Dear Sisters,
Sometime ago I had an interesting experience. Our third son, Mark, was invited to his nursery class mate’s birthday party. We went along and there I saw a scene that I had never seen before. All the adults in the house were teenage parents. All the Mum’s were wearing very tight jeans and tops, and lots of makeup and big earrings. The Dad’s wore baggy jeans very low down, and some of them had big tattoos, ten earrings on one ear with very unique hairstyles.
They were chatting and dancing with the Bob the Builder dance track which was speeded up. I saw young parents on the street before, but I never had the chance to be with them, and here I was as a total stranger and Mark and I were holding our hands very tightly and sitting in the corner by ourselves, thinking we were ready to escape whenever we had a chance.
But after some time of feeling uncomfortable I thought there must be some reason we are here, and I must do something. I started to talk to the Mums who were sitting next to me and I started to discover they were very good people. It was me who was categorising people based on how they looked and separating people from myself, and now I am thinking how to involve them with the Global Peace Festival.
Today I want to talk about Barbeque since the weather is so nice and uplifting. I always feel happy when I am creating my own barbeque sauce which always comes out different. This is my basic recipe:
Soya sauce, honey or golden syrup, dark brown sugar, crushed garlic, and then you can add anything you like (Worcester sauce, chilli, sesame oil, ketchup, or Tai fish sauce.)
What I do is I take meat like Spare ribs or chicken and put them in the freezer bag and pour all the ingredients without worrying too much about the quantity into the bag (not too much soya sauce as this makes the taste too salty.) Shake the bag a bit and then leave the meat and sauce together in the bag in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight. Then it is ready to cook. When I cook them in the oven the whole house starts to smell of this amazing aroma.
I hope you have a wonderful week.
Chieko