Hopefully nothing serious but good thing you were around and able to
help out. We were at a quilting retreat for the last 3 days--the knee is

She just sent 5 e-mails, indicating that she's
back safe and promising to see the doc if I
see mine.

That sounds like blackmail! Will it work?

I'll do whatever I need to do in good time,
when it suits me, either just before
(preferable) or just after I injure myself.

Title: EGG PANCAKE ROLLS WITH PORK FILLING

These are called dan jiao and are the
real thing. They are a homestyle
dumplingy dish for kitchens that don't
have the expertise to make flour skins.
They're also much lighter in carbs than
the usual jiaoze.

2 md Fresh mushrooms,
Chopped fine

I don't see either the egg version or the
flour version with mushrooms. I add
scallions; my mother used peas and
sometimes water chestnuts.

1 tb Plum sauce

Nobody I know uses this, but the recipe
was no doubt adapted for the more
sweet-toothed Western tastes.

Recipe: "Chinese Appetizers" by Verdi
Published by Irene Chalmers Cookbooks, 1981

A decent job.

Dan jiao
cat: Chinese, my mother's, main
serves: 2 to 3

2 eggs
1 Tb water
oil
4 scallions, trimmed, washed, minced, white and green parts
1 c ground pork
1 Tb soy sauce
1 garlic, mashed and minced
oil
6 Tb fresh or thawed frozen peas
4 water chestnuts, minced
1 c broth
4 Tb soy sauce
1 Tb cornstarch
1 Tb water

Beat the egg well with the water. Stir in about 1 of the scallions.
In a hot nonstick pan, drizzle about 1/4 egg in a circular pattern
on the bottom, sloshing it around to produce a thin, rather resilient
layer. When it's solid, it's done. Make 8 pancakes this way, keeping
them warm. Reserve the eggy residue for use as glue.

Mix the ground pork, the rest of the scallions, and the soy sauce.

Fry the garlic briefly in some more oil in a large pan. Add the
pork mixture and stir around until all pink is gone. Stir in the
peas and water chestnuts. Remove from heat.

Fill the pancakes with the meat mixture, folding them over and sticking
them with the eggy glue.

Heat the broth with the soy sauce. Add the pancakes and cook over
low heat for a few minutes. Thicken with cornstarch mixed with water.

Serve with rice.

Posted to NCE 4/26/98, source: moi
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