Posted on: Sunday, February 20, 2005
CONTEMPORARY RICE STORY
Mommy's Fried Rice
| • | An homage to rice |
| • | Old-time talk story: Memories of Rice |
| • | Poetry: Growing With Rice |
| • | Contemporary, winner: Few Things in Life Are as Constant or Comforting |
| • | Readers' thoughts: Poetry in the Grain |
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| Courtney Lelepali |
Ho! Mom's fried rice is so 'ono, man. It's the best fried-rice dish eva. It's so 'ono, I can eat two plates. The secret is, well, dere's no secret. All you gotta do to make 'em is you have to be my mom.
My mom is the only person who can make the most 'ono-est fried rice eva. She puts da egg, da bacon and da Spam. Yum, yum, yum. Man, just talking about it makes me want a plate of it. Once you smell 'em, then you know she makes the best fried rice.
Mom doesn't have a special day when she makes her 'ono fried rice. She jes' surprise us when we come home from one hard volleyball practice.
And to make it even mo' betta, she cooks da sugar-shoyu hot dogs. She has dat one with da fried rice. It's 'ono togetha, and killaz.
Man, Mommy's fried rice is da BOMB!
Courtney Lelepali is a student at Na'au, the writing school of Lois-Ann Yamanaka and Melvin E. Spencer III. Hers was among an impressive group of entries from young Na'au writers.
It's also good to eat 'em on a cold rainy day cuz by da time we come home, it's dere and ready to be eaten.
