嫁外國人(4)：回鄉探親
同外國人結婚，因為兩個人來自兩個國家，所以會最少有其中一方要離鄉別井去另一個國家生活。
經常生活在別鄉，少不免會有思鄉之情，會想回鄉探親，見見家人朋友，吃吃家鄉小菜。於是每年的假期，總要預留一兩個星期回鄉，亦即是說，會減少了去其他國家旅行的機會和時間。對於假期少但又喜歡去不同地方旅行的人來說，要年年陪老公或老婆回鄉就好似浪費寶貴假期一樣。
如果你的honey來自一個好玩的地方，年年去玩下可能都ＯＫ，但如果他的鄉下真是一個鄉下地方，甚麼都没有，而你又要年年去同一個地方，未必一定爽。再者，你們兩個定居香港，在他家鄉可能没有自己的房子，回鄉就要住在他的家人家裏。外國人都喜歡私隠和空間，年年要招呼你們兩個可能會有點麻煩。要回鄉探親開心，記緊要同你的in-laws保持良好關係。
十分幸運地我很喜歡愛爾蘭和我的in-laws，年年有excuse去歐洲旅行，很不錯！但今年我的工作很忙，weekend都要幫人證婚，没有太多可以放長假的機會，所以我就鼓勵老公自己回鄉，不用等我。他想來想去，都未落實訂機票，我問他原因，他就話不想同我分開太耐，一星期都太耐。
看他的表情似乎是真心說話而不是甜言蜜語喎。Hee Hee….
How to stay happy in a relationship (4)：Be Sweet
I made a cheescake last night and put it in the fridge. This morning, I received an SMS from my husband:
“Hi, trying cheesecake now. Fantastic. There are reasons to keep loving you! X”
He is pretty sweet, isn’t he?
Despite being married for quite a while, we still remain sweet to each other. We always kiss good bye – it comes so naturally to us. It’s actually another friend who noticed and asked another western friend of hers why he doesn’t kiss goodbye, thinking it’s the western norm…
We often tell each other “I love you”. It doesn’t cost anything to show our affection. When you say “I love you”, it reminds you that you have someone to love. You ARE in love. Even if you don’t get the loving feeling, hopefully the one whom you say it to believes that you actually love him/her, feels more loved after hearing what you say, and love you even more. It’s a no cost investment to express your love, isn’t it? So, why not?
Be sweet. Make something special for your loved ones.
Here is the recipe of the cheesecake with LOVE:
Ingredients
125g digestive biscuits
75g melted butter
300g cream cheese
60g icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
250ml double cream
2 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoon cornstarch
1/4 cup water
1 cup blueberries
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Method
- Crush digestive biscuits into crumbs, then stir in the melted butter.
- Press the biscuit mixture into a 20cm springform tin.
- Beat together the cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla extract and lemon juice in a bowl until smooth.
- Whip the double cream, then fold it into the cream cheese mixture.
- Spoon the cheesecake filing on top of the biscuit base and smooth with a spatula. Put it in the fridge for 3 hours or overnight.
- For the blueberry topping, mix sugar, cornstarch, water, and lemon juice in small saucepan. Cook and stir until thickened. Add blueberries; cook until bubbly. Chill. Spread on top of cheesecake and refrigerate.
Tips
- Digestive biscuits can be crumbled in a food processor. The manual method is to put biscuits into a ziploc bag, crush them with a rolling pin.
- Be sure you line the cake tin with baking paper. Biscuit base tends to stick to the tin and it’s hard to take it out.
- It takes time to set the cheesecake filing. Do not spoon the blueberry topping over the cake until it’s set. Otherwise it won’t look clean.
- The blueberry topping takes 24 hours to properly set in shape. In terms of timing, make it immediately after you make the cake, but chill it separately in the fridge. Spread it over the cake after at least 3 hours, and then chill for a day to get a nice layer of blueberry topping.