The rice cooker; you just have to keep pushing the switch, maye hold it down for 20s after the water has started to boil.

I’m a minimalist, no garlic or ginger in my egg n tomato.

no, no vegetarians here. I’m partial to the famous lanzhou beef noodles, which means no tomato but also includes sesame seeds and I think sesame oil, and i’m pretty sure there’s one more ingredient I haven’t yet been able to pin down…but I’ll give your version a shot if I can figure out how to use my rice cooker as a pressure cooker ; )

my new lunchtime favorite has switched, though. maybe it’s the heat. start green beans gan bian style (loads of garlic and chili), add onions. I switch between 2 variations, one with a third veg (youcai is lovely, as are oyster mushrooms), one with a little of the thinly sliced frozen yang rou (though I bet it’s be great with the fresh variety as well, as long as it’s sliced almost transparently thin). pick out garlic and chilis just before adding noodles if you don’t want to pick around em (the flavor’s settled in the oil and food). once almost done add those cooked noodles (with a smidge of the noodle water) salt and pepper if you like. stir up, cook a bit, remove from heat, eat. mmm.

negotiate the contract. not necessarily for money. read the whole thing, carefully. you’d be surprised how many people don’t seem to. make no assumptions, if the wording is not clear, ask for specifics and then have them written in.

it’s not a bad idea, and it’s something I considered. the big problem is getting them printed.

I’ve already hung signs up directing people to various web sites that host books you can read online, and that’s a good step.

but, and maybe this is just me, there’s something about a printed book, holding it in your hand, that makes the experiencee that much better.

guess women of the world want whatever skin color it is they don’t have.