Armand Gutierrez, President

March is coming in with big storms that are predicted to drop 3′ – 4′ (or more) of snow in the Tahoe area. We’re finally getting the snow that is so desperately needed for our favorite winter sport and for the water that will be needed during the summer. Plan your trips to Tahoe carefully to avoid blizzard conditions on the highways and check the resort web pages to ensure that they are in full operation.

2018 FWSA Ski Week to Trois Vallees

This year, I decided to fulfill one of my desires for skiing Trois Vallees in France. Trois Vallees consists of 8 resorts and is billed as the world’s largest ski area with 600km of ski in/ski out inter-connected ski lifts. I’m sure the Dolomiti Superski area would challenge that claim as they boast to have 1200km of inter-connected ski lifts and 12 ski resorts. The photo shows the CÎME CARON cable car at the Val Thorens resort. I’ll be joining several fellow NSCers on the FWSA Trois Vallees ski week from 3-11 March. As members of NSC, you are eligible to take any BAC and FWSA ski trips that are offered during the ski season. And here’s something to think about – FWSA will be going to Japan in 2019. Details haven’t been released yet so stay tuned, and if you have an interest in going then drop me a line at president@niseiskiclub.org.

March NSC Weekend Ski Trip

Karen Soo, our trip director, is planning on a car-pool effort for a weekend of skiing at Tahoe on 17-18 March. Look for details in the newsletter.

Board Nominations

Now that it’s March it’s time to think about Board Nominations for the 2018-19 season. If anyone has an interest in joining the board for the next season and has questions about what it entails then just drop a note to any of the current board members, or perhaps you have someone in mind to nominate for the board. Please keep in mind that the Nisei Ski Club relies on volunteers to be on the board and undertake the running of the club. It’s not all work and no play. Board meetings are fairly informal and afterwards we usually go out for lunch and talk about skiing or upcoming club events.

Newsletter Editor

Are you interested in providing a valuable service to the club? A service that keeps the membership apprised of current events and interesting articles? Ever wanted to try out your journalistic side? If so, then the NSC Board would like to have you as our next Newsletter Editor. Judy Hom, our current Newsletter Editor, would like to pass the proverbial golden pen to a new newsletter editor. Judy has been a great editor for the last three years but has now indicated that it’s time to pass the baton and would be willing to train the next editor. If you’re interested then contact Judy at newsletter@niseiskiclub.org or any of the board members.

Judy Hom

I love the potlucks on the NSC weeklong trips. I especially love the potluck at the end of the week when people use up everything in their refrigerator. The dishes are amazingly creative. There’s no point in throwing food away or bringing it home.

Here’s a recipe for turkey lettuce cups made by Amy Tsuhako using condiments packets from the ski resort eateries. This is a good way to use those packets that find their way into your pockets during lunch time. She made this dish on the Park City trip a couple of years ago. It was delicious.

Turkey Lettuce Cups

Ingredients

Note: packets = ski resort sized condiment packets!
• 3/4 lb Ground turkey
• 1/2 bunch cilantro chopped
• 1 onion diced
• 2 scallions chopped
• 2 packets soy sauce
• 1/2 t granulated garlic
• 1/2 t powdered ginger
• 1/2 t pepper
• 1 t sugar
• 2 T teriyaki sauce

Directions

Stir fry turkey until no longer pink. Add onions and seasonings and stir fry until onions are soft. Then add cilantro and scallions and stir fry until turkey is a bit browned. Serve on platter with side of washed lettuce leaves and sauce.

Sauce:
• 1 heaping Tablespoon peanut butter
• 1 packet soy sauce
• 2 packets honey
• 1 packet Tabasco sauce
• 1 T lemon juice
• 2 T water

Mix and microwave 15 seconds to smooth out the peanut butter.