New Year Day, we took some leeks home from the farm. But I had no experience in cooking them. I met Joyce* online the other day, talked about fresh leek and she suggested that I should try to make the leek potato soup. First try. Taste extremely good.
1月1日，在農場拿了些韭蔥回家，我可從沒有煮韭蔥的經驗。在網上看到Joyce*，說到新鮮韭蔥，她說用來做薯仔燙吧！第一次煮韭蔥薯仔燙，非常美味。
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Calvin Lee* and his family came for lunch not long ago. I served the dried mushroom that shipped from Hong Kong. Mrs. Lee told me that Korean loves to cook with dried mushroom as well but it is hard to find here. We also talked about bean curd, here we could only find the salty one. When Calvin and his family were missionary in Africa, Mrs. Lee made bean curd by herself even though it is hard to find soy bean there. After lunch, we gave them the rest of the dried mushroom as present and they were glad.
This morning, Calvin called and said his wife made some bean curd and like to give us some as well. They drove to our apartment, as they are in a rush, we received their gift in front of our block. Calvin said with a smile that they didn’t make a lot this time, and I said next time I will learn to make it with Mrs. Lee. This is a cloudy and windy day. Bean curd looks so white and peaceful.
不久前我們邀請了Calvin*一家人到來吃午飯。我用從香港寄來的冬菇宴客，Calvin太太說韓國人也愛吃冬菇，不過在這邊很難找到。我們又談到豆腐，在這兒到的只有鹹豆腐。Calvin一家在非洲宣教時，太太會自己做豆腐，不過黃豆不易找。飯後我們送還餘下的冬菇給他們，他們高興的收下。
這個早上，Calvin來電，說太太做了豆腐要給我們一些。他們開車到我們家，由於時間趕著，我們在門外收下親手做的豆腐。Calvin說做的不多，我說下一回我要學怎樣做。今天天陰大風，豆腐白白的很平靜。
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Food make me think of hands. My hands that pull the leeks out of the field, hands that grow them in the farm, Mrs. Lee hands that made bean curd, Titus hands that chopping potatoes, Joyce hands that sent us the dried mushroom. Food shows our passion to life, shows love between people. In the last few weeks, we have been visiting friends and ate delicious food. The beauty and taste of the food, came people love to us.
這些食物，讓我想到雙手。我從農地拔出韭蔥的手、種韭蔥的人的手、Calvin太太做豆腐的手、Titus切薯仔的手、Joyce寄冬菇來的手。食物展現了對生命的熱愛，展現人與人之間的情。過去幾星期到朋友家中作客，吃到美味的菜色。食物的美，來自人們給我們的愛。
