This is very serious, compared with how my mother made it. Since she was a Chinese immigrant who shopped in Chinatown, she picked up a can of sweet-and-sour sauce, and she sliced up red and green peppers along with the onions. 🫑 She baked the dish in the oven. As a kid, I loved this dish because it was sweet, with lots of textures. And she called it Saloona, which it unquestionably was not. It strikes me that her version was real timesaver. Maybe that was what was important to a mother with two small kids.
Thanks, friend.
This is very serious, compared with how my mother made it. Since she was a Chinese immigrant who shopped in Chinatown, she picked up a can of sweet-and-sour sauce, and she sliced up red and green peppers along with the onions. 🫑 She baked the dish in the oven. As a kid, I loved this dish because it was sweet, with lots of textures. And she called it Saloona, which it unquestionably was not. It strikes me that her version was real timesaver. Maybe that was what was important to a mother with two small kids.
Fabulous. Cultural round trip.