Leftovers Into A Seafood Symphony...Into Leftovers

Song:  0 To 60 In Five

Group:  Pablo Cruise

This night's supper was food that was in the fridge...

and had yet to have found a home  :)

I took them and made an Asian staple for leftovers...fried rice.

There were half a dozen eggs...so...I scrambled and diced them up.

We had leftover rice because for the previous night's supper...

I had made a large batch of rice...

not knowing that my sister had made a large batch of rice earlier in the day.

I poached about a pound and a half of salmon.

I then pan fried some frozen shrimp.

I diced up two batches of green onions

(the leftovers of which I will use for tomorrow's supper of shrimp somen).

I heated up some sesame oil in a large wok.

In the meantime...

I minced the salmon...

and de-tailed and diced the shrimp.

Once the sesame oil had gotten up to temperature...

I stirred in the salmon so it would get infused with the sesame oil.

I then added in the shrimp and eggs.

I then put all of the rice on top.

I added some memmi.

I then folded over the mixture several times every so often

(on medium high).

My younger sister put out some of the pickles and side dishes with which 

 would accompany the meal.

Clockwise from 1 o'clock...

baked and seasoned egg plant...

fresh tofu with soy sauce, dried bonito shavings, and diced green onions...

pickled perilla leaves...

above it is pan fried zucchini, white onion and squash...

at the 8 o'clock position is takuan...

just above it is pickled egg plant...

and the last is kimchi.

The meal was almost ready.

The last thing to do is to top the fried rice with the shredded roasted seasoned seaweed...

and the diced green onions

(once again...do not add the onions while cooking.

They are best fresh...and when it comes to reheating the leftovers...

the onions won't wilt...just put them on fresh). 

My plate.

I like to mix the toppings in thoroughly before eating.

And the leftovers of this night's meal.

I always store leftovers in glass containers.

Especially when oil is used...

plastic retains much of the smell of the previous meals...

even after thorough washing.

Plastic is somewhat porous.

This has a plastic lid...

with a rubber seal.

The lid shouldn't touch the food.

And...every symphony has it's orchestra.

As you can see...

my final song for my sea food symphony was this article's included song.

I have it in this corner...

as the sound really comes alive, as the bass especially...

gets reflected into the kitchen.

As soon as I start cooking...

I have my sister turn off the living room TV

(My sister and my mother go into the master bedroom to watch TV there)...

and the supper symphony begins.

I cook to music...

we eat to music...

and I clean up afterwards...

to music.

Everything is better with music!  :)

The whole process...

even during the clean up...

is enjoyable.

I am singing and dancing the night away as I cook and clean up...

even though I can neither sing nor dance well at all  :)

However...

I've reverted to just singing while washing the dishes...

as I had actually forgotten one time.  

I once had a soaking wet soapy sponge in my hand

when I started air drumming.  

I had sent streams of soapy water flying everywhere before I realized what I had done  :)

Sometimes the music just carries me away  :)