Cooking

You, dear reader, should be so proud of me! Today I cooked my first meal since arriving in Taiwan. Alright, I’ll admit it was a lot like ramen noodles. Boil the water, add the noodles, then add the sauce. But here’s something – I have no idea if that is how you’re supposed to make it! Ha ha. The writing is in Martian, not, Chinese of course. But it might as well be Martian to me.

So it was a very simple meal but I still have things to share. Aren’t you glad?! Might be a boring post otherwise. So I needed the water to boil and I remembered the trick my Mum told me: if you don’t have a lid, use a plate. I was all happy I remembered and I did just that. 2 minutes later I went uh oh, my plate is plastic. Plastic melts! But it was too hot to just grab with my hand and I don’t know if we have any hotpads (maybe I’ll invest in some) so I pulled 2 forks out of the drawer and finangled the plate off the pot and into the sink. Yes there are 2 melted marks. So silly.

After it finished cooking, I paused before pouring it into my bowl. It was plastic! What if it melted that? Uh oh. Fingers crossed (well sorta, I was still holding the pot) and here we go. Didn’t seem to create any problems but I would have felt better using a mug.

By the way, what is the difference between a pot and a pan?! I don’t know that I’ve ever known. And it confuses me all the time. Should I be saying pot instead of pan? Oh dear, stressful.

All in all, it was a success. I even took a picture. You may wonder what the little pig things are. So do I. I think it is related to the brand. I just know they don’t taste very good. All but one went down the drain.
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I made another visit to the store today. And it looks like a 7-Eleven is headed my way. Yeah! They probably have the same stuff the Family Mart across the street has. But it’s something I know from home. Wonder if they have slurpees here. I could see myself spending half my pay on those. It gets so stinking hot here!

I think that’s about it. I finished another novel today. That’s the 3rd one since arriving. I only have a couple new ones to read. I’ll have to start back on the ones I’ve read already. Sigh. I sure wish there was a good English library here.

My noodles. See the little white speck in the middle? It's a pig face.