Kung Hei Fat Choy

[MustafaTickl]

February 18 is the Chinese New Year 4705. Who amongst the Answerbankers will be celebrating the Year of the Pig?

[MustafaTickl]

A Chinese poem to get us in the mood:-

"In front of K'ung-ming Shrine
stands an old cypress,
With branches like green bronze
and roots like granite;
Its hoary bark, far round,
glistens with raindrops,
And blueblack hues, high up,
blend in with Heaven's:
Long ago Wun Hung Lo
kept Time's appointment,
But still this standing tree has men's devotion".

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[carrot99]

Beautifully put and I am sure many women are also devoted to standing trees.

[MustafaTickl]

Quite so. And the women devotee's might have been fortunate enough to see the Pine Hawk and Wun Hung Lo riding by.

[carrot99]

Lucky devotees. Thank you for showing me.

[Lonnie]

I still have my 'Lucky Money' coin and envelope, given to me by a Chinese lass in Hong Kong, for the New Year of 1971,

[carrot99]

Well it must have been lucky as you are still here 36 years on!

[curlyperm]

My husbands Chinese ............so us 3 for sure x and hes cooking! : P

[MustafaTickl]

You can find from this list which animal year you were born in:

Rat 1900 1912 1924 1936 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 2008
Ox 1901 1913 1925 1937 1949 1961 1973 1985 1997 2009
Tiger 1902 1914 1926 1938 1950 1962 1974 1986 1998 2010
Rabbit 1903 1915 1927 1939 1951 1963 1975 1987 1999 2011
Dragon 1904 1916 1928 1940 1952 1964 1976 1988 2000 2012
Snake 1905 1917 1929 1941 1953 1965 1977 1989 2001 2013
Horse 1906 1918 1930 1942 1954 1966 1978 1990 2002 2014
Sheep 1907 1919 1931 1943 1955 1967 1979 1991 2003 2015
Monkey 1908 1920 1932 1944 1956 1968 1980 1992 2004 2016
Rooster 1909 1921 1933 1945 1957 1969 1981 1993 2005 2017
Dog 1910 1922 1934 1946 1958 1970 1982 1994 2006 2018
Boar 1911 1923 1935 1947 1959 1971 1983 1995 2007 2019

[MustafaTickl]

The Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival, so here is an appropriate recipe for curlyperm:

Spring Rolls

Number of Servings: 2 dozen Prep Time: 1 hour
Ingredients

1 tablespoon peanut oil
1 cup lean ground pork
1 cup baby shrimp
1 cup mung bean shoots
1-1/2 cups Chinese cabbage, shredded
2 scallions, shredded
1/4 cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 package spring roll wrappers
1 egg, beaten
oil for deep frying

Instructions:

1. In skillet or wok, heat oil, add pork and shrimp and quickly stir fry.
2. Add vegetables and stir fry for 1 minute.
3. In a mixing bowl, add chicken broth, oyster sauce, sugar, and cornstarch. Add to pan and stir-fry until sauce thickens. Allow to cool.
4. Lay out wrapper in a diamond shape with one point facing you. Add two teaspoonfuls of filling in a thin sausage shape on the bottom third of the wrapper. Take the point of the wrapper and roll it over the filling securely. Moisten remaining corners with beaten egg. Fold left and right corners to the center of the wrapper, then continue to roll up sealing the top corner with more beaten egg. Repeat until all filling is used up. Lay completed rolls seam side down on a sheet pan unti ready to fry.
4. Add cooking oil to wok or deep fryer and heat to 375F.
5. Gently add spring rolls a few at a time and fry to a golden crisp. Drain on paper towels.

Serve with duck sauce or plum sauce to dip.

[MustafaTickl]

And there will much to see and do in London

http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/chinese_ny/inde x.jsp

[MustafaTickl]

And I shall be leaving home with my family in two groups the little one's and the the older one's to see the sights of London.

[carrot99]

A town house with ground floor parking, so sensible with such a large family!

[curlyperm]

Cheers Mustafa..........hes a chef < ;- ) but i shall pass it on!! xx oh and ............Kung hei fat choi to you also

[MustafaTickl]

There are rather a lot of us, carrot. We shall travel in convoy. First there will be me, because I am the boss. Then my wife. Then the older ones walking, followed by the little ones running to keep up with the older ones. Finally there will be my brother and his sons who will shoot the dawdlers.

[carrot99]

I see from your photo that you have the look of Wun Hung Lo about you. Your fine family do you credit. To lose a few dawdlers will not hurt your old age as you will still have many fine children to support you. It is well to keep your wife in her post box as I imagine her beauty would be a source of jealousy to your neighbours.

[sunnyday2d]

i whoo flung dung
will be celebrating?????



sorry to lower the tone folks.

[tigerlily11]

I had pork chops for dinner at the start of the year of the pig.
Will I suffer a bad year for this :(