sf wrote:
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> On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:33:32 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
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> > Well, after she says she liked it, say you are thinking about
> > cooking for her more and would like to know what she likes and
> > dislikes, what she would appreciate the most, what she might have
> > done differently if she had made the dish. Hey, in days of yore,
> > I made up a multipage checklist about folks' food preferences.
> > That might have been overdoing it just a tad <g>, but surely you
> > can glean some useful information.
>
> Mothers will always tell their child whatever s/he made was wonderful.
> It's pretty hard to drag the truth out. You should know that.

She said it was good. I asked whether it was too salty,
and she didn't think so. I thought might be because I
marinated for two hours instead of one. I cut the meat
into large strips for marination, then cut those into
smaller strips for frying, so each strip had both highly
marinated places and less marinated places, which seemed
to turn out well.

After I left it with her, I realized I hadn't warned her
there were whole dried chili peppers in there, but she
saw them and picked them out so no problem.

I bought some more pork leg so I can do more experimentation.
I also bought cornstarch and white pepper, so I'll play
around with those. Since it'll be eaten with rice, it
would be if it had a sauce.