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I had some bitter squash for dinner today!
今天晚餐吃了些苦瓜!
每次聊到「不喜歡吃什麼」，一定會有人問「苦瓜」怎麼說
苦瓜不是bitter melon喔!
Melon是用在水果類，像是西瓜
苦瓜在西餐不常見，不過在餐點中的瓜類通常叫做squash or gourd, 所以苦瓜可以叫做bitter squash or bitter gourd
Squash這個字是我高中沉迷於"Plants VS Zombies"植物大戰殭屍 這款遊戲學到的唷XD
有人玩過嗎？
Oh my gourd! This ravioli was on point, made with pumpkin, squash, amaretti and sage.
Our call in opposition to the welcoming visit of Xi Jinping by Vietnamese Communist Party
To all our fellow citizen,
To all our youth in Viet Nam (specially the younger generations),
Exercising our civil rights and duty, we had requested the government to cancel the welcoming reception of Xi Jinping. The country’s red carpet ceremony shall not be used for the leader of a country which has been seizing our land and islands, killing our innocent fishermen. Unfortunately, this request was ignored by our government.
On this coming November 5th 2015, Xi Jinping – The Chinese Communist Party‘s Secretary and Chairman will officially visit our country and he will deliver a speech in front of our country’s parliament. He will preach nothing but preaching the brotherly friendship between the two counties with flowery but empty speech.All the while, in South China Sea, which we called Eastern Sea, this Beijing’s authorities have been ignoring the international law, especially The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) signed and declared in 1982, in which they are a member. They had created falsified historic documents for use in spreading propaganda to Chinese people and its citizens in order to claim their rights to protect this false sovereignty.
Xi Jinping and his government have presented this lie repeatedly.
In reality, almost all our exclusive economic zones at sea and on land have been taken and occupied illegally by this Chinese government. They often use their much larger marine surveillance vessels and fishing vessels to attack and to kill our innocent fishermen in our own legal parts of the Eastern Sea. Thousands and tens of thousands of our fishermen's livelihoods were, in the time being, and will be the victims of this brazen robbery everyday at our own sea, which has been approved, and declared by the international law. Beside these attacks, our own citizens have been kidnapped, mugged, and ransomed by these thugs on our own sovereignty.On our own legal islands and their rocky shoals, they illegally created and built their military bases with the intention of claiming the rest of this part of Pacific Ocean.Internationally, by declaring this illegal nine-dashed line and building these illegal military bases, Xi Jinping and his Communist Government have threaten the peace in the area, the freedom of navigation. They therefore, make this a war and polluted sea.
In their own country, China, Xi Jinping and his government have destroyed the cultures of the Muslim in Xinjiang and the Tibetan in Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan.The rebellions of the Muslims and the self-immolations of the Tibetan speak volume for the resentments, and hopelessness against the terrorized and destroyed policies which the Communist in China deliberately implements.
Facing these occurrences, what shall we think and do?
The Vietnamese Communist Party will definitely and solemnly roll out the red carpet to welcome Xi Jinping, and so do we, but with our own way (method). Exercising our rights as Vietnamese citizens, we have to raise our voices. The law and Constitution allow us to express our aspirations.
We call upon to all Vietnamese living domestically and internationally, to take part (to participate) in a public demonstration to voice our concerns in front of any Chinese Consulates and Embassies in Ha Noi, in Sai Gon, and in all other countries in the world.We cannot ignore or keep silent regard to this lie any longer.
Our message is: Xi Jinping and his Beijing Government Have to Stop At Once (immediately) the illegal and awful acts in terrorizing and killing our fishermen. Vietnamese sovereignty regards to Paracel and Spratly Islands have to be respected absolutely and completely. Xi Jinping and his Beijing Government Have to Respect and to Obey (to comply or to observe) The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
All our Vietnamese Citizens, it’s time to speak up. Do not back down or give in to any plots and acts that violate our Sacred National Sovereignty (which has been passed down for thousands of years.)
Time: Nov 5th 2015 at 9AM (in the morning)
Location:
- Ha Noi : The Embassy of Chinese, 46 Hoang Dieu St, Ba Dinh District.
- Sai Gon : The Consulate of Chinese, 175 Hai Ba Trung St. 3 District.
Organizations:
- Association to Protect Freedom of Religion
- Bloc Freedom and Democracy 8406
- Danlambao Unsanctioned Online News
- Dân Luận
- Dân Trí Việt
- Delegation of Vietnamese United Buddhists Church
- Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience
- Freelance Journalists Club
- Gourd and Squash Mutual Support Association
- Khối Nhơn Sanh Đạo Cao Đài
- Nhóm Linh mục Nguyễn Kim Điền
- No-U SaiGon
- Oppressed Petitioners Solidarity Movement
- Organization Supporting Vietnamese Petitioners
- Pure Hoa Hao Buddhist Church
- Trung Tâm Nhân Quyền Việt Nam
- Vietnamese Bloggers Network
- Vietnam Human Rights Defenders
- Vietnam Path Movement
- Vietnamese Women for Human Rights
Learn how to make Stuffed bitter melon soup, Canh kho qua nhoi thit.
