Stuffed Fish, Pickled Fruit, Turmeric Rice & Black Chicken Herbal Soup

A morning without any sign of sunrise. We started our walk at about 7am.

Facing west, the Kledang Hill.

Gloomy sky.

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Chinese art mural on the concrete wall of a Chinese school.

I sought my neighbour's help with the Chinese character.

The Chinese character means Sincere.

This one means filial.

On the way back, we stopped to buy fried noodle and pig's skin+long bean curry.

Economy fried noodle + curry + milo for hubby.

I picked and ate the long beans in the curry.

Toast + apricot jam + black coffee for me.

Midday sky at 12:50pm.

A friend came to pass me a tub of turmeric+coconut oil rice.

And a small tub of fruit pickle or acar buah in Malay.

It so happened that my neighbour bought 2 stuffed fish for us.

Heated up leftover steamed sour plum sauce pork rib.

Delicious and filling lunch for 2 people.

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The friend who sent me the turmeric rice and fruit pickle forwarded the following photos from her garden.

Is this a Bromeliad/Guzmania?

Hope someone can help to identify this plant.

Photo credited to Marie

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No rice for dinner since we had taken rice for lunch. Instead we had noodle.

Black chicken herbal soup with noodle.

Ending this post with an evening sky at 7:48pm.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

But the good man - what a different story!

For the good man - the blameless, the upright,

the man of peace - he has a wonderful future ahead of him.

For him there is a happy ending.

(Psalm 37:37, The Living Bible-TLB)

Making 2nd Batch Pineapple Jam.

Saturday, 88th day MCO
We didn't walk in the park because we woke up a bit late. We only walked to the nearby shops behind our house, stopped to buy hubby's breakfast and then walked back home.

On the way home I stopped to snap the above picture of pigeons on the power cable.

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Breakfast

Fried glutinous rice for hubby.

And some pig's skin and long bean curry which was eaten with the glutinous rice.

I ate home made oat porridge with dried cranberry and walnut pieces.

Our breakfast with a pot of Sabah tea.

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Making 2nd batch of pineapple jam.

My friend, neighbour and I enjoyed my pineapple jam. Since we have all finished the pineapple jam from the 1st batch, it is time for the 2nd batch.

This time, I used 2 pineapples.

Place the pineapple pieces in the chopper or blender.

Poured all the roughly blended pineapple into a pot and boiled it over low fire about 30 minutes. Then add in cane sugar or brown sugar. I don't have cane sugar so I used brown sugar. (The sweetness according to the your taste). Followed by lemon juice from 3 to 4 lemons. I used juice from 1 lemon and a few limes (all that I had in the fridge). 

Remember to stir every now and then. Simmer over low fire until the jam thickened to preferred consistency. Add sugar if needed. Let the jam cool completely before storing in containers.

From 2 pineapples, I get 5 small tubs of jam. The above 3 tubs will be given to friends and I have 2 tubs in the fridge for ourselves.

This is our first time tasting the chicken rice from our regular coffee shop. A plate of sesame bbq chicken and rice to share with hubby. We chose to dine-in at the coffee shop.

We had Chinese Century Pears for mid afternoon snack.

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Home cooked dinner

I boiled soup with daikon, carrot, red dates, goji berries and pig's shoulder bones.

Snake beans, red okras, prawns cooked with spicy sambal paste.

Steamed Chinese white pomfret (tau tai chong fish) with ginger.

Garnished with home grown spring onions and drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

Satisfying dinner for 2 people.

Hubby had steamed rice while I go without rice.

Without wise leadership, a nation is in trouble;

but with good counselors there is safety.

(Proverbs 11:14, The Living Bible-TLB)