as per sunday routine, went marketing and bought groceries to prepare for the day's meals. came home, did all the cleaning and cutting of the vegetables and stuff. decided to take a nap before i cook lunch.
when i got up, i noted mum had sliced the fishes and marinated it. reminded her that she should let me do the preparations and housework in future. and i went about frying it. i made sure i heat the wok well. certainly didn't want the fishes to stick to the surface... splish splash the oil flew as i lowered the fishes. left it for a minute to let it cook. but when i wanted to turn over the fishes, i had problems. they were both stuck to the surface. damned! must have been the wok. should have heated it longer, i blamed myself. after some difficulties, i managed to turn the first fish over, but the skin got torn in the process. sighs... what an ugly looking fish for lunch. no choice. when i tried to turn the second fish, i noted the skin had turned black! wah! wtf! how the hell could that happened? first it was torn skin, then it was torn and black skin! i decided i shan't attempt to get them to be golden brown. hurriedly, i removed both fishes from the wok.
placed the fishes on a plate and took them out to the dining table. and then i noticed my container of sugar on the table... my immediate suspicion, and confirmed by my mum, was that she had marinated the fish with sugar instead of salt! ha ha... that explained the burned look. the sugar was caramelized by the hot wok!
we ended up eating ugly looking (but still cooked) fishes for lunch (and fried vegetables of cos).
sighs...
ps: you know you have surpassed your mum and that your mum is way way way over the hill when you can cook and prepare things better and in a more coherent way than her.
when i got up, i noted mum had sliced the fishes and marinated it. reminded her that she should let me do the preparations and housework in future. and i went about frying it. i made sure i heat the wok well. certainly didn't want the fishes to stick to the surface... splish splash the oil flew as i lowered the fishes. left it for a minute to let it cook. but when i wanted to turn over the fishes, i had problems. they were both stuck to the surface. damned! must have been the wok. should have heated it longer, i blamed myself. after some difficulties, i managed to turn the first fish over, but the skin got torn in the process. sighs... what an ugly looking fish for lunch. no choice. when i tried to turn the second fish, i noted the skin had turned black! wah! wtf! how the hell could that happened? first it was torn skin, then it was torn and black skin! i decided i shan't attempt to get them to be golden brown. hurriedly, i removed both fishes from the wok.
placed the fishes on a plate and took them out to the dining table. and then i noticed my container of sugar on the table... my immediate suspicion, and confirmed by my mum, was that she had marinated the fish with sugar instead of salt! ha ha... that explained the burned look. the sugar was caramelized by the hot wok!
we ended up eating ugly looking (but still cooked) fishes for lunch (and fried vegetables of cos).
sighs...
ps: you know you have surpassed your mum and that your mum is way way way over the hill when you can cook and prepare things better and in a more coherent way than her.
4 comments:
i like sweet fish! :)
of cos we all like sweet fishes... but certainly not frying fishes marinated unknowingly with sugar! doh! heh heh...
I have a fear of frying things coz hot oil splashed on my hand once. Never tried to fry anything since then.
So how'd it taste like in the end? Not too sweet I hope.
heh... taste? the fish had no taste in the end... imagine yourself marinating fish with salt... you wouldn't wanna put too much salt lest it gets too salty right. and so, when the salt turns out to be sugar... there's probably only enough to create a burnt skin, but not enough to leave any sweetness in taste...
:-)
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