Grandma’s favorite quick dinner dish
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Elsie M. Teruya
Elsie M. Teruya, age 97, made this dish whenever she was busy and needed to get supper on the table quickly for her husband and five children.
She says to add anything you like to the dish to customize the flavor. “One of my friends eats it with kim chee, and it comes out just right.”
For her own part, though, “I do not add anything ’cause I am an old happy grandma with simple tastes. Hoping this meal will make some other grandma happy.”
SIMPLE EASY MEAL
- 1 can corned beef hash
- 1 can cream-style corn
- 1/2 package frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 cup chicken broth, optional
- 1 block tofu, cut in cubes
Optional seasonings: Curry powder, soy sauce, hot sauce
Put everything except broth and tofu in a medium pot. Cook on very low heat. If it’s too thick, add chicken broth and mix well. Add tofu last.
Season to your own taste; add whatever you like.
Nutritional information unavailable.
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Sorry but this dish does not sound appealing. You also mean corned beef, right not hash?
I have a close friend, Hawaiian, Chinese, German, English, Irish (“POI”/”Heinz 57”) and he makes this dish (thing) from ground-beef, canned corn, onions, bell pepper, garlic, salt and pepper.
It’s the most BLAND thing you’ve ever tasted. So, after trying to choke it down, on several occasions; I finally mixed in some Worcestershire, Tabasco, and Ketchup. First, he was insulted; but now we laugh. “To each his own”! (Just eat it, just like that thing yo MOMMA makes…)
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY MRS. TERUYA!! 幸せな母の日! Hau`oli La Makuahine!!
“Shiawa sei na hah hah no hi, equate to happy mother’s day. Japanese kanji and hiraga used. Commedable post!
Excuse the spelling error: s/b commendable
Nice try. Some translation web site? Its a direct literal english to kanji translation. Nobody says it that way in the homeland.
母の日おめでとう
“Nobody”? (..maybe “nobody” you know..)
There is respectful way and everyday street language. As in any culture there are many ways to express greetings/good wishes, etc.
Canned corned beef was a frequent ingredient on my dinner menu in my early married life — fried with cabbage or onion, baked with mashed potato and frozen veggies, fried with potatoes and onions for a hash and topped with an egg — just a newlywed’s dream!
Yuck. What a salt and fat laden dish. Amazed that granny survived as long as she did.
Don’t knock it till you try it. Oba-san must be doing something right. Looks gooooooooood for 97 years old.
Quick, easy and tasty and actually pretty healthy. People back in the day, ate very simply.
It is a receipe that you can play with according to what you want to add in or leave out especially the choice of vegetables you want.
For example, you may want to add bitter melon and bak chou and even long rice, ginger and top off with chinese parsley and green onions.
See what I mean.
Thanks grandma Teruya.
Leave out the first 4 ingredients. It tastes much better that way.
Is it really about the recipe? Maybe just give some LOVE to this woman who has managed to live as long as she has; and just say Happy Mother’s Day… You know—just an ALOHA! Gheez; what a bunch of poopheads you are…
LOL. Thank you Farkward, I agree. Happy Belated Mother’s Day, Mrs. Teruya!
The City keeps on ripping us off she might have to omit the canned hash. More bike lanes, rail, Korean CC, Ala Moana improvements, blown water mains, electric poles falling, homeless. Caldwell, Martin four more years.
In the last 15 years her property tax has increased five times.
Hopes she gets to be the oldest surviving woman! I’m 7 years her junior and she looks healthier.
I know 3 Okinawans in Hawaii : 93, 97, and 102… I’m trying to figure out if it’s the minerals in the PURPLE SWEET POTATO’S (?) They don’t look their ages and they are amazingly physically and mentally active. The eldest—-one SLY MONGOOSE…