Deep Purple Corn & Century Egg With Pickled Ginger

After locking the gate, I took the following sky shots before we started our morning walk.

Morning sky at 6:55am.

Returning from our morning walk at 7:40am.

Economy spicy fried rice vermicelli (Indian style) from the roadside stall. One with fried egg and the other with fried chicken drumstick. Hubby had milo and I had Bru coffee.

I used to be a Nescafe fan. This is the first time I bought Bru coffee to try. I find it milder and smoother than Nescafe.

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Purple Corn

I have tried growing purple corn twice in my garden. If you are interested, you can click here and here to read the posts.

My neighbour bought 4 purple corns for us. I removed the husk and silk, then I washed the corns under running tap water before I steamed them.

After steaming, the water in the metal plate was purple.

There was purple stain on my fingers after holding the steamed corn. No worry, the stain came off easily when washed.

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I cooked Mi Sedap instant noodle for lunch.

I served the noodle with some spicy dry shrimp chili.

Side dish: 2 century duck eggs with home made pickled ginger.

I think I am the only one who served century egg with noodle.

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Home cooked dinner for 2 people.

ABC soup.

Ingredients used: potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, big onions, smashed ginger (thumb size), crushed white peppercorns and soft bone pork.

Pan fried Grouper fish slice. When it is cooked, I drizzled some soy sauce on it, flipped it over to coat the soy sauce and took it out from the pan.

I tried a new brand luncheon meat that comes in a round tin. I didn't take snapshot of the tin so I can't remember what was the brand. Not so nice, so I won't be buying this brand again i.e. if I can recognise the tin.

Simple yet satisfying and filling dinner for us.

God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son

into this wicked world to bring to us eternal life through his death.

In this act we see what real love is:

it is not our love for God but his love for us

when he sent his Son to satisfy God's anger against our sins.

(1 John 4:9-10, The Living Bible-TLB)

Yummy Curry Noodles & Freckled Pomelo

Before the MCO, we used to frequent Pusat Makanan Ye Sing for the curry noodle.

One morning, since we were in the same vicinity, we stopped to takeaway the curry noodle.

We had separate tiffin carrier for the noodles and broth. Ingredients: Noodle, bbq pork, roast pork, chicken, pork skin, long bean, beansprout) 

Hubby doesn't like mint leaves, so I get to have extra mint leaves.

Here are my skinny corn plants.

Yesterday, I harvest the last 2 ears of corn because the silk has turned black.

This is what I get after removing the husk. The corn were not fully formed. I also harvested a red okra from a new plant.

While we were at the pomelo stall, we bought 2 pomelos for own consumption. Pomelos are much sought after during Chinese New Year season. Popular as gifts and for prayer items.

We bought 2 pomelos with freckled skin. Most important the inside must be nice and juicy. We bought 2 for RM10 each.

The fruit is nice and juicy, but not very sweet.

Do you remember the above old bus tickets? I haven't taken the public bus transport for a long time, so I don't know whether these tickets are still in use.

Linking to Happy Tuesday, Image-in-ing & Tuesday's Treasures.

Be gentle and ready to forgive; never hold grudges.

Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

(Colossians 3:13, The Living Bible-TLB)

Home Grown Purple Corn & Millipedes

It was sometime end of last year, I went to the plant nursery to buy garden soil for a friend and at the same time to pick up a few sachets of edible seeds. Among them was a sachet of purple corn seeds. I couldn't remember the price of the sachet of purple corn seeds and when I germinated the seeds. There were only 5 to 6 seeds inside the sachet. Out of these only 2 seedlings made it.

This was taken on the 4th January, 2021. I placed both seedlings in 1 big pot.

This photo was taken 21 days later (from the 1st photo), There were 3 ears of corn. As you can see, even the silk is purple in colour.

I waited till the silk turned dark, almost black before I harvested the first ear of corn.

It is not big and rounded, so I didn't expected much from this ear of corn.

I peeled off the husks to reveal the corn on cob.

