Rain, rain go away- boiled everything?
Okay it's cold and raining AGAIN. I know it's not quite time to start packing the animals off two by two. We're still short on snowpack for the blistering summer months. So I vacillate between being grateful that it's raining- think SNOW! and grumpy coz it's so soggy. Instead I hunker down and plan on a steamy evening indoors perched next to the hotpot. In Taiwan I ate hot pot at least once a week during the winter when it was cold (and rainy), and continued to stop by my favorites even when it was starting to get too hot (and rainy) for soup (yeah that's why they have AC!)
Here I have a standard spread of snow pea leaves, cabbage, fermented chili and miso, shrimp, corn,
beef rolls, chicken meatballs. This is one of the first meals I had with Jenny's family- I think of it as an authentic Taiwanese style meal. So easy and simple yet deliciously gratifyingly warm.