Ah, we are back in thte warmer state! We miss our dear friends that we stayed half our time with ( Kathryn and Tara in the picture below the oatmeal) We have tons of fun eating, talking, eating, playing music together, eating, taking picture, eating, taking pictures..........well I guess you figured out that we did lots of eating and taking pictures while we were up there!
Here is the list of new foods we tried while we were up there
Since our friends are Chinese and Dutch, they had a cultural foods for us to try, we throughly enjoyed each one!
The Asian Foods we tried!
Mooshu ( Chinese beef and cabbage you put in a tortilla like wrapper served with plum sauce)
Crispy Duck
Beef Ho Fun (the wide noodles w/ beef)
Chicken w/ black bean sauce
Hot & Sour soup
Egg drop soup
Seafood soup
Crispy Duck
Beef Ho Fun (the wide noodles w/ beef)
Chicken w/ black bean sauce
Hot & Sour soup
Egg drop soup
Seafood soup
We also had never tried;
Beets
Jicama
Thieves oil :-)
The Dutch foods we tried
Droppjes (pronounced Dropees – the cat licorice)
Speculaas (spay-cu-lahs - spice cookies)
Hagelslag (ha-hal-slach – throat clearing sound at the end – chocolate sprinkles :-)
Hagelslag (ha-hal-slach – throat clearing sound at the end – chocolate sprinkles :-)
Oatmeal Pudding Bake
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups cottage cheese
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup honey
1 teaspoon of cinnamon and nutmeg
Mix together all the ingredients, pour into a greased 9x9in. pan. Bake at 350 for 40min.