Showing posts with label Food concerns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food concerns. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 January 2008

Endangered species of the epicurean kind

Heh heh heh!

Temptations for KSN?

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I found them today...can you believe it?

I remembered your "gian-ness" for Maling luncheon meat, and decided to drop by at the provision shop.

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They are newly-produced.

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We can have a party, but hor, see how much fat there is!?!

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怕了吗?

Apparently, this shop I bought from has a "special connection" with the supplier and hence they could get these limited cans. There were only a few cans left, and I grabbed 4 cans only ...coz I was very loaded with stuff already (plastic rack to make cat condo, packs of plant fertilisers, new cat bed, cat grass boxes, etc.) :P

Will find some way to pass a can to KSN...or if you happen to drop by for dinner at your friend's place, let me know.

Anyone else would like to have a can too?

:)

Tuesday, 8 January 2008

Food tip: Sprouting tubers can't be eaten

From the Japanese curry & cabbage post, I realised I might have given the impression that I cooked the sprouting sweet potato in the curry. *Oops!* My apologies for the miscommunication. That sprouting "alienated" sweet potato was an old photo and I threw the tuber out afterwards.

Tubers (like potatoes and sweet potatoes) that begin to sprout conspicous eyes and shoots MUST NOT be eaten, as they can be toxic, according to traditional Chinese "general rules or principles" of food preparation and healthy eating. You know we always hear about how certain food is cooling or heaty, or that certain food should not be eaten with others or it may negate the positive qualities, etc. - these are "principles" that I'm referring to.

Another general rule that I distinctly remember is that green beans (乌龟豆 in Hokkien) and 金针(flower) (Kim Zarm in Hokkien) must be properly cooked for if uncooked, they are toxic if eaten.