Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Deferred Digestion

Clockwise from top left: seafood fried rice, beef
chow fun, chinese broccoli, hot and sour soup,
tomato beef chow mein Hong Kong style
On Valentine's Day we had Chinese takeout.

Friday was the Lunar New Year, and all the Chinese restaurants were closed. Except for reheated jai that was brought from Hawaii, we had had none of the traditional dishes. So the noodles were deferred to Sunday.

It's been the kind of year, unexpectedly, where we are continually falling behind. Today we'll be grilling the steaks that we would have had on Valentine's Day.

Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday will have to wait until next year (!) when things get back to normal.

(WSJ illustration)
Update - 2/16/21: My Covid Valentine: Couch, Takeout, Movie
Couples are digging deep this year to find Valentine’s date-night ideas with restaurants and cinemas closed—and working hard to summon romantic feelings about people they have slurped soup and folded laundry next to for the last 11 months.

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