Blue Pots in China Town

Hello, all,

It is a grey and foggy morning here in Seattle.  I found this bright cobalt blue clay potted plant photo and it lifted my spirits.  They were in a grouping in Seattle's Chinatown area.  I went looking for rice sticks one day to make Chinese Chicken Salad...I walked out of the Iwajimaya store with 3 different kinds...LOL...wasn't sure what I was doing...however, my husband took over from there and made the salad.  One thing to remember is to break up and seperate the little rice stick noodles before cooking...some of them which weren't seperated stuck together in the salad and were not as crispy as they could have been.   I think the directions were in Chinese which made it a bit of a challenge.   He used a recipe from a great cookbook I got....the final results are below.    Have a great day everyone!  Maria