Kisah Sotong

Firstly, let me introduce the sotongs :






This is Paul. The ahli nujum sotong.






This one pulak Davy Jones.






Ni ha sepupu sepipit lepa bila jadi mangsa makanan kat rumah Pak Mansoor.

Alkisahnya, last week my sis who stayed in Seberang came to melawat. Kalau kakak ni yang mai, akan ada punya lah aneka ragam punya bahan masakan dia bawak mai. The reason being pasar malam kat Seberang ada serba manekam. Jadi my sis brought the sotongs. Dulu-dulu my mak loved this sotong. Makan rebus macam tu ja. So the next day lepas my sis went back Mak asked me, the domestic goddess in charge while Mama is away to masak the sotong.

Ya Tuhan..like seriously, nak tengok sotong ni pun tak sanggup apatah lagi nak pegang dia and gosok-gosok basuh??! Tapi demi Emak terpaksalah...agak meloya oookkk...Then Mak buat semua. Dialah katok halia and rebus. Maybe dia tak sampai hati tengok kepucatan dan ketidaksanggupan aku yang ting tong ni nak buat semua tu. Masa sotong ni tengah mendidih dalam periuk, fuuuuhhhh serious ngeri!

Aku tak makan sotong rebus ni. Siap tak mau pandang bila dok terhidang atas meja makan. Masa aku nak makan nasik, aku pegang pinggan putih berisi sotong tu and letak dalam microwave. Konon nak simpan sat la while I was having my lunch at the dining table. Tapi aku ni kan nyanyuk tahap kambing gurun. I totally forgotten about the sotong in the microwave.

Just imagine, aku simpan dalam microwave hari Selasa. Last Saturday baru aku bukak microwave sebab nak reheat soup!!!!!!! Mak datok bau 'harum' keng punya dok ada mau pengsan aku depan microwave tu! Dahla benda tu menggelikan, busuk + basi pulak! My oh my! Sangat lah disaster!

Maka, aku mencuci la microwave tu dengan segala pelbagai haruman. Dari warm water to dish soap to lemon sampai hari ni, Selasa bau sotong tu tak hilang-hilang lagi. Lagi 2 hari tak hilang kalau matilah aku sebab Puan Besar Salmah Sahat nak balik mai. Haihhssss...



p/s: Mulai sekarang entry akan jadi multilingual atas permintaan ya :) Sekian terima kasih :)

Oink! Oink!

Great Facts on Pork

Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah. Following text give you reasons why Allah (SWT) has forbidden eating pork. There are many other reasons which we do not know of but ALLAH (SWT) knows.

"You are what you eat" - Native American proverb

In folklore terms, eating the meat of the pig is said to contribute to lack of morality and shame, plus greed for wealth, laziness, indulgence, dirtiness and gluttony. We insult a person by calling him or her a "Pig" when they demonstrate these characteristics. Muslims are forbidden by God to eat the meat of the pig (pork).

This is detailed in verses 2:173, 5:3, 6:145, and 16:115 of the Qur'an. An exemplary verse is quoted here: "He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked. But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits, then Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Is Pork Forbidden to Muslims Only?

The Jews and Christians are also forbidden from eating pork. Here is a quote from the Old Testament to that effect: "And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase." Deuteronomy 14:8

Many Christians believe that this verse was directed only at the Jews. But Jesus himself says during the Sermon on the Mount; "Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill." Some Christians say that, after a vision by St. Peter, God cleansed all animals and made them fit and lawful for human consumption. If ALL animals are cleansed by Peter's vision, this includes dogs, cats, vultures, and rats: but you just don't see people getting excited about a cat-meat sandwich like they do over barbecued pork or bacon. Others say that it was Paul who rescinded the law forbidding pork to humans, in order to appease the Romans, who enjoyed the taste of pig-meat. Many excuses have been given, but none are very sound.

Many Far Eastern traditions also discourage the eating of pork. The 3,000 year old Confucian Book of Rites says, "Agentleman does not eat the flesh of pigs and dogs." Although many Chinese are avid eaters of pork today, physicians of ancient China recognized pork-eating as the root of many human ailments. Buddhists, Jains and Hindus usually avoid eating any kind of meat.

Bad effects of pork consumption

Pig's bodies contain many toxins, worms and latent diseases. Although some of these infestations are harbored in other animals, modern veterinarians say that pigs are far more predisposed to these illnesses than other animals. This could be because pigs like to scavenge and will eat any kind of food, including dead insects, worms, rotting carcasses, excreta (including their own), garbage, and other pigs.

Influenza (flu) is one of the most famous illnesses which pigs share with humans. This illness is harbored in the lungs of pigs during the summer months and tends to affect pigs and humans in the cooler months. Sausage contains bits of pigs' lungs, so those who eat pork sausage tend to suffer more during epidemics of influenza. Pig meat contains excessive quantities of histamine and imidazole compounds, which can lead to itching and inflammation; growth hormone, which promotes inflammation and growth; sulphur-containing mesenchymal mucus, which leads to swelling and deposits of mucus in tendons and cartilage, resulting in arthritis, rheumatism, etc.

