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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Century EggThis past Monday
was my father’s 4th year death anniversary. Vietnamese celebrates the deceased death date known as “gio”.
I went home to Houston, Texas for the weekend and celebrated “gio” with my mom and families.
I enjoyed myself
eating the Vietnamese feast! We had the standard Vietnamese food affair such as springrolls, egg rolls, duck soups, etc. However,
one dish stood out most that I would like to share. It was called the Century Egg or known as “Trung Bach Thao”
in Vietnamese. (yummy stuff) It is a Chinese cuisine made by preserving duck, chicken, or quail eggs in
a mixture of clay, ash, salt, lime, and rice hulls for several weeks to several months. Interested to know more? Click on
this link for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg I
am also submitting some pictures of this past weekend’s feast on facebook for your review: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Pho-Queen-Cooking/176331282403610?v=wall Our demonstration events, fun food tips, and much more are now posted on facebook. We invite you to join us and RSVP
through our calendar of events. Looking for a special gift for birthdays or any special occasion? Why not the gift of cooking
Vietnamese food? Visit http://haroda.com/store/index.html for your gifts today. UPCOMING EVENTS: Orlando
Downtown Library: February 26, 2011 at 2pm.
The topic will be Vietnamese desert. It is the final installment of Pho Queen Cooking series. Be ready to have fun, learn
new food, and meet new friends. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/demonstration.html to learn more. Maitland Library: February 27, 2011 at 2pm. The topic will be Meat & Seafood. Pho Queen
supports local education. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/education.html to find out more how you can support your local schools. Would you like to submit questions, comments, feedbacks, etc to
Pho Queen? We would love to hear from you. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/contact.html. For more tips and instructional videos on Vietnamese cooking, click on http://PhoQueenCooking.com and http://EasyVietnameseRecipes.com Hà… Have fun eating healthy! http://EasyVietnameseRecipes.com http://PhoQueenCooking.com
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Kumquat Anyone?I learned a
new fruit from the participants at the last demonstration in Maitland – kumquat. Imagine that? =) I have heard about
this fruit before but never knew much until now. You can even eat the skin and it is delicious. Every January, there is a
Kumquat Festival in Dade City, FL: http://www.dadecitychamber.org/main/kumquat_festival.php About 40,000 people attend the festival each year. There are a lot
of kumquat trees in Vietnam. It is known as “Kim Quat” in Vietnamese. I came across a Vietnamese website that
talked about Kumquat for Vietnamese New Year, Tet. http://www.amchamvietnam.com/event/1260/detail. The Kumquat bonsai tree is used as decorations.
My mom said that eating kumquat helps sooth a sore throat. Any comments
or suggestions on how to make kumquat? Please visit http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/board.php?uid=176331282403610 to add your two cents… Pho Queen Cooking is now on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Pho-Queen-Cooking/176331282403610?v=wall Our demonstration events, fun food tips, and much much more are now posted on facebook. We invite you to join us
and RSVP through our calendar of events. Looking for a special gift for birthdays or any special occasion? Why not the gift of cooking
Vietnamese food? Visit http://haroda.com/store/index.html for your gifts today. UPCOMING EVENTS: Orlando
Downtown Library: February 26, 2011 at 2pm.
