Sukiyaki 12/10/08

Tonight I made sukiyaki, I have 3 kind of recipes for sukiyaki.
For my restaurant business, for my family, and for my diet recipe book.
My friend, Won joined to our dinner tonight, he is a graduate school student of phd, and learning about political science philosophy. He used live at my home for one year last year, so he missed my dishes so much tonight. Sukiyaki is Won's favorite.
Tonight, I will show a simple sukiyaki recipe with seasoning of only soy sauce and sugar.

Sukiyaki: 12oz beef rump (thin cut), 1/4 nappa (cut coarsely), 1 onion (cut into half and cut to 6 against fiber), 1/5 daikon (half moons), green onion, any kind of mush room, udon noodle 2 Tbsp oil.

Condiment: Raw egg

Direction: Heat (medium) +a sukiyaki pan + oil ~ add the onion and hard part of nappa ~stir fry ~ add 1 Tbsp soy sauce and 1 Tbsp sugar ~simmer and wait for water come out from the vegetable ~ add the tofu and daikon ~ add 1 Tbsp soy sauce and 1 Tbsp sugar ~ simmer, add the soft part of nappa, mush room and beef ~ add 1 Tbsp soy sauce and 1 Tbsp sugar ~ simmer ~ add the green onion ~ move the sukiyaki pan to the portable gas stove on the table.

Each person take the food from the pan and enjoy with beaten egg, and as finishing, add the udon. Any time, the taste get weak, please add 1 Tbsp soy sauce and 1 Tbsp sugar.

Today, I don't have too much time to talk about life, I think every body have good days and bad days.
For bad days, I try to count my thankful things with my loud voice, "I can see this beautiful sky, I can hear the bird' singing, I can feel this lively wind, I can cook something delicious food,
I can try to smile even I don't want to, my family and friends are fine, we are not under the war, so nobody try to kill me today, that wonderful! " Then I said to my god " Thank you so much, I appreciate it and I try to pretend like so so happy only today. Smile, smile. I know, you will give a good day for me tomorrow." Then my heart start to get peaceful again. I don't have too much wrinkle for my face because I think this trick is working for me.

See you tomorrow.

Keiko