Birthday Lettuce

• Lettuce, chopped or torn into pieces
• Winter mushrooms, soaked
• Bean curd, each large square quartered
• Ginger
• Oyster sauce

In a minimum of very hot oil, stir-fry lettuce and remove. Heat more oil, and brown bean curd on all sides. Add mushrooms, shreds or thin, crushed slices of ginger, any liquid that has accumulated under the lettuce, mushroom-soaking liquid, and a generous splash of oyster sauce. Cover; braise briefly. Uncover; thicken sauce with a cornstarch paste, season with soy sauce, drizzle with a dash of