Ginseng-root Wolfberry Chrysanthemum Tea

i am enjoying my warm 'cooling' ginseng-root wolfberry chrysanthemum tea [人参须枸杞菊花茶] now :)

brewed yesterday, just brought to boil again in microwave :)

i have some ginseng-root in the fridge, 'hiding' in the fridge for coming to 2 years already i think, bought it then to 补气 as suggested by fangfang... instead of the boring brewing with boiling water, i bought these to complement it - chrysanthemum [S$3] & wolfberry [S$2] :

i think i used about one fifth of the chrysanthemum [S$3/5=S$0.60] & wolfberry [S$2/5=S$0.40] that i bought. as for the ginseng-root... haha you gauge from the pic hor [paisay i am a rather 'free-style' person when in the kitchen] :

before microwave :

after microwave [just bring to boil and steep] :

added honey to taste... this is the freshly brewed 'cooling' ginseng-root wolfberry chrysanthemum tea [人参须枸杞菊花茶] that i enjoyed yesterday... i heart the 甘苦 甘甜 甘香 taste :

boiled '3.5 times' [removed the boiled and added fresh water (about 700ml 3times +400ml)], total yielded about 2.5 litres :)

info on:

人参须  Ginseng

枸杞  Wolfberry

菊花  Chrysanthemum

'kam sa ha mi ta' - THANKS!

a friend just back from Korea, bought me this:

the content:

i m ms violet now :)

light purple crystal bracelet i bought from ZhuHai in JAN2010, purple crystal [Amethyst] with black 'magnet' i bought from Korea in DEC1999 [comes with a matching necklace], the new dark purple crystal [Amethyst] my friend got me from Korea in AUG2011 :)

ya dark purple, not black... or-kim or-kim hor :)

yes! 很有feel... but so paisay lor 让你破费了... >S$200! expensive lei... but it is really nice... 'kam sa ha mi ta'... THANKS!

ever since i lost my 'pink+brown+green+...' Tourmaline bracelet last year [2nd half of 2010... lost it together with my '((((((((OM))))))))' ring]... it had been around my wrist since 2003... 2003 to 2010... wow 7 years... hahaha 七年之痒 lol... and i did not know where & how i lost them!... so sad... i have been 'hunting' for one that gives me such 'feel':

i'm having the 'feel' back! once again... 谢谢!

hope i can find a Tourmaline bracelet with 'feel' soon :)

gemstone meaning and properties:

amethyst

tourmaline

Hawthorn Apple Tea

i am enjoying my warm appetising freshly brewed hawthorn apple tea now :)

bought this packet of hawthorn [S$1, about 100g] :

used about 20g of hawthorn and 2 apples :

before microwave :

after microwave [just bring to boil and steep] :

added honey to taste... my appetising freshly brewed hawthorn apple tea :

i boiled 2 times [removed the boiled and added fresh water], total yielded about 1.5 litres i think, about 700ml to be chilled in my recycle-choya-bottle in the fridge for tomorrow :)

info about hawthorn:

山楂

Great Home Remedies

wiki-Crataegus

20AUG11 12:38am PS:

can't wait to try the chilled hawthorn apple tea... just finished a huge glass... sooooo appetising! :) ... BUT... alamak... my 'mouth' is hungry now... i feel like eating something now... supper??? ;)

'Can you not cook curry?'!!!

the current 'can you not cook curry?' hot news made me craved for curry... the authentic indian one! so... we'd these at serangoon today :)

more curry!!!

curry chicken from our chinese 杂菜饭 stall:

haha when we chinese attend wake, we also eat curry chicken... when we say we're going to eat  咖喱鸡, we're implying that we're going to attend a wake:

curry puff from our malay stall:

our 'ang-mo jia' restaurant also have... the signature baked curry chicken rice from swensen's:

curry is our culture! 

when in rome, do as the romans do :)

anyway... Curry of Neutrality without the Flavour of Fairness 

here is the source of the news: can you not cook curry?

clarification by: CMC

clarification by: Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs

here is mr brown's 'vincent-inspired' mp3: curry curry night

Lemongrass Ginger Tea

i am enjoying my warm soothing freshly brewed lemongrass ginger tea now :)

bought these, lemongrass S$0.35 & ginger S$0.66 [abt 200g]  :

used about 1/3 of what i bought [no lah did not use 1/3 of the tub of honey hor..., i mean 1/3 of the raw ingredients... hahaha...] :

chopped and boiled these :

my soothing freshly brewed lemongrass ginger tea :

i boiled 3 times [removed the boiled and added fresh water], total gathered about 2 litres i think, leftover of about 700ml in the fridge for tomorrow :)

from wiki, Lemongrass and Ginger , see the medical properties :)

