Chinese New Year 2008

We didn't go crazy for Chinese New Year. The only dragon was the Blue Dragon Sticky Plum suace. Waitrose were doing an offer on all things Chinese. I uncritically took up their Tiger Beer option before even questioning it's Chinese credentials.

I had a problem though: already 2 days into Lent, Chinese meals don't do vegetarianism. But don't dispair: I discovered Mock Duck. That's right "Duck" in a tin can. It even had fake skin. I never really found out what it actually was in the end. Just what it wasn't: duck.

I stir-fried it with enough other ingredients to take away the taste. Oh the taste. Kate described it as "dead leaves" (before spitting it in the sink). Jonny swallowed one piece, but then felt bad. My vegetables went down a lot faster than the Mock Duck,

I can tell you.

I would say it tasted fowl, but that was definitely not what it was.

Still, the prawn crackers were nice. I just wish my housemates would stop making bacon sandwiches.