Life's a Stitch

That about sums it up.

Cook: in general I prefer not to view random photos of food unless it’s something really special with a restaurant recommendation or accompanied by a recipe, and not one of those where you have to scroll and scroll through ads to get there. In other words i don’t want to see everyday grub or be tempted by bloggy food p*rn, I want access to extraordinary food. You know it’s a pandemic when…

So here's an easy one. A stir fry sauce, sent by my son, an amazing cook who learned it in Bali. Reminiscent of the Thai brown sauce I ordered when we went to restaurants in the before times. Just stir fry your veggies and or meat, and add it at the end, continuing to cook until it's hot.

As you can see from the pictures, I made a large amount, so I doubled the ingredients below.

Ingredients:

2T Oyster Sauce

1/2 T Sesame oil

1 T Dark Soy Sauce – make sure it's labeled as such.  It is different from regular soy sauce, no matter how deep the colour, and it's richer and thicker. I found mine at Walmart, believe it or not, the grocery store didn't have it. 

1/4 C water

1T sugar (I used 3/4 T Splenda)

Mix it all together and away you go. I like to heat it in the microwave so the sugar dissolves and I don't continue cooking the veggies once I add the sauce. So easy, so delicious.

Paint: Put Your Best Foot Forward, the theme for our art society's quarterly challenge. This was mine, a watercolour, 16×20 matted.

Walk: We're having a cold snap here. To a weather wimp, such as myself, that means a low of -8C (17.6F). When using hiking poles, even with gloves, my hands freeze at +2C (35.6F). I tried the heated yellow leatherish work gloves from Costco, which failed on two accounts: 1. they provided heat for about 20 minutes and 2. my scrawny hands left  a minimum 2" of unoccupied finger space.

I had previously tried instant hand warmers. They are lukewarm and expensive. I thought a pack came with a pair, but no, you need one for each hand, doubling the price. So on really cold days I stay home and use the stationery bike or leave the poles at home and walk with gloves on and hands in my pockets. Any suggestions would be appreciated.