SUITABLE ALSO FOR PINE RAT FISH

One of last night's dreams involved a banquet, various foreign language speakers, and cigarettes downstairs in front of the entrance to the banquet hall. Plus Germans. But seeing as I got straight A's in German class when I was in high school, we cannot call that a 'foreign' language. And I can still remember all the words to Mackie Messer, the Surabaya Song, the Alabama Song, den Kanonen Song, and several other classic bangers.
So it's definitely in the familiar language category.

By that logic, the foreign language which is mentioned above may have been something Slavic or Bantu. What are Prince Dabulamanzi kaMpande and his four thousand Zulu soldiers doing at my banquet? This is quite unheard of! There's not enough beef!


Nor enough fish. Once they've devoured the burgers and steaks, they'll start on the fish, and soon there will be none left. The city will fall to anarchy, yes, gangs of old ladies attacking fit defenseless young men! You will wish that you took those classes in fruit-armed combat seriously now, and had a banana (eine banane) to defend yourself!

Meanwhile, I can hear the wachtbataillion of the Bundeswehr marching to the castle.
Possibly I should cut back on coffee before going to bed.
Given that I am not fond of bananas.

Ich mag bananen nicht.

Back when She Long and Xu Jie still worked at the Croissant bakery, we'd use the kitchen occasionally to cook dinner after all the day's pastries were done. And have fish. A one pound Mandarin fish, scored on both sides, then panfried golden on both sides, taken out to drain. Scallion, hot chilies, matchsticked green bell pepper, whole cloves garlic, sautéed till fragrant, then the fish, a generous splash rice wine, and water to not even cover the fish added to the pan, with a teaspoon of sugar and a heavy dash of soy sauce, soft boil for about fifteen minutes. Slide the fish onto a plate and spoon the wet stuff in the pan over it.
Voilà, braised Mandarin fish (燒鱖魚 'siu kuet yü').


Lunch today was in Mandarin, along with a cup of green tea.
Then Virginia tobacco in an L.J. Peretti sandlblast.
A very college-man looking stright billiard.

Mandarin fish is often used for "squirrel fish" (松鼠鱖魚 'chung syü kuet yü'), a Suzhou dish famous through central riverine China. But none of us were good at de-boning, and sweet and sour sauce was a flavour that did not appeal to us.



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