THE MIDEAST IS ABLAZE, AND CHINESE EGGPLANT DISH

tONIGHT, NOT ONLY IS TUNISA AND EGYPT SETTLING THEIR DEOMCARCY ISSUES, BUT BAHRAIN, YEMEN, ALGERIA, IRAN, AND LIBYIA ARE IN TURMOIL.....SOME OF THEIR PEOPLE BEING BEATEN AND SHOT....THEIR LEADERS ARE LESS GENEROUS THAN MUBARK AND HIS SOLIDERS. AND AGAIN, THOSE COUNTRIES THAT WE CALL ALLIES...OR MUSLIM DICTATORSHIPS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM THAT ARE FALLING APART ARE ALLIES...AS LIBYIA HAS BEEN AN ENEMY FOR A LONG TIME. YES, I AM CONCERN, BUT I WILL NOT PUSH ANY PANIC BUTTONS UNTIL WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I JUST HOPE THAT MOOSEKILLING SARAH PALINS SHUTS HER MOUTH......SHE SAID SHE DIDNT LIKE THE WAY OBAMA HANDLED THE EGYPTIAN SITUATION. I THINK HE DID JUST FINE, BY NOT REALLY DOING ANYTHING.

I NEEDED AN EXCUSE TO BUY "CHINESE 5 SPICE" HERE IS A QUCIK DIDSH WITH NO NAME> I CUT UP A BUNCH OF CHINESE EGGPLANTS IN ABOUT 2 INC PIECES....CHOPPED UP A LARGE ONION. SLICED ONE SMALL RED POTATOE VERY THIN... AND DEFROSTED HALF A BAG OF CHOPPED SPINACHED. FIRST SAUTE THE ONIONS IN OIL WITH FRESH GARLIC....THEN ADD THE POTOATOES, THEN THE EGGPLANT....AND FINALLY THE SPINACH WHEN THE OTHERS ARE SOFT...THEN ADD CHINESE FIVE SPICE ...AND YOUR CHOICE OF "HEAT" TOBASCO, CHILLIES, BLACK OR CAYENNE PEPPER.....THEN ADD A CUP OR TWO OF WATER AND LET COOK DOWN...IF YOU WANT A LOT OF GRAVEY,,, ADD WATER AND CORN STARCH...TO THICKEN....AND AD SALT AT THE END. KEEP CHECKING THE FLAVORING....ADD MORE FIVE SPICE OR GARLIC IF NEED BE.
YOU CAN ADD ALMOST ANY VEGGIE TO THIS TO MAKE IT DIFFERENT...NICE CHINESE OR AMERICAN MUSHROOMS, FRONZEN OR FRESH PEAS, OR ANYTHING.. JUST GO WILD. SERVE OVER BROWN RICE.