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Chicken Fried Rice and Me

August 20, 2004

Before we moved out to this quiet little town, we lived in Livonia, a rather large city about an hour southeast of here. I grew up in this area, so living in Livonia offered me many conveniences to which I was not accustomed. One such convenience was the availability of many different types of restaurants all very close to my home. It’s quickly becoming the thing I miss most about living in Livonia. If I wanted pizza, I had dozens of choices. If I wanted soup, salad, or sandwiches, it was no problem. Mexican, Italian, Chinese… all abundantly available. But here, the pickings are slim. We have Chinese restaurants nearby, but of the three we’ve found, not even one could make decent chicken fried rice. Yes, they were able to mess up even the rice.

Needless to say, every time I return to Livonia, I make it a point to go to my favorite Chinese restaurant and order a pint of chicken fried rice, and if I’m hungry, Kung Pao Chicken. I happened to be in the area a few nights ago on my way to take Shaey to my sister’s house, so of course, I picked up my usual order. I was running very late that night, and so I told my sis and her friends to head to dinner without me. I would drop off the dog and meet her some other time. And that’s exactly what I did.

I got to her house and put the dogs out in the yard. But I had to have my chicken fried rice before I went out to supervise them. So I fixed a plate of rice and Kung Pao Chicken and thought to just take a bite or two before I went back outside. That turned out to be more difficult than I thought. I wasn’t starving, but it had been so long since I’d had good Chinese food. I stood over the table just sort of shoveling food as fast as I could. And I do mean shoveling. Had anyone seen how fast I was eating, I would have been embarrassed. At some point, I did eventually sit down at the table to continue my binge.

I finished the last of the food yesterday, but I find myself wishing I had ordered a larger size of chicken fried rice. Or better yet, maybe I need to learn how to make really good chicken fried rice for myself. If anyone can recommend a good recipe, please send it my way!

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2 Responses to “Chicken Fried Rice and Me”

  1. Captainwow Says:
    August 25th, 2004 at 10:38 am

    OK I have a GREAT one. Works with Shrimp too… the Asian Cookbook it’s in is ……. somewhere….I moved. I gotta find it for you. You’ll love it. When I first found it (about 1993 or so) I went into Kim’s Oriental Mart in East Lansing to get the ingredients and the woman working there said “hey why not for you to let me teach make you for it right now!? I’m hungry anyway let’s EAT!” So she took me back to the kitchen and gave me an asian fried rice lesson. The stuff rocks! Can you easily get authentic asian ingredients?

  2. Whimsy Chick Says:
    August 25th, 2004 at 6:53 pm

    I can’t easily get the ingredients, but I will find a way, for the right recipe. :)

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