Veg*n Mamas
Tonight I made a fast and successful meal for all:
(tendon) Donburi! topped with:
Deep-fried tofu with dipping sauce
Egg crepes / (omelet noodles)
Sauteed broccoli w/garlic and thai chiles
Tempura summer squash
Steamed green beans
Toasted sesame seeds
I can't find my Heavenly Chef brand garlic sauce (aka Next Morning Colon Blow) in any store - but made do with Rooster sauce and of course, tamari.
Donburi is apparently a catch-all Japanese term that refers to the large bowl and rice-plus-toppings meal served in it. The lovely thing about donburi is if you get the rice right, almost anything you put on top of it will make you so happy.
Don't bother making this without Japanese glutinous (sushi) rice. Follow instructions: wash rice several times and allow to drain for an hour. Cook covered but stir to make sure the rice is always covered with water or you will ruin your rice and be very sad. Anyone who wants more detailed info on sushi rice, let me know and I'll write it all out.
Today's discussion: How does our culture value cooking in the home?
"Macaroni - let me finish! - salad."
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Why would you spend your time doing anything if you can't make money doing it?
Martha glamorized it but only in that "perfect panache" (good term) way. And boy, did she capitalize on it.
The rest of us with soy sauce splotches on our sweatpants and burned corn bread made from a box (cheaters!) are left to prostrate ourselves before her altar of perfection.
it looks tasty.
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In some ways it doesn't, not really.
Tonight as my husband was (repeatedly) complimenting the meal he said things like, "Kids, you are a lucky Mama!" and, "This is so amazing! I wish we could think of more people to share your cooking with."
Then a few minutes later he said, "You know, to think about sharing your cooking with others is kind of like when people say, 'You should have a restaurant!' The message is, 'Get that cooking out of the home and make money with it!'"
I have to agree with him. I get that all the time with my sewing, too - as if SELLING something makes it more legit in some way. Face it, if I ran a restaurant or sold my sewing I wouldn't have the time to cook as well for my family nor sew all their clothes.
Then there's the back-handed compliment, "Oh I could cook / sew I just don't have the time." I don't really have a problem with the statement because sometimes it's true; however often people who say something like this say it *immediately* after experiencing your work and they never return to the subject of you, your recipe, or your sewing after that. It's as if they've turned inward on their own insecurities about their own talents, and planted their asses there.
However, I understand many times there are genuine compliments in others' responses to your handiwork. I try to notice what others do - whether it's cooking, sewing, working outside the home, running triathalons, or volunteering on the school board - and express curiosity and interest in their lives - not making it all about me.
Paradoxically with the put-down of cooking efforts there is also, I believe, an unfair expectation that *all* women should cook, should know how to cook well and with the perfect panache AND somehow clip coupons and save tons of money, should do it effortlessly and without worry or a disorganized kitchen. To which I say: fuck that noise.
"Macaroni - let me finish! - salad."