In the mornings, I like to sit infront of my laptop with a cup of peach flavoured ceylon tea and have some biscuits or bread. I look forward to this part of the day much more recently because of the yummy cow’s-eye berry jam that the bf’s mom made and gave us. Not to boast or gloat, but that jam is the best fruit jam I’ve tasted. Its not too sweet and its so natural. And homemade. How to beat homemade jam made from naturally grown berries? I’ve officially added “learning to make jam” to the list of things I would like to ask his mom to show me… Once I learn how to speak more mongolian. (another item on the list includes how to cook Tsuvuun – mongolian noodles that I absolutely cannot figure out how to cook without making the noodles melt into a puddle of sticky sauce….)
In anycase, I’ve not made an progress on the entrelac vest (but its quite close to finishing) because I was working on the mittens. I’m not following any pattern and trying to wing it for an item I’ve never worn (mittens is not part of tropical wardrobe) means errors. I’m now making mittens v.2 and keeping my fingers crossed that this time there will be enough room in the mittens for THUMBS. (lol.. yes, people who live in tropics have thumbs too, but its funny the things I overlooked…)
Last week I tried some new mongolian food after grocery shopping again! This time its completely bizarre. I’m sure we’re not alien with Jello, right? Well, meet Stujin. The way I was introduced to stujin?
“You’ve tried american jello, but if mongolian people made jello, it will be like this.”
And boy, I totally believe it. Meet the stujin 
Hello I’m the mongolian version of Jello and I’m made with beef rather than cocktail fruits.
Stujin is savoury rather than sweet. And the kind of jelly is exactly the same as Jello – made from gelatine. Heres another look:
I’ve been trying to figure out which part of the beef is that round thing, too.
I was a little wary of trying it.. salty jelly with meat is totally new to me. But it tastes quite nice. I was told that its usually eaten during Tsagaan Sar – the traditional mongolian new year, and is considered a delicacy.
Hopefully the next time I blog I will have a finished pair of mittens to showcase.
