With Christmas just behind us and the new year quickly approaching, many of us are fortunate enough to be able to spend quality time with family and friends during this happy time of year. Preparing and eating our favorite meals while trading gifts and stories from the year gone by… Ahh… there ain’t nuthin’ better!
Here are some shots from recent celebrations:
Pork Chops on the Grill
Seasoned Shrimp Ready to Be Cooked
Shrimp On the Barbie!
Wii Fun
Da Gang
And den… it was time for homemade mochi making with da wifey’s family. Good times!
Pouring the mochi rice into the steamer bowl
The Steamer
Transferring the rice to the mixer
The Mixer (Nu Skool version of the mallet-stone pounding action)
Big mochi blob ready to become little mochi blobs
The mochi innards: peanut butter and anko (red beans)
Stuffing one with anko
My combination mochi
The finished products
Let’s not forget da local kine eats! Kalua pig and cabbage!
Kalua pig and cabbage stir fry
(Wasn’t quite sure if the fam wanted to be seen on this here blog, so I only included food shots this time around. Maybe next time, if/when they give the ok, we’ll get some faces up in hurr! 🙂
Talk to me!
* How did/will you spend your family bonding time this year?
* What is the one dish you most look forward to (and who makes it)?
* What are you most thankful for this year?
World Wide Ed 