Month: November 2020

The Lottery Ladies of Bến Tre – 2020

These elderly ladies buy state sponsored lottery tickets, and resell them on the streets for .50 each. They barely sell enough in a day to subsist themselves, let alone, their families.

  • our Dad’s students are in charge of distributing the lottery ticket money
  • Le scored some tickets
  • Our distant cousin who celebrated her 100th birthday.
  • Le bought lottery tickets on the street
  • Mom chatted with one of the ladies
  • She lost one arm.
  • Bà Bé
  • Bà Nguyễn thị Lợi. She lost both arms.
  • This lady, in her 80’s, took her son (in his 50’s) who had a debilitated stroke (by hired motorcycle driver) to this Buddhist temple for day care so she could go sell lottery tickets, She picked him up in the evening. Once home everyday, she would go collect plastic bags and wash them on the river bank to sell for some extra money for her and her son to live on.
  • We found a man in need so we helped him too.

#1, Cầu Kênh 4000, Bạc Liêu

Date/Ngày5/23/2012
Canal/Kênh4000???
Hamlet/Ấp9
Village/XãPhong Thạnh Tây B
District/HuyệnPhước Long
Province/TỉnhBạc Liêu
Dimension/Kích Thước
Map/Bản Đồhttps://goo.gl/maps/6C6BQjSW5yWM4WbS7
Partnership with/
Hợp tác với		Từ Thiện Minh Tâm

BEFORE

Lễ Khởi Công Xây Dựng/Ground Breaking Ceremony

Lễ Khánh Thành / Opening Ceremony / AFTER

Bò Kho (braised beef stew)

Ingredients

  • beef for stew or shank, cut into cubes
  • chinese five spice
  • garlic
  • carrots, cut in chunks
  • lemon grass, cut into finger length
  • corn starch (to thicken stew)

Directions

  • marinade meat with spices, garlic, ginger, lemon grass
  • use a cast iron pan, sear meat on both sides over high heat
  • add water (3TBs) on sides of pot
  • cover and cook til you hear sizzling sound
  • continue to add 1/2 C of water into the pot (pour on the side)
  • watch to make sure it doesn’t burn
  • keep doing this for ~45 minutes, the meat will shrink & soak in the liquid, spices, and cooked slowly
  • after the 5th time, add enough water to cover the meat about 1″ over
  • in an instant pot, cook while covered, add more water

Notes

  • meat tender and seasoned.
  • add carrots about 10 mins before the stew is done
  • add corn starch to thicken as desired
  • eat with french bread or Hu Tieu noodle