February 23, 2012 @11:37 pm
This was inspired by the prompt "Write one leaf about something you can't ignore" on Writeoneleaf. It first appeared on my Tumblr, The Little Jotter Book.
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Hi Mum, what are you cooking for dinner tonight?
Su-May bit her lip as she read the message. She opened the fridge door and ran her eyes over the different bottles. There was a black bottle with a yellow cap, a string of thick brown sauce gleaming in the yellow fridge light.
Jason must have made Marmite soup last night, Su-May mused. The boy had recently gotten into the habit of making snacks late at night.
He was certainly growing,she chuckled. Soon, he would be taller than his father. Su-May wiped the bottle of Marmite, and saw another bottle right at the back of the fridge. The clear bottle with a green cap held an orange-yellow jam, thick with the pulp and peel of the yuzu fruit. The tangy-sweet mixture would expire in three days.
Three days?! Su-May’s mind whirled. Her grandmother had always taught her not to waste food. She had to find a way to finish using up the yuzu jam. She could not let this bit of citrus goodness go to waste!
Su-May rummaged through the rest of her fridge for inspiration.
Let’s see… I could make a gazpacho salad with yuzu jam in the salad sauce… a beef and onion stir-fry in yuzu sauce… baked fish drizzled with yuzu jam… And the after-dinner drink will be hot yuzu tea. She would also work the citrus jam into the cheesecake that she promised Old Mrs. Jones she would make, and make vanilla yuzu muffins for the children’s Obentos. That should see the last of the jam.
Su-May picked up her phone.
Hey baby, it’s rice and some dishes tonight. A yuzu feast.Labels: writeoneleaf, yuzu
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