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♥ Ingredients:
(Serves 4)
• 2 large bitter melons
• 8oz (230g) ground pork
• 1 tsp fish sauce (plus to taste)
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 3~4 cups (720ml ~ 960ml) chicken broth (or pork broth)
• 1 bulk green onion
• 1 bulk cilantro
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♥ Nguyên liệu:
(4 phần)
• 2 trái khổ qua
• 8oz (230g) thịt heo xay
• 1 tsp muỗng cà phê nước mắm (thêm để nêm)
• ¼ tsp muỗng cà phê muối
• ¼ tsp muỗng cà phê tiêu xay
• 3~4 cups (720ml ~ 960ml) nước dùng gà (nước dùng heo)
• 1 bó hành
• 1 bó ngò
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This is the Goya no Tsukudani (Salty Sweet Bitter Melon for rice) that my grandma recommended in this video ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ueFyN4ygM
You must try it out!!! It is really good and goes great with white rice. The bitter taste of Goya and spicy taste of ginger match up very well. Using Mizkan's Ajipon is the key to this refreshing salty sweet flavor. Soft squid makes it really tasty. Perfect side dish for rice!!!
BTW, my mom bought me the dried shredded squid at Tsukiji Outer Market ;) You can see the clip in the end of this video~
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Goya no Tsukudani (Salty Sweet Bitter Melon for rice)
Difficulty: Very Easy
Time: 30min
Number of servings: N/A
Ingredients:
2 Goya (500g = 1.1lb. bitter melon)
100g (3.5oz.) ginger
50g (1.7oz.) dried shredded squid
A
* 100ml Mizkan Ajipon
* 75ml Mirin (sweet Sake)
* 25g sugar
2 tbsp. toasted white sesame seeds
Directions:
1. Cut both ends of Goya, then cut in half lengthwise. Scrape off the seeds with a spoon and slice into thin half rounds. Cook in a boiling water for about 1-2 minutes, then drain well. *in this way you can remove the bitter taste of the Goya.
2. Thinly slice ginger. Tear and cut dried shredded squid into bite-sized pieces.
3. Place A in a large pot and bring to a boil. Then add the Goya, ginger, and dried shredded squid, then cook on medium until the liquid is gone.
4. Cool in a strainer, then toss with toasted white sesame seeds.
You can put it in an airtight container or a Ziploc bag and keep in the fridge for a few months.
レシピ（日本語）
http://cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2014/08/blog-post_26.html
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Goya Chanpuru (Stir-Fried Bitter Melon) is a very popular Okinawan dish. The dish is eaten very often in Summer in Japan when Goya (bitter melon/gourd/squash) is in season!
By washing or boiling it, you can remove the bitter taste BUT I know some of you still don't like the bitter flavor of Goya. Sure this is the recipe for those who love it ;) hehe
More Goya recipes are coming soon!!!
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Goya Chanpuru / Stir-Fried Bitter Melon
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 25min
Number of servings: 4
Ingredients:
1 (250g=8.8oz.) Goya (bitter melon)
180g (6.4oz.) thinly sliced pork *ham, bacon, or SPAM is okay but you may want to less the amount of soy sauce when you season at the end
400g (14oz.) Shima-dofu (cotton / firm tofu)
2 eggs
A
* salt and pepper
* 2 tsp. corn or potato starch
1/2 tbsp. cooking oil
1/2 tbsp. sesame oil
B
* 1 tbsp. soy sauce
* salt and pepper
1 (5g) package Katsuobushi (bonito flakes)
Directions:
1. Cut both ends of Goya, then cut in half lengthwise. Scrape off the seeds with a spoon and slice into thin half rounds. Put them in a bowl, sprinkle with 1/2 tsp. of salt, then leave for 5 minutes until tender. Wash and drain well. *in this way you can remove the bitter taste of the Goya.
2. Tear Tofu into bite-size chunks and drain well in a strainer.
3. Cut sliced pork into bite-size pieces if necessary, then season with A.
4. Heat cooking oil in a frying pan and cook Tofu until golden brown. Then set aside.
5. In the same pan, heat sesame oil, then stir-fry the pork and Goya until done. Then add back the Tofu and season with B. *if you are using ham, bacon, or SPAM you may want to less the amount of soy sauce
6. Pour in the beaten egg, wait for 10 seconds until slightly cooked, then toss lightly.
7. Quickly mix in Katsuobushi (bonito flakes) to finish.
レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2014/07/blog-post_26.html
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