Conundrum

[stoutfellow]

Since my father was in the Army, we moved a lot when I was a kid. My mother frequently added dishes to her repertoire from the places we lived. Since one of those places was Hawaii, I remember numerous meals with sweet-and-sour or teriyaki.

The thing is, what I remember is sweet and sour *pork* and *chicken* teriyaki. I have not seen either of those since leaving home; it's always sweet and sour *chicken* and *beef* teriyaki.

I guess the lesson here is that I need to learn how to make sweet and sour pork and chicken teriyaki, if I want to eat them.

Was Mom's choice of meats idiosyncratic?

Comments

[desertvixen]

I don't think so. Sweet and sour pork seems to be a Western US thing - it's common in Vegas. And I'm definitely more familiar with chicken teriyaki, so maybe also a Western US thing?