: : Chit Chat with Granny : :
Two weeks ago.
Wena : Wahliaw! Big CNY calendar lah! So shiny somemore!
Granny : Yalah! HOK mah! Bring good good luck for Monkey Year mah!
Wena : Expensive ah?
Granny : Yeah lor! RM20 one! But! Buy one time good enough mah!
Today. Granny came back home late after buying a rice cooker that she wanted so badly.
Wena : Wah! Where you go with pipeman ah? So long one!
Granny : We go 4 1/2 mile to buy rice cooker mah! Special one! Non-stick wor! And small size some more!
Wena : Cheh! Then Ah Tin Kuku (Kuku = Uncle) give one you don’t want anymore ah?
Granny : Haiya! That one rosak (spoilt) already lah! Somemore, too big! This one better!
Wena : Got money yesterday so quickly spend today ah!
Granny : Hee hee hee…
Later on in the evening.
Granny : Eh! Tomorrow too much food lah to eat! Only 3 of us lah!
Wena : Every year you cook a lot lah!
Granny : What to do? Need to eat for good luck one!
Wena : OK ok ok. What we have?
Granny : Kiam chai soup, curry chicken but no santan (coconut milk), duck, fried prawn, fish, mee and 3 different sayur (veggie) lah!
Wena : Wah! How come 3 ah?
Granny : Aiya! Need to eat mah! Got mixed veggie with good good luck luck veggie. Then need to makan (eat) leek. Also, I buy some mangkuang (Chinese turnip) that need to goreng with sotong kering (dried squid). Pork leg stew we do for Chap Goh Mei. Ok?
Wena : Can can. Anything can.
Granny : Also, all the kuih (little cakes) come already lah. But, Uncle Dom’s wife still not yet send the kuih murmur and pineapple tart lah! Haiya!
Wena : Want me to call him?
Granny : No lah! If tak jadi (doesn’t take place), then never mind lah!
Looks like I have to look for kuih murmur elsewhere. Or, try making it one day.
And grace, you temptress you! Now, have to go and buy the mould and try to make it! Cooking is fun when you have an audience at the end of the day! Haha!