So oBviously we took him out to dinner to celebrate. The conversations began with me and my dad.
Me: "Is the World Series Over?"
Phil: "What?"
Me: "The World Series. Are there any Games left?"
Phil: "Games?"
Waitress: "I think there's the last game tonight."
Me: "Oh, thanks."
Phil: "Oh, I thought you said games! Yes, tonight it the last game."
So clearly we got lost in plural-ity.
Regardless **Spoiler Alert** Houston won, so... Go Sports!!
This is what Popou had to say:
...which is clearly the correct response. Sadly that's the only pic I got of him because
So then on the way home we had this conversation:
Me: Hey Popou?
Popou: Yeah?
Me: You know how bean soup is fasaláda?
Popou: Yeah?
Me: So what does saláta mean?
Popou: salad.
Me: No, I get that, but like taramasaláta is a fish dip.
Popou: Yeah.
Me: So, like... *silence* what does saláta mean?
Popou: salad.
Phil: I had an aunt named vasso. So vassoláta.
Popou: There is no vassoláta. Fasaláda!!
Phil: V & F are B in greek.
Me: Okay. So like spanakópita is spinach pie, tyrópita is cheese pie, & kreatópita is meat pie.
Popou: Yeah.
Me: So what's saláta?
Popou: salad.
Me: No, but like, the suffix.
Popou: I don't know what you're talking about.
Phil: Just give up kid, we're home.
So anyway 2 days later I was craving fried chicken. This at 8pm I started making karaage. I made a marinade of Mirin(sweet saki), soy sauce(salt), sesame oil, garlic, and ginger. Then I cut up a chicken breast I found in the fridge and marinated it for 1/2 an hour (because that was the minimal time on the recipe).
*/A note on the chicken breast - it smelled bad, so i asked Phil if it was ok, and he said he had just defrosted it and decided not to use it so put it in the fridge and that it was fine. No one can be certain of the time line here so if i have food poisoning tomorrow we'll all know why #followUpPost */
Anyway so after marinating toss in corn starch. The directions said fry at 175 until if floats, but mine never floated so i took out the biggest piece and cut it in half. It wasn't pink so, done!
It was pretty good, but oBvs i should have marinated it longer because the awesome marinade that I made wasn't coming through that strongly. I happen to have a little okonomiyaki sauce on hand from a recipe i meant to blog but didn't. That and some kewpie mayo (Japanese mayo that tastes like McDonalds) and we've got a hit:
Sorry, i started eating it before i remembered to take the picture.
Well, the start of this post had nothing to do with the end, but anyway: Happy Birthday Popou!!
