese pastes that I have is called "Yuzu Koshou", and it has an unusual citrus flavor, I guess from the Yuzu. Now that I know what the Yuzu tastes like, I might buy a Yuzu tree - I do like the flavor, and it is very distinctive and different - about as different as lemons are from oranges. I have another Chinese condiment called "Vegetable champignon" that is a bit thinner than a paste, but otherwise very similar and almost as intense. It has a unique mushroom flavor that enhances wood-ear mushrooms and tastes very good in soups. It's made in Taiwan instead of China. The Lee Kum Kee sauce is from Hong Kong, which is now China. Since I have two garlands of garlic, I will not be buying garlic paste, and I have to say that I prefer tomato powder to tomato paste, even to the Amore brand in the tube. I buy the two pound jars from Harmony House, and I also buy dried vegetables from them, which I find convenient to add to Japanese noodle soups on a whim. Lars Here is a link that might be useful: Harmony House tomato powder...See MoreDo You Have Some Recipes From The Past to Share?
Comments (23)How did we go from recipes to allergies and clogged arteries? Anyone who is worried about heart health is not going to make Sue's recipe and anyone who has peanut allergies is not going to make it either. I think Sue was just asking for recipes. Steak Diane 2 lb. beef round cut 1/2" thick 1/2 C dry sherry - 1/4 C. water 2T, steak sauce 2 tsp. snipped chives 1 tsp. dry mustard instant meat tenderizer 2 T. cooking oil 6 oz. sliced mushrooms sautéed 1/4 C. brandy Trim excess fat. Cut meat into 8 portions. Pound to 1/3" thickness. Combine sherry, water, steak sauce and mustard. Pour over steak in shallow dish. Cover and marinate in refrigerator 2 - 4 hours. Drain, reserving marinade. Pat meat dry. Use tenderizer according to directions on label. Brown steak pieces two at a time over high heat in hot oil about 2 min. each side. Remove to serving plate. Cover and keep warm in slow oven while cooking remaining meat. Add reserved marinade and mushrooms to skillet. Bring mixture to boiling and pour over meat. To serve, warm brandy in small pan. Ignite and slowly pour over meat. Makes approximately 8 servings. I know, I know, some of you will say you shouldn't use marinade that raw meat has been in so I'm saving you the time....I've been doing it for years and so far, I've lived to be 79 and have never gotten sick from it! And think about it, the meat has been sitting in the marinade already, and the meat is raw and you're cooking it with the marinade on it!...See MoreHow do you handle certain situations??
Comments (27)Just don't ask me what it was(c) If I have some time with a person..at some point they'll probably tell me. They'll feel comfortable enough. Or not. But usually they'll will. they might regret it too I'm still full of guilt because many years ago when I was living in dorms there was a girl on the crutches....I think she had prosthetics too..both legs.. .I had to help her with her studies one evening and she felt she can share...in short ..her own mother pushed her under the trum when she was a little girl.. and I..I was a good listener..and I think she got that hope.. wanted us to become friends..she got that hope from me being a good listener that one night.. but I was about to graduate soon, while she was just starting and I was in a ..in short I couldn't be there for her in a way that would be real, you know?.. so I kept polite distance.. and each time since then when it's so so sad when people cut me off or keep their distance or whatever.. I remember that girl. her smile full of hope. that became more faint by the day. damn my good listening. and damn me.. there will be always exceptions I guess..somebody runs towards my house with black eye ..I've much more reasons to assume thus to ask thus to make a plan-even in a haste In other cases I'd just try to do everything to make that person comfortable, so my questions might be pertaining to that..where's better to sit for example i myself am very not comfortable with questions, and I think am right not to share too much-because couple times that I went for it because was asked in the kindest way possible-just led to another person feeling bad, and overall trouble....See MoreWhat past job or experience do you feel shaped you?
Comments (20)I started working in professional services in the medical software field in the mid-80s BPC - before PCs. I worked for one company that went out of business shortly after I started and another owned/managed by a nut case. Then I went to work for a startup founded and led by a most amazing leader and business person. I didn't have much experience at that time and was given a fabulous opportunity to travel and work with hospitals throughout the US and one in Singapore. I developed great adaptability and confidence working with buggy software - never knew what I would encounter at the next customer site. I love software and medicine and was truly blessed to fall into something that was such a perfect fit for me. Being in a small, entrepreneurial company also offered me the chance to become a manager, and the leader of our company was a wonderful teacher and role model for me, being new to that role. I went on to advance to a senior executive level position in the same field before I retired and I think, and have been told by quite a few people who worked with me, that I was a great leader and the best manager they ever had. I know I changed some people's lives by seeing what they were capable of and believing they could do bigger and better things than they, themselves believed. Maybe I inherently had some of what it took to do that but I give great credit to the leadership and experience I had at that company starting back in 1989. In any case I feel so fortunate to have had such an enjoyable and fulfilling career that pretty much started with that company....See More
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