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In another piece of good news, last night I actually made an acceptable plate of stir-fried tomato and egg!¬† This might seem funny to Chinese people, since it is one dish basically all Chinese people can cook, even if they are lousy chefs.¬† But I could never get it right.¬† It always looked kind of like yellow puke with tomatoes, and tasted awful.¬† I did a class on food-related words last semester, though, and listened carefully when the students talked about how to make that dish.¬† I had never included any condiment at all, to the surprise of everyone I’ve told about my cooking efforts.¬† It turned out I was supposed to be adding both sugar and salt all along.¬† The most important thing was that I was supposed to cook the eggs FIRST, take them out, THEN cook the tomatoes and chives, and put the eggs back again for a few swirls around.¬† So I ended up putting some sugar, salt, and garlic powder in with the eggs, which I beat and then stir-fried, making scrambled eggs.¬† I took those out, added more oil, put in the chopped tomatoes, chives, and a bit more sugar and salt.¬† I stir-fried that, then re-added the eggs, and voila!¬† Ready!¬† It tasted good!¬†

¬†Here’s a photo of them:

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