I hung out with BabyBlue and EnergyChannel this weekend. We had a food orgy. First was trip to the asian foodmall where the locals fled with their purchases and screamed "gojira!" as I advanced upon them. The place had so much awesome stuff I couldn't read. The veggies where for the most part self-explanatory, but the meat counter was a tad bit Texas Chainsaw Massacre. They had everything but the oink.
So this was my first wack at making yakisoba. I read some recipes, got some ideas and shot from the hip. I didn't really measure, but I used roughly 3 cups soy sauce, 1 cup each sake and mirin, a 1/2 cup hoisin sauce, a 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar, a palm full of brown sugar, a clove of garlic and a similar sized portion of ginger, and one of those little dried chinese red peppers you get in kung pao and almost choke on. Whew. And once that was blended I reduced it until it was a bit glossy and coated the back of a spoon. Nommers. It worked great as a marinade, glaze, and sauce for the yakisoba. A bit salty, a bit sweet, and a bit spicy. This is why I'm fat.
So this was my first wack at making yakisoba. I read some recipes, got some ideas and shot from the hip. I didn't really measure, but I used roughly 3 cups soy sauce, 1 cup each sake and mirin, a 1/2 cup hoisin sauce, a 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar, a palm full of brown sugar, a clove of garlic and a similar sized portion of ginger, and one of those little dried chinese red peppers you get in kung pao and almost choke on. Whew. And once that was blended I reduced it until it was a bit glossy and coated the back of a spoon. Nommers. It worked great as a marinade, glaze, and sauce for the yakisoba. A bit salty, a bit sweet, and a bit spicy. This is why I'm fat.
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To strengthen your back, gentle backbends will help. The simplest is the sphynx pose. Lie on your stomach, with your elbows directly under your shoulders. Gently pull forward a bit, keeping your elbows in place. Elevate your chin slightly.
Another good back strengthener is the boat pose. Again, lying on your stomach, you can either have your arms straight ahead of you, or out to the sides, or right by your body. Lift your arms and legs off the floor, not to much. Hold where it's comfortable. This will build back strength slowly and steadily.
Let me know how these go, and I'll keep thinking of other things you can do.
I just finished the last of the weekend food orgy today, with the leftover noodle stirfry. Deeelicious.