Growing up in central Idaho far from the coast, seafood was never a common food staple. It is still odd while living in a fishing community to consider sea food a common food source. One thing we have found a liking too, sushi! Now that was unexpected! In the week up to Christmas chad and I had lunch at The Powerhouse, one of two sushi places in town. We met up there with the other contractor that Chad works with, this was the Christmas gift from Dell. The next day I found myself there again with some of the girls from church. After that Chad was interested in trying to make sushi ourselves at home. The day after Christmas was our first try. The attempt was a success and we have made them again several times since then. We haven’t tried anything too crazy, just crab with avocado and cucumber spears wrapped in seaweed and rice. A touch of wasabi and soy sauce makes a great dip. We convinced all the kids to all try a taste of wasabi and Kaylin was the only one who came back for more. A couple of days later I gathered with a couple with Shelly Black, her daughter Kayla, Gertrude Roy and her daughter Rea to make a mountain of lumpia (egg rolls)and a pansit (noodle stir fry). I love getting together with friends to make fantastic food. I have made lumpia and pansit a few times, but it was always great to cook with friends. Now I have a couple of bags of lumpia stored in my freezer, but it is not nearly enough. What a great time we had laughing and playing with the younger girls as the mountain piled up. We ate through over 1/3 of the pile that night once Chad and the kids showed up.
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