Sunday, July 11, 2010

Living with a Chinese... Lesson 1.

My brother-in-law Dave famously "Lived with a Chinese once", and now I'm getting to experience that phenomenon first hand {wink}. Will and I have been married 3 months yesterday! How time flies :) Life is full of lessons, and I have been repeatedly told how many I'll learn after getting married and starting my new life with Willy as Mrs Lam. Well, so far I think the lessons have been a little one sided, and I don't mean to be conceited, it's just I have lived out of home for almost 10 years and this is the first time Will hasn't been with his family so I'm training him {hehehe}. But there have been lessons I've learned too. For instance, I don't have to make a gourmet, 3 course meal each night cos when Will looks after his own dinner, cos apparently chinese sausage, rice and spam slices fit the bill quite nicely. One of my favourite lessons though, is this...

1. Dutch Pancakes are best eaten with Chopsticks.

The first time I made Dutch Pancakes with the Dutch Pancake maker we got for our wedding (yep, we got the funnest gifts!!) Will broke out the Chopsticks. I was like.. WHAT THE?! And I couldn't stop laughing. But then I realised Chopsticks really are the most perfect thing to eat Dutch Pancakes with! Have you tried using a toothpick? They fall off the end. A fork is just too cumbersome with these tiny little pancakes, and a spoon is all wrong. So of course chopsticks are the best idea! I would never have known this had I not married Will. So this morning when I made the Dutch Pancakes I specifically set the table with chopsticks. You live and you learn!!
Love you Willy! Thanks for the life lessons!
:) C

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the idea of chop sticks with Dutch pancakes. No more sticky fingers. Cute photo of Will.
Love Mum

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Yvette Adams said...

Another photo of Willy eating! I think it's quite ingenious to use chop sticks with poffertjes! What recipe do you use? I love them! I have a poffertjes iron but hardly use it. I should use it more!

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