Nice like white on rice

[thistlechaser]

I like going grocery shopping at lunchtime, because then I can get white rice at the Chinese food counter. Okay, I'd rather they not leave me standing there waiting for a clerk, making me eye all the good good good things I won't be ordering, but still! Once I'm not seeing all the other stuff, I'm fine and dandy with having just rice for lunch. Well, not exactly "just rice", I put sweet and sour sauce on it. It's very yummy that way, you almost don't miss the meat at all.

I bought some sort of fresh stir-fry noodles. Though I've never made stir-fry before, I'm going to be brave and try it tonight. I'm going to assume the name holds all the instructions you need: Heat some oil, drop the noodles in, and stir it as it fries. (I don't mean like deep frying it, I've seen people do this on TV.) I don't have a wok though, just a frying pan. Oh, and I don't have any veggies, so I guess it'll be just noodles and sauce (again). I'm just a little worried about having to heat the oil up. I don't want it to catch fire! My frying pan has no lid, but I do have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.

I meant to pick up some veggies, but the grocery store has a life-sized plastic horse at the end of the produce area, and man, it distracts every time! I walk into the section, intending to pick out things to try, and my eyes fix on the horse. Slowly I push my cart that way, grinning at the real tack they put on the fake horse. By the time I reach it, I'm in the meat section (yes, they're using the horse to advertise new cuts of meat, this disturbs me a lot).

Good news at work today, or so I think. I mentioned having to go to training next week, right? Well the company who is doing the teaching sent me an email with the subject line "Cancellation By Core" (Core is part of their name). The message is in an attachment instead of in the body, and it can't be opened. (I emailed her twice now asking for her to send it in the body.) However, I'm hoping that that subject line means that the class has been canceled! That'd be the best -- as much as I don't want to be at work, being at training would be worse since I'd have no net access (oh yeah, and lots more work after it). I wish they'd hurry up and email me back so I'd know for sure.

Oh, Hyper: Corn Flakes has a really nice picture of Simba on the front of the box. Beautiful. The new DVD set comes out October 7th. I saw the box and thought of you.

Comments

[gconnor.livejournal.com]

I am probably too late, but... you have to cook the noodles before you fry them :) Fresh noodles probably don't need boiling first, but dried noodles definitely do. (The only exception I have seen is bean thread noodles, which fry up to like 10x their size and are useful as a bed for serving other stuff on like mongolian beef. mmm, that is something I really want to learn how to make for myself)

I haven't made stir-fry much, but it seems to be characterized by
veggies
sometimes meat
sometimes noodles (more often not)
Some oil but not a lot
A really really hot wok or other frying pan, quick cooking.
Most instructions I have seen say to start with the stuff that needs a lot of cooking, and add other ingredients that need less cooking as you go so that they are done just right at the end.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Actually you're not too late -- I had a craving for cheese last night, so I got a pizza instead of making the noodles.

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Woks are nice. You should be okay making the noodles in a frying pan, but a wok is great to make stir fry in. And you can make stir fry vegetarian.

Good veggies to put in: bean sprouts (when cooked, these taste like nothing), Chinese bean pods, water chestnuts, baby corn, bamboo shoots, slivered almonds (look, protein!), cashews (look, more protein!), peanuts (even more protein!), thinly sliced bell pepper (they taste totally different cooked than raw), chopped green onion, shredded carrots, broccoli florets...

You don't want to put all of these in at once, but mix and match 2-3 things.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info! I felt like having cheese last night, so I didn't get to make the noodles then, but I probably will tonight.