Reggie

1. Cut 8 Gherkins or seedless English cucumbers into bite size strips

2. Mix w/salt, let rest 30 minutes

3. Drain, put into plastic bag, lightly smash with flat part of cleaver or flat

side of meat tenderizer

4. Marinate in 2 tbp soy, 2 tbs rice vinegar, 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tsp sugar,

2 large mashed garlic cloves, red pepper flakes (vary proportions

according to your taste)

5. Cover, refrigerate overnight (this can last many days)

Soak eggs in water 10 minutes to reach room temperature.
Put eggs in steamer with bowl of vinegar and salt
Dissolve salt in water in the steamer pot
Place eggs in steamer pot, turn on heat
After water boils, steam 6 mins for soft boil, 9 minutes for hard boil.
Put eggs in ice bath to cool 5 minutes. (Cooking eggs this way makes it easier to peel.
In separate pot simmer 10 mins: lt & dk soy, bay leaves, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, pu-erh tea leaves (dk tea bags), sugar, salt, shoaxing wine, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves, 5-spice powder. Remove tea bags, let cool.
Use back of spoon to crack egg shells, soak in marinade. After 24 hrs take eggs out of marinade and peel off shell.

Stir fry in oil and butter minced garlic, 1 bay leaf, small stick of cinnamon, cumin seeds
Add sliced onions medium heat stir a few minutes
Add grated ginger low heat stir a few minutes
Add 1 12 tsp turmeric, 2 tsp salt
Let cool, then discard bay leaf and cinnamon stick
Add to rice and water (2 cups level) in rice cooker

Recipe from Susan's (72) cook at her Great Wall house in Beijing

Marinate overnight DRUM STICKS w/crushed GINGER, chopped SCALLIONS, SALT, COOKING WINE, SOY SAUCE, 5-SPICE POWER, BROWN SUGAR.
Bake in 425º oven for 20 min
Increase oven to 500º bake 10-12 min.