Cashew Chicken

I had a decadent evening.

I had dinner at a Chinese buffet. The one I go to is pretty good in that, along with all of the fried items they have nice grilled chicken, fresh vegetables, and even green beans that aren’t over-cooked.

Usually I will make a first pass in which I get the grilled chicken and veggies and all of the healthier items. Then, I go back and load up on noodles, won-tons, egg rolls and cashew chicken.

“Springfield style” cashew chicken is crispy fried chicken topped with oyster sauce, cashews, and green onions.
When I first came to this area, I met a man named Leong. The person who introduced me said, “This is the man who invented cashew chicken”. Now, I have been to other parts of the country where the same dish is served but, I have heard many times that it originated this way. Leong was trying to come up with something that would please the locals and used the fried chicken to that end. It may just be a part of local lore but I found a Wikipedia article that says the same thing.

If it’s in Wikipedia it must be true, right?

I stopped and got a pint of Ben and Jerry’s chocolate chip cookie dough after dinner, like I said decadent.

This is from a memo sent by Time Warner chairman Richard Parsons to his staff yesterday.

‘All in all, as you can see, we’re off to a terrific start in 2007. Hats off to everyone for the great work’

This morning they laid off 289 workers and closed several offices. Nice guy.

I talked to two friends today that are still out of power from the ice storm(since last Friday actually). They are calling for 2-6 inches of snow for Saturday. The worse news is that ice has not melted off of tree limbs yet and snow would weigh them down even more.

Think warm thoughts. Pitchers and catchers repost to spring training in 28 days.