So, I'm eating leftovers for lunch. It wasn't too great last night when I originally made it, and it's not too great now.
I thought I'd make a stir fry. I had one chicken breast left in the freezer along with some peas that were starting to dehydrate. Why not?
To mix things up, or spice things up as it were, I dug into my spice cabinet and whipped out my Oriental Five Spice powder that I got at Ocean State Job Lot for 88¢. You know the stuff. I have bottles of these things that topple on my head every time I try to find the spice I need.
So, I coated my chicken pieces already alerted to the fact the smell wasn't what I expected. Is that nutmeg? I don't know what the "five spices" entailed, but it WAS NOT what I was expecting. The chicken is coated with this stuff.
There are some that believe the five spices represent the elements of life: earth, water, fire, air, and metal. Then there are those that say it represents the five basic cooking flavors: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, savory. In reality it's cinnamon, cloves, anise, fennel, and Sichuan pepper.
Well, whatever it is, it didn't mix well with my Soy Vay Veri Veri Teriyaki sauce, which is a shame. That sauce kicks butt, takes names, opens cans of whip-ass, and is a bag of chips.
Ugh, I don't even know if I'll finish it.
Yankee Doodle Dandy,
TYG
Which spice is the one that represents the element of metal? Cuz that's the one that sounds like it would ruin a meal. "Mmm this chicken taste like copper." Since when is metal one of the ancient elements anyway? I think metal is pretty much covered in the earth category.
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