I prefer to eat rice porridge when the weather is hot. When my father-in-law was with us, he will only eat porridge when he was not feeling well and that only for 1 or 2 days. By the 2nd day, he will complain that his legs felt weak and he needed to eat rice. Good thing, hubby doesn't feel that way and he does not mind eating porridge.
Most times, I will cook plain rice porridge. Other times, I will add meat, salted egg and century egg, or whatever is available. There are also times when I will add in rolled oats to the rice porridge if it is available. Here are 2 examples of our recent rice porridge dinners.
Dinner #1
Some home made pickled ginger and green chili.
Canned pickled lettuce.
Rice porridge with pre-marinated pork slices, century egg, salted egg, and ginger strips.
Home grown vegetable - baby choy sum.
Just plain blanched vegetable without any oil or sauce.
These days I use brown rice to boil porridge. I buy brown rice from the rice shop in my area. Recently, I asked a friend to help me buy a packet of brown rice from Sekinchan.
Dinner #2
Salted duck egg.
Minced pork with sour belimbing buluh (picture below), chilies and onions.
Belimbing buluh fruits from a friend.
Plain brown rice porridge.
Sauteed home grown Green Amaranth with oil, garlic and salt.
Green Amaranth babies.
When I first planted this, I scattered too many seeds within a small plot.
Now I know better and I try to space out the seeds.
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I received the following photos from a friend.
I searched the internet and I think this insect is the Callirhipis Cardwellensis beetle with Flabellate Antennae.
Insect photos credited to Shirley.
This beetle is new to me.
Have you come across this strange looking beetle before.
Linking to Saturday's Critters.
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Good grief, this bug looks like it is something made from plastic to scare people! Porridge does have a reputation here of being for sick people.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ginny. Porridge is easier to eat and digest especially for the sick and elderlies.
DeleteAll is looking very good. We don't eat porridge in our house but some people do.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Margaret. Not everyone is a fan of porridge.
DeleteThank you Nancy for the baby vege photo. Love your Home Grown Vegetables With Porridge. I can eat porridge everyday with no issues cos I don't need to eat rice at all. Brown rice porridge is healthy. No, I haven't seen the beetle before. It looks so special. Has your friend seen it before many times before taking the photo?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mun. I am not sure how many times my friend has seen this insect.
DeleteYour food is aways so varied and well presented. But that beetle.... I hope I never see one like that, its scary! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteThank you, Valerie. So far, I haven't seen such insect in my garden or house.
DeleteYour porridge looks good enough to eat on its own.
ReplyDeleteMost of the times I will eat it on its own. Sometimes, I will have other things to go with it.
DeleteHere porridge is not common. To me it´s even rather "slimey" - oh, but the others look so good - I am hungry (no kidding!).
ReplyDeleteThank you, Iris. True, not everyone enjoys eating porridge.
DeleteHello Nancy,
ReplyDeleteI hope your Father-in-law is feeling better. The green amaranth is lovely. I have never seen a beetle like that, it is interesting looking. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
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DeleteYeah, rice porridge works well when you are ill. Very interesting insect.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Shiju.
DeletePorridge here tends to be of the oat variety. I only have it for breakfasts in winter.
ReplyDeleteThank you, William. I love the oat porridge too.
DeleteYour friend got some unusual bugs, and I really like the one with the brush-like antennae. When we were sick, we used to eat porridge as well. My brother, who works out at the gym, used to consume brown rice while he was on a diet.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend.
Thank you, Jeevan. We are now trying to keep a more healthier diet.
DeleteI have never had rice porridge but yours looks good.
ReplyDeleteI have never had rice porridge but yours looks good. Gigi hawaii
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DeleteThat beetle is wild looking, isn't it? I've never seen anything like it. I love seeing that bowl of brown rice. I could eat just that!
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy eating brown rice too.
DeleteI believe you have species correct. Otherwise, I'm not familiar with insects outside of my own region. It's a marvelous insect. I have to look up rice porridge: it just may be for me!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Andree.
DeleteSo creative with what you do with porridge. I'm always impressed by the variety of vegetables you cook with.
ReplyDeleteThe beetle is unlike anything I've ever seen.
Thank you, Yogi.
DeleteThanks for your sharing :)
ReplyDeleteThank you and have a good day.
DeleteRice porridge looks good, i've never had it. Maybe i can find a recipe.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mimi. Just add water to the rice to slow boil until all the rice are broken up. If you prefer smoother texture, then boil longer. You can add whatever you want to it.
DeleteI have seen that beetle before and what made me remember it is the antennae which looks like a garden rake. LOL!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that attracts me to this beetle is the antennae.
DeleteI had enough of porridge last month when the whole family fell sick!! Haha. Nice to cook porridge and accompanied by own grown veggie.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rose. Too much of anything can be boring.
DeleteYour rice porridge looks yum. The antenna of that insect is so cool.
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Thank you, Lovely.
DeleteI like green Amaranth, too.
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DeleteTodo se ve interesante. El escarabajo no lo habÃa visto antes. Besos.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Teresa.
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