Jan 24th
1983
It’s a while since I wrote to you so I have free time as
I was embroidering cushions and got tired of that and besides my eyes are
sore.
I have finished 2 cushion tops
already and I am on a third.
I may get her to do one more so I could have two pairs.
I am going in tonight with Karen to take more lessons on
Ukrainian cross stitch and tomorrow I have to go see the doctor, I don’t like
this one.
Last week Mervin Presniak’s burned down, today they are
moving to Lornie’s place, yesterday the women were cleaning the house.
Dad got more pills for his head but says they don’t help
him. Dad been complaining if not one
thing then another.
I been knitting mitts but not always, it’s only when I am
out of work. I be at all summer the way
I am going and besides which were small, now they need men’s size.
I am all better, before I had to go to bed for a while
after each meal, now don’t rest in afternoon but I still stay in bed in the
morning.
I sent the pictures Stasia wanted on Sat.
I haven’t written to Nestor for a while, will get around
soon.
Diana going to Vancouver on Jun 28.
At 4 o’clock Dad watches Steven Yan cooking Chinese dishes. But I haven’t been doing any.
The priest has visited us Jan 21st, he goes then from house to house, he sprinkles the holy water so we should be all right now, ha, ha.
There is church this coming Sunday but Dad says we may not go
as we were to church two times this month.
I am sending in for transfers for tea-towels. May do some for Christmas presents.
I haven’t sent the kerchiefs to Ukraine. I am still debating whether to send the two
of them or send one and it’s a problem to send one, Dad says to get her the
velvet which she wants.
May your days be all bright and lot of happiness.
********
It made me smile when I read about Dad watching Steven
Yan cooking on TV.
I don’t think there’s anyone in our family who doesn’t
love Chinese food.
Donald and Karen often go on Sundays to the Chinese smorgasbord
in Russell.
We’ve also enjoyed dinners
with them in Birtle’s Chinese restaurant.
In Neepawa, we had good Chinese food with Helen and her sister, Lily.
So here’s another good Chinese recipe for you to try.
EIGHT-TREASURE
SOUP (I’ve eliminated one of the ingredients so this recipe is
really for Seven-Treasure Soup J)
- Based
on Kenneth Lo’s recipe in The Encyclopedia of Regional Chinese Cooking
5
cups chicken stock
8
ounces chicken breast
4
ounces lean raw pork
2
ounces lettuce
4
ounces spinach
350
g medium tofu
2
tomatoes
1
tbsp soy sauce
½ cup
pickled (preserved) bamboo shoots
¼ tsp
chilli garlic sauce (or more to taste)
1/8
tsp pepper
Salt
1
egg
1
green onion
·
Finely slice the chicken breast and set
aside.
·
Finely slice the pork and add to the chicken.
·
Finely slice the lettuce and set aside on a
different plate.
·
Finely slice the spinach and add to the
lettuce.
·
Cut the tofu into small cubes and set aside.
·
Chop the tomatoes into small cubes.
·
Measure out the bamboo shoots and set aside.
·
Finely chop the green onion and set aside for
garnish.
·
Bring the stock to the boil with the pepper.
·
Add chicken and pork and cook for 2 minutes.
·
Add the lettuce, spinach, tofu, tomatoes, soy
sauce, and bamboo shoots. Cook for 1
minute.
·
Add salt to taste.
·
Beat the egg.
Stir into the soup.
·
Serve immediately garnished with the green
onions.
*******
P.S. The
baby leaning on Aline’s deer-embroidered cushions – that was George and Aline’s
son, Nick.
P.P.S. A blue cross-stitched quilt is only one of several Mom made as
gifts. In particular, I remember one
done mostly in red.
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