Sulfur helps cause firm human tendons and ligaments to be replaced by the pig's soft mesenchymal tissues, and degeneration of human cartilage. Eating pork can also lead to gallstones and obesity, probably due to its high cholesterol and saturated fat content. The pig is the main carrier of the taenia solium worm, which is found it its flesh. These tapeworms are found in human intestines with greater frequency in nations where pigs are eaten. This type of tapeworm can pass through the intestines and affect many other organs, and is incurable once it reaches beyond a certain stage. One in six people in the US and Canada has trichinosis from eating trichina worms which are found in pork. Many people have no symptoms to warn them of this, and when they do, they resemble symptoms of many other illnesses. These worms are not noticed during meat inspections, nor are they killed by salting or smoking. Few people cook the meat long enough to kill the trichinae. The rat (another scavenger) also harbors this disease. There are dozens of other worms, germs, diseases and bacteria which are commonly found in pigs, many of which are specific to the pig, or found in greater frequency in pigs.

Pigs are biologically similar to humans, and their meat is said to taste similar to human flesh. Pigs have been used for dissection in biology labs due to the similarity between their organs and human organs. People with insulin-dependent diabetes usually inject themselves with pig insulin.

Kindness to animals

Every creature was created by Allah for a purpose. The Prophet always encouraged being kind to animals. Although we should not eat the meat of the pig, it doesn't mean that we should hate pigs. We should show them the same kindness as any other animal, and not abuse or torture them. Pigs score high on tests devised to determine animal intelligence; in other words, they are very smart. It used to be that Europe people believed that pork would taste better if the pigs were kept in a state of filth, but this is not the natural inclination of the pig. When left to their own devices, it is said that pigs do not like to soil their sleeping quarters. As for their tendency to wallow in mud, that is done mainly to keep cool.

References:

• "Animals in Islam", by Al-Hafiz B.A. Masri,
• "Diet for a New America", by John Robbins,
• "Islamic Dietary Laws and Practices", by M.M. Hussaini, M.S. and A.H. Sakr, Ph.D.
• "Homotoxicology", by Dr. Hans-Heinrich Reckweg
• "Muslims in Alien Society", by Muhammad Samiallah

This article is quoted directly from here

What I Did During The Weekend

Hi clouds,

I am so tired. I started two new hobbies. The first one is power walking at The Botanical Garden and the second one is cooking. Yes, cooking. A nightmare indeed!

It has been 4 days since I start to power walk and I really enjoy it especially I have my mom as my crime partner. We start off as early as 6.30 am and the air at that time is so refreshing and cool just like one Salem advertisement 10 years ago. The first day of course was a suicidal power walk. I can barely walk after that and crawling seemed to be the most delicious act to do for the whole day. But after the second day it's getting better.

Then, there goes my second hobby that is cooking. Well, I wouldn't really call it a hobby because it is part of this year resolutions so . . . ya. . .mmm. . . .I stumbled into this one really cool blog about cooking and creating food from whatever things that you happened to have in your kitchen and I must say it's really FUN!

So, I decided to make chicken kebab instead. First, it's doable. Second, the colour is nice. So I went to Cold Storage to get the ingredients. Being a super super dumb beginner, I was having a nightmare looking for the ingredients! And...to make it worse, I don't even know what cumin ground is!!!!! I thought it is some kind of French herb whatnot and I bought the one in you know those kecik-kecik very sophisticated looking bottles of herb for RM 8.99. When I got back home, mom saw it and of course like any Malaysian mom she went berserk! And then only did I know Cumin = Jintan!!!!!!! I can get secekak penumbuk of the so called cumin for only 50 cent at kedai rempah mamak and yet I spent RM 8.99!!! Lesson learned. The first try was ok, kurang garam. And the second try is much better :)

So here are some pics of the so called chicken kebab :) Next recipe on the go, Banana Chocolate Muffin!

The ingredients for sesi perap.

After perap, you cucuk and it will look like this lah.

And then you grill, but my dapur got only this kuali so 'grill' this way lah.

And ready to hidang and makan :)

oh gosh im so gonna try this!

Hello you,

I'm sick. I ate rotten fishball today. I ate 6 of it then only I realized they were rotten. Dang...gelojoh sangat ambik habuan! and I thought I will be allright. I'm the type of people who usually survive eating nonsense thing. BUT! I sakit. Like separa mati. I can barely walk straight today. I nearly cry when I was walking up the stairs. It hurts like hell!!! Waaaa....no more fishball for me EVER!

Anyhoo, during my sick momento I have to avoid solid food like nasik lauk pauk dan sewaktu dengannya because I was afraid I might puke anytime, anywhere. Therefore, angin mengidam macam-macam pon mai lah...tiba-tiba I was craving for goreng pisang, cream crackers, tau foo faa, hey! cheee, rojak buah + sotong and.....souffle! :D

And...I'm going to try out this gorgeous souffle recipe this weekend or as soon as I can find the mangkuk-mangkuk putih :) :) :) The recipe is so tempting! Just check it out here Nice isn't it? Yum yum yuuuummmmmmmmmm.....

And oh, some gambar of my nasik ayam the other day. Ngeh ngeh ngeh ngeh...



Tada!



Tada! Tada! Ada nasik woooo



And sup!! Muhahahahhahahhaha


Haaa lega sakit perut... :)

p/s: Hanya aku or ada orang yang rasa Keliwon kali ni lawak?? Hantu pon cakap sama gaya macam Abang Bilal!!! Haihsssss