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Tea Leaf Eggs
Easy Chinese Recipes: Family Favorites From Dim Sum to Kung Pao

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Now, tea leaf eggs is a common snack that we can find in most Chinese populated area and even in shopping complexes. You don’t have to find it, just smell it and you will know which shop or stall is selling it. Cooking tea leaf eggs isn’t difficult if you can get the spices, most Asian shops should have them, if not, you can get them from AsianSupermarket365.com.

If you love easy Chinese cooking, probably this is the best book you should buy, Easy Chinese Recipes: Family Favorites From Dim Sum to Kung Pao. It is not merely a recipes book that provides recipes. This 144 pages recipes book full of bountiful photos and awesome information from utensils, ingredients, tips & tricks to basic cooking method. You will never get lost half way through cooking the recipes from this book, authored by Bee Yinn Low who owns a popular website Rasa Malaysia: Easy Asian Recipes.

After flipping though the book over and over again, I decided to cook this tea leaf eggs because it seems so easy and simple to follow. The most important thing is that I wanted to try out if I can get the same authentic tea leaf eggs taste ever savored in my taste bud. This recipe didn’t fail me and I will cook more for my family with this recipe book.

Recipe: Tea Leaf Eggs [茶叶蛋]

Recipe from: Easy Chinese Recipes: Family Favorites From Dim Sum to Kung Pao
Makes: 12 eggs or serve 6 as an appetizer

INGREDIENTS:
4 cups (1 liter) water
12 large eggs

Tea Mixture
4 cups (1 liter) water ( I used 5 cups since I simmered the eggs for overnight)
3 heaping tablespoons Chinese puer tea leaf or black tea (I used Tie Guan Yin tea leaf 鐵觀音)
1 cinnamon stick
3 star anise
6 tablespoon soy sauce
3 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt

METHOD:

• Add 4 cups (1 liter) of water to a pot and gently drop in the eggs. Make sure the water covers the eggs. Bring the water to boil over high heat. Boil until the eggs are cooked, about 10 minutes.
• Remove the hard-boiled eggs from the boiling water and rinse them with cold running water. Using the back of a teaspoon, gently tap the eggshell to crack the shell. Discard the water in the pot.
• To make the Tea Mixture, heat the water in a pot and bring it to a boil. Add the rest of the ingredients and return to a boil.
• Transfer the eggs to the pot and boil the eggs with the Tea Mixture for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to low. Simmer the eggs for at least 2 hours. (I placed my them in a slow cooker and simmered for overnight.)
• Serve the eggs immediately or leave them in the Tea Mixture overnight to further develop the color and flavor. Tea Leaf Eggs are best served the next day.

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Locking Loops by Theresa Pulido

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With a compilation of 30 unique locker hook projects & new techniques, Locking Loops provides alluring projects suitable for every skill level, from beginner to veteran. This books offers colorful projects to give and wear; from rugs, pillows, tableware, baskets, bags and wearables like a belt, brooch, bracelet and more.

Buy Locking Loops: Unique Locker Hooking Handcrafts to Wear and Give at Amazon.
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WIN a free copy and the DIY kit from Theresa, worth $120. WOW!!! Act now before it is gone [closing on 23 September 2011]. Remember to tell Theresa that you know locker hooking from Craft Passion in the giveaway comment, and don’t forget to “like” Color Crazy Facebook page with a comment there too.

 
And, if you would love to get Theresa’s first locker hook book, Hook, Loop ‘n’ Lock: Create Fun and Easy Locker Hooked Projects, you can buy from Amazon too. This is the book that inspired me into locker hooking crafts.

You can also view the video of Theresa, introducing the “Locking Loops” Locker Hooking Book, produced by the book publisher F+W Media.

If this is your first time trying locker hook craft, you can buy the kit from Color Crazy online shop. Basically you can get all you need for locker hooking there, from tools to materials.

This is my autographed copy and I am in love with it.
I am going to try out the projects with the sample Theresa gave. Will show you later once it is done.

With Theresa’s easy to follow step by step photos and descriptions, one can easily learned how to locker hook in no time.
I am a good example, remember I told you about how I was deeply inspired by Theresa after I bought her first book Hook, Loop ‘n” Lock when I wrote my first tutorial on this craft.

This is my favorite…. Hope to try it soon!!! However, this is for advance level as it involves more complicated steps.

A lovely garden preserved basket perfect as a “gift basket” for the homemade fruit preserved to friends and families.

I think I am going to try this project first, a floral name card holder.

There are 2 project on Christmas ornaments, a Christmas tree and a snowman. If you buy the book now and start learning it, you can make them in time for this coming Christmas.

Colored chart for you to follow the pattern easily.

About the book author: Theresa Pulido
After a twenty-year career in high-tech, Theresa decided to pursue a more creative track that taps her passion for color, design and anything that is handcrafted. Theresa has always sought out unique objects that feature compelling designs, whether found in nature or crafted by hand. She applies this passion to her own surroundings and handmade creations. Theresa is the author of “Hook, Loop & Lock,” her first book on locker hooking, and “Locking Loops,” her latest book that features unique locker hooking hand crafts to give and wear. To learn more about Theresa’s designs and patterns, visit colorcrazy.com and be sure to check out the gallery.