The Wantan Disaster

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Once when my parents were overseas and I had the kitchen all to myself, I had this great desire to make my very own wantan noodle. How hard can it be anyway? Just get some wantan wrappers, minced meat and put them together. Easy peasy. During work meetings that day, I was fantasizing on where to get the ingredients and how heavenly it would taste. I floated to the supermarket as soon as I could and did my shopping happily. I couldn't wait to get home!

As soon as I reached home, I got to work. Put some water into the pot to boil, put some salt into the ready-made minced meat and then put the meat into the wantan wrapper. Ooops, the wrapper broke. I must have stuffed too much meat in it. Never mind, next one then. When I had about 8-10 wantans, I put them all into the pot to boil.

To my horror, the wrappers started to uncurl exposing the meat inside. Gosh, what did I do wrong? How come the wantan noodle sellers made it look so simple??

Oh well, no sense wasting the stuff. After it looked cooked, I called my brother down for dinner. He gave the broth a funny look and asked, "What is it? Is it edible?"

"It's wantan soup," I patiently told him. "It may not look much like it, but it should taste quite similar. Try it."

I was wrong. The whole thing tasted quite awful. Both of us took a bite and gagged.

"Ok, now why don't I whip out some instant noodle for the both of us?" I said cheerily.

My brother brightened up, "Oooh, yes please! You make the best instant noodle!"

And that was the last time I experimented on cooking something as exotic as wantans.