all too serious

One of C's favourite subjects in school is Food and Consumer Education (FCE) and since the beginning of Term 3, she has been coming back with food like chicken kebabs, chicken stew, and Shepherd's Pie. Then several days back, she told us that a test was coming up and she wanted to cook fried rice. Okay, that is manageable, I thought.  This was until she added, "Mummy, I want my fried rice to be wrapped in egg."

Right...

So what did the good Mummy do? She went groceries shopping for the necessary ingredients. I told C that she would need practice - This dish is not something you can put together without hands-on activity.

We managed to find some time off to put the practice round together.

First try: not too bad. She was a little clumsy while handling the utensils. Although the egg didn't break, and she heaved a huge sign of relief, she wasn't quite pleased with the shape of how it turned out so she asked if she could do another.

So here it is. Second time round, she was definitely a lot more confident. All I did was watch her from the side.  

Taste test: The omurice was absolutely heavenly!

C seemed pretty pleased with herself too. :) No prizes for guessing what our dinner was that evening.