Bitter Bitter Egg

Weather: It's nite time. Clear sky, not too humid outside but not cool enough either.
Feelings: Tired, a little sleepy.
Mood: wanna eat some watermelon.

I just ate a bunch of food. Well, that was over an hour ago. It was good. Something new too, that I've never tried before. Kinda interesting. It was "bun ca" or that's what my friend called it. Some kind of fish soup and we ate it with vermicelli noodles with lots of veggies. I eat a lot of fish but I usually don't know what the name of the fish. I should put some effort into learning the names of the different type of fishes. Anyway, there was also papaya salad with beef jerky. This was kind of strange to me since we ate that papaya salad with soy sauce. Of course the soy sauce was mixed but I've always had it with fish sauce. However, they insisted that papaya salad is supposed to be eaten with soy sauce. Strange. It was ok but I prefer mine with fish sauce. I ate 3 bowls of the "bun ca" though. That was good. Plus I was super hungry. I am always super hungry after swimming which I did just that right before. If you're wondering, probably-most likely-definitely not, I swam 16 laps today. It's a big improvement for me.

Ok, today I'll post a dish that I promised a while back. I guess some people make it too or something similar but I will credit this to myself since I made it up without any guidance or hints from anyone or anything. It's basically eggs fried with bitter squash.

I'll call this dish: Bitter Bitter Egg
Recipes:

1 bitter squash

2 eggs

Oil, Fish sauce, sugar, pepper, mushroom powder or MSG if you prefer that.
Garlic (optional)

 

Just in case you don't know what an egg looks like. :P

Directions:
Wash, gut and cut the bitter squash into small round pieces.

Break the eggs into a bowl, mix it up with fish sauce, sugar, pepper and mushroom powder. Season the eggs to your liking.

 

Stir fry the bitter squash. Season it with  fish sauce, sugar, pepper and mushroom powder to your liking.

Once the bitter squash is done, pour the mixed eggs over it. Spread it out evenly over the squash. Cover it up with a lid and wait until the eggs are done and you'll get what's in the first picture.

******Tips****** 

The bitter squash is a little too bitter for me. So in order to get rid of some of the bitterness I boil a pot of water and throw the already cut up pieces of the squash into it and stir around a little. The longer you leave it in there the less bitter it becomes but also the more cooked it will become. You probably don't want to leave it in there for too long.

After I pour the eggs into the stir fried bitter squash, I like to poke around a little to move the eggs around so it will cook evenly. Also, I lower my heat so it doesn't burn the bottom when it's done.

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I need to go take out my contacts. My eyes are so dried I can hardly open them. Someone proof read for me and grade me on my writing and grammar. I hope I get and B-.

Instant Noodles w/ an Egg

Weather: It's nite time, actually it's passed 1am. Pretty cool outside.
Feelings: Tired, kinda numb all over, but for some reasons not sleepy.
Mood: I feel like doing something active.

Most of the time I like to think of myself as an intelligent person, well, maybe half the time...hmmm...maybe a quarter of the time...ok, sometimes...rarely. Ok, I feel pretty dumb most of the time. More on the dumb part later on some other post...since being dumb is a big part of my life. I tend to always do things the wrong way first before doing it right; sometimes I'll exhaust all the wrong ways before I get it right. Anyway, if I was any smarter I would probably be able to think of some good name for the dish that I am going to post below.  It's basically instant noodles with and egg in a microwave. Maybe I can call it "Microwavegg instant noodles" or maybe "Micro-egg instant noodles" or maybe I am just to dumb and will never be able to come up with a good name for a dish. :( Anyhoo...maybe I'll hire someone to name my dishes for me. Anyone wants to apply for the position? Here's the final product:

That little red blob is chili sauce, if you're wondering. It probably doesn't look good but it tastes pretty good. There are a couple of steps to do this but it's pretty easy.

I'll call this dish: M-egg I-Noodles or Meggi Noodles

Recipes:

One pack of instant noodles*

One egg

Directions:
First, break the noodles into a couple pieces and all all the ingredients from the bag into the bowl. I like to break mine into 4 pieces.

 

Crack an egg on top of it.

Add hot water from the sink or watevuh source you like and mix it up. No need to mix it that well.

The next couple of steps are basically the same thing. Put it in the microwave on high for 1 minute then stir then put it back into the microwave again for 1 minute...then repeat until done.

After 1 minute:

After 2 minutes:

After 3 minutes:

After 4 minutes:

Note how the liquid gets cloudier and cloudier until the last minute. It's pretty easy, takes a little effort but it tastes pretty good...I think.

******Tips******

My favorite type of noodle to use is the Mama pork flavor instant noodles. It's almost plain so you can do a lot of things with it.

If one bag of noodles is not enough for you then you can use two but then you need to also use 2 eggs. The hot water from the faucet is not hot enough to do this way for 2 bags so boil some water for it. And put it in the microwave for about 1.5 minutes instead of 1.

You don't need to always do 4 minutes. When I had a better microwave I only needed 3 minutes. When I was doing this I needed an extra 30 seconds at the end to make the liquid clear. So basically, repeat the last steps until the liquid is clear.

The bowl is HOT at the end so use a napkin or something to hold it when you touch it.

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Ok, sleeping time...all this writing makes me sleepy. Nite!!

p.s. I still remember I need to post the other two dishes I promised from the previous post.