I cooked fried rice last night. Not the usual fried rice with prawns, peas, carrots, etc. Instead, I dugged out leftover rice and the almost expired cabbage and celery from the fridge. And on second thought, decided to add in one tomato and eggs.
First I threw in some garlic, then the celery and cabbage, and later the tomato.
I sprinkled some salt over it. And added in the rice.
Being the slow movements that I have, the vegetables were almost cooked and the tomato was melting into a steady stream of red juice. I was still busy scratching the sticky rice out of the bowl to the wok. Finally I cooked it all together, added some oyster source and realized that my rice had gone all sticky from absorbing the tomato juice.
I turned off the fire, only to realise that I havent added in the eggs. And the eggs were already, according to the best before date, expired. I therefore, threw in two eggs, cooked everything in medium heat and fried everything again. This time, I added less pepper.
It turned out good enough for me. Some chef I turned out huh. It was lucky I didnt invite anyone over. I was thinking of that a few days ago but decided leftover rice wont really make a good impression on guest. After cooking, I realized I was so right. My food, I will eat no matter the taste. Guest, I will not even begin to comprehen what will be in their mind if they look at it.
It really looked digusting. Red, sticky, with dots of greens and a whif of pepper. But at least, it makes me happy.
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