This is the 2nd time I planted purple corn and this is deep purple corn. The 1st time I planted purple corn, it was not fully purple. It was a mixture of light purple with different shades of beige and yellow. If you are interested, you can click here to read the post.

It is not fully formed, with some parts without any corn kernel on the cob. Since I only have this single corn on cob, I ate it raw as it is and it is sweet and juicy.

Purple corn silk and streaks of purple on the husks.

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My sister-in-law (hubby's sister) wanted to buy Tambun pomelo and have the pomelo sent by courier to her house.

Hubby got in touch with his contact and here we were collecting the pomelos. At that time, these men were unloading freshly plucked pomelo from the lorry (truck). The pomelos were weighed, labelled, wiped clean, and placed into different baskets.

Since we were there, I bought 2 pomelos for my sister and also 2 for myself. Hubby and I love to eat pomelos.

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The following photos and video were sent to me by a friend. She took these photos and video on one of her morning walks.

Photo credited to Shirley T.

2 types of millipedes.

Photo credited to Shirley T.

I have a lot of the black millipedes in my garden.

Photo credited to Shirley T.

I don't know whether the black millipede was attacking the red millipede or inter-mating.

Video credited to Shirley T.

Thank you, Shirley for your contribution.

Linking to Saturday's Critters and Garden Affair.

Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us,

let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;

if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;

the one who exhorts, in his exhortation;

the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal;

the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

(Romans 12:6-8, English Standard Version-ESV)

Happy With My Dark Purple Corn Harvest.

My first time growing Dark Purple Corn in my garden was in August and I posted about my experience on 16th September, 2016. You can click here to read about it. I was not satisfied with the miserable harvest and I was keen to have another go at growing the corn again. I have some seeds given to me by another friend and I sowed the seeds.

This is one of the 3 seedlings that I planted in big flower pots. The other 2 seedlings went into another pot.

I noticed that this round, the plants look more healthy. I made sure they have enough of water and fertilizer.

The male flowers  or tassels have appeared on the tip of the plants.

Roots of the corn plant.

The first ear of corn appeared and the silk is beige to light brown.

And below the 1st ear of corn, I noticed a another smaller one.

From another plant, I noticed it had purple silk on its ear of corn.

Its neighbour plant also has purple silk on its ear of corn.

I googled to find out when is the right time to harvest the ears of corn. Everyday, I checked on the silk and patiently waited for the right time to harvest.

One day I was choosing a few ears of corn to buy at the supermarket. There was a lady who was collecting only the corn silk. She told me that she will boil the corn silk in water and drink the corn silk tea for its medicinal benefits e.g. treating urinary infection.

I googled and found out that corn silk is used for treating bladder infection, helps reduce inflammation of urinary system and prostate, kidney stones and bed wetting. It is also used for treating congestive heart failure, diabetes (alters sugar level), high blood pressure, fatigue & high cholesterol levels.

I harvested the first fruit from my corn plant.

Instead of purple kernel, I was very surprised to see only a few purple spots. I was expecting to see a dark purple corn!

I was quite happy with the first fruits even though it didn't turn out to be a purple corn and with some of the kernels or fruits missing! I ate this corn raw and it was sweet and fresh!

Here is a closer look at the tassels or male flowers of the corn plant.

My final harvest of 2 big ears of corn and a smaller ear of corn. Altogether I harvested 3 big ears of corn + 1 small ear of corn from 3 corn plants.

This round I can see more purple on the fruits and the rest were deep and light yellow. This time my corn plants were more fruitful and I had a better harvest.

Corns are rich in vitamins and minerals. Corns have high fiber and are claimed to reduce risk of hemorrhoids and colorectal cancer. Eating corn also add bulk to loose stools and help reduce IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and diarrhea.

I chose to steam these for both hubby and I. They may not look good but we like the taste of the steamed corn. At first, hubby thought they were over matured, but they were not. They tasted sweet and slightly glutinous or chewy. We both love to eat corn. I am now encouraged to grow more corn plants in my garden.

Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone,

rolls virtue around on his tongue.

His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins;

his feet are as sure as a cat's.

(Psalm 37:30-31, The Message-MSG)