13AUG11 PS:

the 1st boil is 'thicker'... best to drink it hot, or cold 'on the rock' :)

the 2nd & 3rd boil are diluted... just nice to drink it chilled instead of 'on the rock' :)

cheers! i am enjoying my chilled lemongrass ginger tea now :)

S$90.61 donated to Hair for Hope 2011

some of my friends noted my tweet about the S$90.61 and asked...

... i did not expect someone i once respected to have such despicable behaviour... i was sad then, tired to continue the fight over his nonsense... i told myself if he is so shameless to seize this S$90.61, i will take that as my donation to charity......

... but... while exchanging thoughts on this with friends... positively, i realised that i did not actually donate it to the charity... he owes me through his shameless act... i dun owe him anything but i am still owing what i have 'pledged'...

... so... to fulfill what i have 'pledged'... i have just donated S$90.61 to Hair for Hope 2011 ...

... um… exactly S$90.61 not more nor less… easier for the ‘one’ reconciling pledges, if there is one up there... muahahaha…

... um... donated to Hair for Hope 2011 also in support of my ex-boss's good deed... tim is a good boss :)

he will be shaving bald on 18 AUG 2011 to raise awareness and funds for the children's cancer foundation...

go tim go... bold tim bold... and for a short period... bald tim bald :)

... if you also want to donate... click Hair for Hope 2011 :)

... understanding the ordeals that children with cancer are subjected to, volunteers shave their heads as a symbolic gesture to help create awareness for children with cancer, in conjunction with the annual CCF fund-raising event...

30AUG11 PS:

Pulasan Seed [pu tou san]

heehee i had 6 pulasan leftover in my fridge... wanna try the seed [re my previous post on Pulasan]... so finished them all yesterday...

... tried one seed not bad but kinda 'raw' taste...  perhaps bec it's damp... to me, the texture is more like macadamia instead of almond... also rather difficult to remove the 'woody seed coating' with my teeth... very un-glam also :) ... so:

:) i put them into the oven after rinsing them under running tap

:) after roasting in the oven... very light smell of chestnut

:) the 'woody seed coating' can easily be removed after roasting

:) the taste... um the texture is still more like macadamia

:) still a bit damp... so i put them into oven again

:) the final product after 2nd roasting... the taste... still close to macadamia (the texture)... yum yum

:) next time when i eat pulasan again... i m gonna keep and roast the seeds again...

too bad cannot share the final product... not very hygienic though i washed them before roasting lol

Pulasan [pu tou san]

my second elder brother likes to buy fruits for our weekly family day... never fail to bring back so much fond memories... :) he bought this today...

we had mango, guava, papaya, rambutan,... trees then, when we were staying at the hong kah kampong... but not this... but the neighbour opposite us had this 'pu tou san' tree:

... he said he bought 'grape mountain' today and we were guessing... lol...

we only knew that this is 'pu tou san':

'pu tou' = grape in hokkien

'san' = mountain in mandarin 

so.... i googled.... this is Pulasan ... muahahaha....

just noted from wiki that...

'the seed of the pulasan is readily edible raw. It has a flavour somewhat similar to that of almonds.'

!!! !!! ??? ???

... i still have some pulasan in my fridge... will try eating the seed tomorrow ;)

HOME

hahaha this is soooooooo 'home' lor... lol:

04 AUG 2011 THUR - Dinner [ f-pasta ]

papa packed me 'hei bee hiam' [chilli shrimp paste] last sunday, dun wanna take but not nice to reject papa...

so today i cooked this f-pasta for dinner [the 'hei bee hiam' molded in nice heart shape]...

um... 'f' ...

... can be father since i cooked this because of the 'hei bee hiam' from papa :)
... can be fridge since i mixed what i had in the fridge... nonya achar, siew mai,... :)
... can be fusion too... italian plus oriental :)

... no... not fusilli... i might buy conchiglie (shell), farfalle (bow), macaroni, spaghetti or .. when i finish this packet of fusilli :)

... no... definitely not f***ing... i dun have the habit of using such :) [this f***ing word is rather hot topic now...]