‘Sweet and Sour’ Dish
Just a few months after hubby and I got married, I made this dish that has been a hit in my family in the Philippines – Escabeche (Sweet and Sour Filipino Style) but rather than using fish, inspired by a Filipino Cookbook, I used breaded pork chops.
Everything was done from scratch especially the sweet-and-sour sauce, which means I had to mince the garlic, and slice the ginger, and every ingredients are fresh. (I could have used some ready-made Sweet and Sour sauce that is readily available at the BX (grocery ), but I didn’t!) Anyway, I was so into my cooking. I lavished the aroma in the kitchen. I love this dish and I am so excited to have my dear hubby have a taste of it for the first time. Hubby would drop by the kitchen once in a while, look around and drop comments like – ‘Looks good.‘, ‘Smells good.‘, ‘Is that ginger?‘, like he is curious and interested, and that is so encouraging to me.
I was excited to announce when dinner was ready. Then hubby said he’s having sandwiches for dinner. With surprise, I said, “But I cooked.”. And then calmly he said, “I don’t eat ginger.” Sigh, this information would have been really useful before I started cooking, heck, while I was cooking so I didn’t have to cook a lot!
Later on, on a similar circumstance, I found out that hubby doesn’t eat pineapples on dishes as well. He’ll drink pineapple juice, or even eat pineapple fruit slices, but won’t eat any dish that has pineapple on it.
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I’m sure he loves everything you cook and that you put just as much time and care into preparation. Just not using ginger or pineapple.
- Skittles January 13, 2010 at 8:56 amI am very thankful for Peter since he will eat anything I make, even if it tastes horrible!
- Jacki January 13, 2010 at 10:19 amuhhhh…but look at it positively, now you know that when you cook a dish with ginger next time — you need to hide the ginger =D
and… so you never order aloha pizza huh?
- ellecul January 13, 2010 at 7:40 pmhehehe. I am dismayed as well.
- rose January 16, 2010 at 8:51 amSo are you going to share the recipe with the rest of us or what!!!! lol I’m SO craving it now!!!
- lori tierney January 17, 2010 at 8:35 am