(Eating at a BBQ restaurant)
Little Miss Thing, age 6: “Can we go now?”
Me: “I’m almost done.”
LMT: “You don’t have to eat all of it, you know.”
Me: “Yes… yes I do.”
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Danger Monkey, age 9: “I don’t like tofu.”
Me: “You love edamame, and tofu is just edamame that’s been mushed up into bars. Plus there are peanuts and peppers and broccoli… you won’t even notice the tofu.”
DM: “I guess I’ll try it.”
(SNARF)
Me: “Well, you’re eating it pretty fast. What’s your favorite part?”
DM: “The tofu.”
A Viking Cooks: Very Vocal Viking’s Pot-Sticker Dipping Sauce
I freely admit — I buy frozen pot-stickers just as an excuse to make this sauce. I could swim in this stuff. I’m naming it after myself because clearly I am a Master Chef and no one has EVER combined these ingredients like this in the history of cooking.
Very Vocal Viking’s Potsticker Dipping Sauce
Ingredients:
1/2 c soy sauce
1/4 c rice wine vinegar
1/4 c rice wine
2 crushed clove garlic
1 tsp fresh ginger, finely diced (or 1/4 tsp of ginger powder)
1 green onion, finely chopped
Chili oil or Red Pepper Flake (to taste)
Directions:
1) Add all ingredients in a bowl.
2) Heat briefly in microwave (30 seconds at most.)
3) Stir to blend all the flavors.
4) Try to not drink it immediately, i.e. save some for the potstickers.
5) Dip potstickers into sauce and enjoy.
6) Eat as many as you can before the kids figure out you have them
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