[RLK]

I really like rice mixed with canned pork and beans.

However, Delphia, the the 87 year old gal across the way I keep watch on is addicted to Jilia Childs, Cajun Cooking, Great Chefs, and other cooking shows on YV. Next week I'm going to make us some orange beef with beef pieces soaked in orange juse and papaya, fried orange rind, ginger, scallions, red onions, and asian red pepper. I'm considering adding a peach to it. I'll make pineapple and bacon fried rice to go with it. Eventually, I'll do it again using an apricot base.

[RLK]

Oh, and I almost forgot the shredded carrot.

[RLK]

This tuesday I got us some shark. I'm going to do the shark over in melted butter. It needs to be fry-cooked slow at low temperature. Then it's identical to scallops.

[Mortimer Snavely]

There's a large Brazilian contingent around here, and I stocked up on canned feijao caseiro. I guess that means "beans" in Portuguese. They also stock lots of different types of dried beans. I'm going to get a cheap pressure cooker to go with my rice cooker. Black beans and rice are pretty good, especially if you throw a shredded lemon into the beans and cook them for a few hours.

Straightshooter, whom I've known since '83, has married a charming Thai lady, and when she cooks, the aroma makes your mouth start watering while you're still walking up the stairway three floors down. It's worth the trip to Tokyo, I'll tell you.