It aint all its cracked up to be..........

When Jimmy and I first decided (officially decided, that is) to adopt from China, I came up with the great idea of having "China night". Caught up in my initial enthusiasm, I planned on having it EVERY Sunday night for the whole year while doing paperwork and waiting to travel. A traditional Chinese meal followed by learning about some aspect of Chinese history or culture etc. I went out and bought special dishes for the occasion, (red and black) lacquered chop sticks, tea set etc, red candles, etc.

The first menu was as follows:

Steamed Mushroom and Scallion Dumplings
phoenix Chicken
Mandarin Fried Rice
Chinese Long Beans (look like foot long green beans)
Fried Dough(kind of like do-nuts) with Rose flavored Sugar
Ginger Ice Cream

All homemade.....................can you imagine the condition of my kitchen after all that? Can you imagine MY CONDITION after all that??????????

So we sit down, eat the dinner (which was actually delicious with the exception of the long beans), talk about our China trip for about 10 minutes, and boom ....We're done. 4 hours of cooking, an hour of clean up.

Need I say we only did China night once?

My husband in his infinite wit, looked at me and said ......"China night......It aint all its cracked up to be huh?" I told him what he could do with the Chinese Long Bean.