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Aug. 10th, 2006 09:58 amI had a craving for Chinese from Mama Fu's, which we had ordered from Dine On Demand a few nights ago. They were started by someone who branched off from the big delivery service in town, and being a sucker for an underdog story (the bigger place reportedly said they would crush the upstart; now is that cool, I ask you?) I decided to give them a try. So we had Chinese the other night, with options to add more veggies or meat, and the option of brown rice.
Nobody seems to make brown rice. I hear it's a lot bigger pain in the ass to make, so it's understandable. But I'm also told that white rice is like unto poison to my people (lard-asses) so I was happy to have the opportunity to try it. And it does taste a lot better than white rice. The same goes for pasta- I made a lasagna with wheat noodles, and it really added a lot to the flavor, I thought. I think I still prefer white bread over wheat, but for everything else I've tried so far- rice, pasta, tortillas- I'm down with brown.
When I got home last night Eric was with the gaming posse, so I ordered Chinese. I tried the 'Thai Cashew Stir Fry' with extra shrooms and onions. But there was a $15 order minimum, and even getting lettuce wraps didn't get it there. I noticed they had edamame, the not-lima-beans I enjoyed on my salad yesterday, so I got an order of that.
Well, it came in pea pods. No problem. I popped one in my mouth thinking they were like snow peas. Oh lord are they not. The pea pods are completely, totally, utterly inedible. So I had to dissect them all. It was not a big deal, but I was amused. They sent a lot too, and between them and the lettuce wraps, I didn't really have any room for the Thai Cashew Stir Fry. I tried it and found it very yummy, but am having most of it for lunch today.
Nobody seems to make brown rice. I hear it's a lot bigger pain in the ass to make, so it's understandable. But I'm also told that white rice is like unto poison to my people (lard-asses) so I was happy to have the opportunity to try it. And it does taste a lot better than white rice. The same goes for pasta- I made a lasagna with wheat noodles, and it really added a lot to the flavor, I thought. I think I still prefer white bread over wheat, but for everything else I've tried so far- rice, pasta, tortillas- I'm down with brown.
When I got home last night Eric was with the gaming posse, so I ordered Chinese. I tried the 'Thai Cashew Stir Fry' with extra shrooms and onions. But there was a $15 order minimum, and even getting lettuce wraps didn't get it there. I noticed they had edamame, the not-lima-beans I enjoyed on my salad yesterday, so I got an order of that.
Well, it came in pea pods. No problem. I popped one in my mouth thinking they were like snow peas. Oh lord are they not. The pea pods are completely, totally, utterly inedible. So I had to dissect them all. It was not a big deal, but I was amused. They sent a lot too, and between them and the lettuce wraps, I didn't really have any room for the Thai Cashew Stir Fry. I tried it and found it very yummy, but am having most of it for lunch today.
