Nancy Young > wrote:

> For me it's Chinese food. And! I can't get good Chinese food takeout
> here. Well, I'm thinking of trying one new place. Anyway.

What kind of Chinese food? Oddly enough, Chinese food (stir fry type
dishes) is something I make at home for myself once in a while.

Being as though I usually cook only for one, I tend to cook things that I
can eat in one or two sittings. I don't do leftovers well. So that leaves
out a lot of dishes I won't cook for myself such as roast turkey, roast
beef, a pot of beef stew, and so on.

> My stepmother says, nacy, just make it yourself. Easy for her to say,
> she made fried rice every night, she's Japanese.

> Mom. I would have to make the pork fried rice, egg rolls, beef &
> broccoli, shrimp in lobster sauce, wonton soup, and maybe egg drop
> soup, plus fortune cookies.

Oh. I have never made myself egg rolls, at least not from scratch,
but I buy the frozen kind from Trader Joe's every once in a while. I won't
make egg drop soup at home, but that's because I don't like egg drop soup.
Fortune cookies? Who makes those from scratch? I do buy a box of fortune
cookies ocassionally. In fact, I have a box sitting on my counter right
now. You can find fortune cookies in the ethnic foods section of a decent
supermarket.

I tend to make small items at home, such as one or two lamb chops, a small
steak, a couple of pieces of chicken, and so on. These are things I can
reasonably finish in one or two meals.