Every time I shop at 99 Ranch Market, I see the wood ear mushrooms and it makes me think of a dish that my mommy makes.  It’s one of my favorite dishes from my childhood and I actually made it tonight!  I made a call to the Magical House and got a rough list of ingredients and some instructions.  It’s basically a combination of ginger, chicken, wood ear mushrooms, and pineapple cooked in a vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce mixture.  It’s so simple yet it’s a combination of flavors that you wouldn’t imaging together in one dish.  Yum Yum.  Jes tried it for the first time today and he was pleasantly surprised.  I don’t know why he’s so shocked every time I make something delicious.  I think he forgets that I was raised in the Magical House.  Some of the “magic” HAD to have rubbed off over the years.  Heh heh.