RebEatWorld (west coast style) Chow Mein

 I just made an enormous amount of enormously delicious chow mein. (Which, in the west coast style, is a stir-fried noodle with a sauce cooked down to cling, not crispy noodles.)

Mix in a small bowl:

2 T soy sauce

1.5 T oyster sauce (heaped 1 T)

1 T mirin

2 cloves garlic, crushed or minced

1 t ginger, grated

1 T sesame oil

Squort each: sriracha, maggi, fish sauce

White pepper, MSG, ushroom powder

Set water to boil for two 6 oz packages of chow mein (such as Sun Luck brand). When time comes to cook, cook on the short end of the recommended time (3 min for Sun Luck) and drain thoroughly.

While the water is coming to a boil, stir fry in oil:

1 onion, in thin wedges

then add 2-3 stalks celery, cut on diagonal

then add 1 bag coleslaw mix (cabbage & carrots) or equivalent (I added an additonal ~1/5 of a cabbage and ~1 c matchstick carrots, since they were on hand)

Cook this down with soy sauce and/or Maggi and season until it is nicely seasoned, but not QUITE as salty as you'd want it, but otherwise the textures you hope for in your finished product. Remove to a bowl.

Add oil to the skillet and stir fry noodles, adding the sauce after a bit and mixing it all around. Add to the veg in the bowl and mix it all up.

Decadent solo pancakes for Shrove Tuesday

These are true to the charter of Shrove Tuesday celebration: rich but finite.

Mix dries:

    40g AP flour

    1 1/2 t malted milk powder

    1 1/2 t baking powder

    1/8 t salt

Mix wets:

    1/4 c milk (I use 2% fat)

    1 large egg yolk

    1 T buttery flavored oil (as sold for popcorn)

    1/2 t vanilla

Mix wets into dries. The batter may seem runny, but whisk & wait and it will thicken. Heat griddle over medium heat and grease with a stick of butter. Cook pancakes!