Fulfilling Zassou's dream...

I slouched in the sofa and began writing the first words of today's diary. Realised it's just 33 mins to Cinderella leaving the ballroom and dropping her glass shoe.

Hm... what had I done today? I chopped up some aromatics, velveted sliced fish, marinated minced pork, then googled "How to bread chicken". Not that I was cooking chicken but I didn't think I had ever come across the term "breaded pork". Lol.

So I followed this breading guide from HowStuffWorks, dipping the kneaded minced pork hearts into a thinned egg mixture with canola oil and water, dripping off the excess, then dredging in corn flour. And I finally understood why minced pork's rarely breaded. The egg-washed minced meat were simply too soft and wobbly. I handled them gently like I would handle soft tofu. A name for my "lovely" but fragile minced pork nuggets - 玻璃心。

Bread the marinated minced pork nuggets by dipping them into thinned egg mixture, then dredging in corn flour.

The 玻璃心 went into the preheated oven for baking at 190 degree celsius while I began my stir-fry with batang sliced fish. 

Black bean/taucheo sliced fish (batang)

Yes, this is the same old dish I've cooked before (refer to recipe). Merely reduced the fermented black beans from 1 tbsp to 1 tsp and added 2 tsp taucheo instead. So it yielded the same good old boring taste. Kirin concurred. Hahaa well, the main purpose was to include some healthy omega 3 for dinner with my loved ones. 

After 35 mins of baking with 3 rounds of flipping the nuggets and rotating the tray, my 玻璃心 were nicely browned and puffy. Not as "lovely" though. 

Baked Minced Pork Hearts (玻璃心)

After baking in preheated oven at 190 degree Celsius for 35 mins...

I sunk my teeth into one. It was light and crispy but needed a little more 爱的滋润 (moisture)。Perhaps I'll add a little butter next round.
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小雨 held her two little palms together and leapt into mid-air. Oopsy I meant she tried to. She went "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall" each time she lost her balance and fell on her back, on the bed.

As always, she drifted into lalaland swiftly after the serotonin-boosting and energy-zapping attempts at leaping.
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Time for art-in-Yang's-yoghurt...

I waved my knife, a flash of light; Zassou's amongst the flowers tonight!

Fulfilling Zassou's dream, art-in-Yang's-yoghurt 45

Saw Zassou smiling widely for the 1st time? Me too! (He's always seen with a most subtle smile in my Sumikko gurashi possessions.) I had a hard time doing that smile using a grape tissue.

And look! there's another weed higher up in the flower bouquet. Eh but this one has just 5 green hairs, while Zassou has 6. Lol. That was my 1st failed attempt at carving out Zassou from a green grape but still, it's put to good use as Zassou's companion amongst the flowers.

So Zassou had his dream fulfilled, along with a Zassou-lookalike! I couldn't quite believe it myself. Lol. 

Sometimes, we have reservations about sharing our dream with others. But when you nourish your mind with positive thoughts, even criticism could reinforce your dream. And who knows you might find someone who listens, aligns, guides and inspires you towards fulfilling your dream.

 ♪ 聽你說, 郁可唯&林凡 ♪
作詞：王雅君
作曲：王雅君

林：我懂星座卻沒有人像我　真的喜歡一個人安靜的自由
我做的夢我堅持做到最後　就算我爬到雲端也繼續作夢
我唱的歌只希望能快樂　其他的我也不想要想的太多
因為我們都最想擁有自己最真的感動

郁：聽你說　聽你說　我們同時擁有一個真心的朋友
聊日出日落　因為有夢　所以更認真生活

林：聽你說　聽你說　我們真實擁有一片美好的天空
不能常聯絡　卻更緊握　我們交換的美夢　只想聽你說

Alright let's say you couldn't find someone like this, not on this planet, don't stop sharing your dream with your... Self. When you keep focusing, asking and discovering your Self, your dream gets clearer and nearer.

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