The topic will be Vietnamese desert. It is the final installment of Pho Queen Cooking series. Be ready to have fun, learn
new food, and meet new friends. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/demonstration.html to learn more. Maitland Library: February 27, 2011 at 2pm. The topic will be Meat & Seafood. Pho Queen
supports local education. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/education.html to find out more how you can support your local schools. Would you like to submit questions, comments, feedbacks, etc to
Pho Queen? We would love to hear from you. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/contact.html. For more tips and instructional videos on Vietnamese cooking, click on http://PhoQueenCooking.com and http://EasyVietnameseRecipes.com Hà… Have fun eating healthy! http://EasyVietnameseRecipes.com http://PhoQueenCooking.com
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Valentine's Day is coming up!!!February is
a short but sweet month. Several holidays also land on February. After the New Year, we celebrate Valentines
Day with our love ones. Parties are great excuses to tantalize your taste buds with new food =). Give your love ones the gift
of cooking Vietnamese food -- Visit http://haroda.com/store/index.html for your gifts today. During the vegetarian cuisine demo, I shared with the class a special Vietnamese treat
only available during the New Year. It was “Banh Tet”. Banh Tet is known in the southern region of Vietnam while
Banh Chung is well known through the region of northern Vietnam. I also briefly shared the symbols and introduced a folk tale
about the cakes. Here is the link to the folk tale: http://www.chaobannewsletter.com/article-tetstory.html. Have you heard of Pho soup? In honor of the vegetarian demo, there is a vegetarian Pho recipe that I would like to
share with everyone. Thank you Michelle Sartor, our local certified health counselor, (http://bewellwithmichelle.com/) for the recipe posting from http://VegetarianTimes.com. I am posting the recipe on the discussion board at my facebook link. Please visit http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/board.php?uid=176331282403610 Pho
Queen Cooking is now on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Pho-Queen-Cooking/176331282403610?v=wall Our demonstration events, fun food tips, and much much more are now posted on facebook. We invite you to join us
and RSVP through our calendar of events. Looking for a special gift for birthdays or any special occasion? Why not the gift of cooking
Vietnamese food? Visit http://haroda.com/store/index.html for your gifts today. UPCOMING EVENTS: Orlando
Downtown Library: February 26, 2011 at 2pm.
The topic will be Vietnamese desert. It is the final installment of Pho Queen Cooking series. Be ready to have fun, learn
new food, and meet new friends. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/demonstration.html to learn more. Maitland Library: February 27, 2011 at 2pm. The topic will be Meat & Seafood. Pho Queen
supports local education. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/education.html to find out more how you can support your local schools. Would you like to submit questions, comments, feedbacks, etc to
Pho Queen? We would love to hear from you. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/contact.html. For more tips and instructional videos on Vietnamese cooking, click on http://PhoQueenCooking.com and http://EasyVietnameseRecipes.com Hà… Have fun eating healthy! http://EasyVietnameseRecipes.com http://PhoQueenCooking.com
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Chuc Mung Tet Chuc Mung Nam Moi, Tet and Chinese New Year. February 2 will be New Year’s Eve. Here’s your chance
to make a New Year resolution if you haven’t already. It is the year of the rabbit or also known as the cat.
Our
demonstration at the Maitland Library on February 6, 2011 (Sunday) will be all about Vietnamese vegetarian cuisine. In celebrating
Tet this year, I shall bring some Tet related food to share with our participants. It’ll be a surprise… =)
Go WARRIORS!!! This past Saturday was full physical activities for my family. Our kids participated in a track
& field event called the Fast Start. We gotta keep up with the kids, so my husband & I participated in the Warrior
Dash 5k. We dredged in muddy water, climbed over obstacle craze, and jumped over hot burning fire logs. Whew! It was hot!
I am still finding mud in odd places. It was a blast. I posted some pictures on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Pho-Queen Cooking/176331282403610?v=wall Our demonstration events, fun food tips, and much much more are now posted on facebook. We invite
you to join us on facebook.com and RSVP through our calendar of events.
We received a great review from our participant for the last demonstration at the Orlando Library. Visit
http://freelinemediaorlando.com/author-of-vietnamese-cookbook-recalls-her-journey-to-orlando/ to read all about it. UPCOMING EVENTS: Maitland Library: February 6, 2011 at 2pm. NOTICE scheduled changed for Maitland Library demo. The topic will be Vietnamese
vegetarian cuisine.
Orlando Downtown Library: February
26, 2011 at 2pm. The topic will be Vietnamese
desert. It is the final installment of the Pho Queen Cooking series. Be ready to have fun, learn new food, and meet new friends.
Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/demonstration.html to learn more. Pho
Queen supports local education. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/education.html to find out more how you can support your local schools.
Looking for a special gift for birthdays or any special occasion? Why not the gift
of cooking Vietnamese food? Visit http://haroda.com/store/index.html for your gifts today. Would
you like to submit questions, comments, feedbacks, etc to Pho Queen? We would love to hear from you. Visit http://PhoQueenCooking.com/contact.html.
For more tips and
instructional videos on Vietnamese cooking, click on http://PhoQueenCooking.com and http://EasyVietnameseRecipes.com Hà…
Have fun eating healthy! http://EasyVietnameseRecipes.com http://PhoQueenCooking.com
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