A Word in Your Eye

The other day, one of the news shows had a fluffy white rabbit and a glass globe full of seahorses as props to talk about the new year. As they reminded us, 2011 is the year of the rabbit. And they showed us the fluffy white rabbit -- a long-haired variety who was quite happy to be on TV.
( Why is a seahorse a dragon? )
Happy New Year!

I have to stop laughing. See, Mitsuko (my wife) had a new recipe for a meat roll that she wanted to try for New Year's. Basically ground meat, with uzura tamago (little quail eggs) boiled at the center, and the whole thing rolled in sesame seeds. But the recipe called for cooking them in the microwave. The first one, she tried the way they had recommended -- wrapped in plastic, kind of like a sausage. And it exploded.
( Exploding meat rolls for the holidays )
There's something about ushering in the New Year with exploding meat rolls that really tickles my fantasy. I wonder if I can convince her to make some more for midnight?

And I got to eat at least part of one quail egg -- pretty tasty, even if it had popped.