Gyoza

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Two cute animal topics. Dumbo fell down. I have never seen the bottom of elephant's foot. Ahh cute...his hairy back is cute too. Another one is this cat and dog, the cat want to play with him. Cute too.

For Rio's five-day Carnival, Brazilian model Angela Bismarchi has her 42nd plastic surgery. It's closing in on the Guinness World Record of 47 surgical procedures held by 52-year-old "Cindy Jackson". And this time she will change into Japanese like to celebrate this year: the centennial of Japanese immigration to Brazil. Here is the result. Hmm not so bad, but appearently she is foreigner. I don't think she didn't need to do that...By the way both ladies are beautiful, may there will be scar on her head and back of ear lobe, they had really good job. WHY?

Since yesterday, this news is big."China-made dumplings sicken". were sick and big restaurant chains say they will stop using food made in China. I want to be nervous, but I should be careful to buy food at the supermarket now. As instant dumplings, I like Dumplings by Ajinomoto. But I must tell you my hand made are best :-p. Here is my recipe:

Chop long onions, garlic chives, boiled cabbage, and garlic, and mix them with minced pork. Add soy sauce, salt, pepper and sesame oil, then wrap them with dough. Cook with pan, steam first with a lot of water and after the water is gone, cook with high heat, so that the top of the dough can be soft and the bottom can be crispy. Try it. By the way, Utusnomiya city in Tochigi Pref is well known as Dumpling city, there are many and various type of Dumpiling restaurant.

Comments

[Heidi]

ABUNAI!!! Chinese no gyoza zenzen o tabemasen! Please read this article from MSN - Two Chinese food manufacturing companies were indicted today on 13 counts of INTENTIONAL food mislabeling to avoid inspections which lead to the deaths of hundreds of dogs and cats here in the US and sickened thousands. Where there's smoke there's fire...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23035027

[Chris Kuan]

Heidi;

I suspect "Black Day" is like the opposite of "White Day" - instead of returning the affections of your partner, single people celebrate their singularity... :-)

[Nick Ramsay]

Hey Mari! I think the media have blown the whole Chinese dumplings problem out of proportion. In fact, I've videoed myself eating gyoza - and I feel fine! I'm not afraid of Chinese dumplings

[Heidi]

Hi Mari! :)

This is off-topic, but after reading your post about Valentine's Day in Japan, I asked a Korean friend if they also celebrate (and dread) Valentines's Day like the Japanese. She said they do and that they also celebrate "black day" for people who are single - what is black day?

[Heidi]

Last year, there was a big scare here in the US over poison dog and cat food with an ingredient made in China. Also last lear (2007) there were many bans on toys made in China as they were painted with paint very high in lead! I never buy ANYTHING made in China if I can help it - this news just makes me more suspicious of Chinese businesses in general. I wonder if people in China get sick like this, and the Chinese government covers it up and kills any journalists who try to expose such important stories!