Ice Plant

1.17 pm - Finally, I bought a pack of 冰菜 Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) to try (8 May 2020 Friday d52). According to wiki, it is a plant native to Africa. It is called ice plant or crystalline ice plant because it is covered by glistening water vesicles as can be seen in the photo above. The tip of the shoots is purplish in colour.

Back in 20 April 2019 (saturday), my friend sent me this banner and told me that this ice plant is sold at Imperial White Coffee, Kuchai Lama but she did not ask for the price. You can read about the Medicinal use of Ice Plant at this website (http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/). Then I was reminded about it when I read Nancy's article.

As I wanted to find out its taste, I ate it just like that after washing it. It is a bit salty, succulent and crunchy. Here is an article that tells us about the 5 ways to eat this ice plant. 

11.46 am - As my neighbour does not want to go to supermarkets in malls anymore due to the long queues, I was asked to collect her order for her because she has to go to the office to work so I add on a few of my items - a pack of ice plants at MYR 7 nett and CH Strawberries at MYR 25 nett for two packs.

1.46 pm - Washed the strawberries - I like the taste of sour strawberries.

11.41 am - 2 boxes of vegetables package B (MYR 50 nett each) and my 3 packs of add-ons. She bought it from VE Fresh who uses Lalamove so one can track the status. Delivery fee is MYR 10 nett. 

*** 8 May 2020 Friday d52 ***

Photo timestamp: 10.17 am. Started my day with a red apple.

11.23 am - Oh good, the bananas are now yellow. I gave this bunch of bananas away because two persons cannot eat two bunches of bananas in time before they start to turn dark.

11.22 am - The 2nd bunch of bananas are also yellow now. I ate a few and they are sweet!

3.22 pm - ate my lunch of blanched cabbage with nothing else. Very naturally sweet. Not-me cannot stomach the taste of blanched cabbage with nothing else, so he stir fried his portion with garlic (the garlic dip from BKT bought on Friday 1 May 2020 d45 - 7 days idf) and one lap cheong (bought from the CKT seller on Sunday 3 May 2020 d46). I was busy with something else so did not manage to take a photo of his cabbage dish. He thought I am pretending to like the naturally sweet cabbage just because he could not accept the taste but I am not. I like the naturally sweet taste of blanched cabbage with nothing else (no salt, no oil, no seasoning). Just for the record, both of us like to eat raw julienned cabbage which are often served as the accompanying dish to Tonkatsu.

11.21 am - Had to eat all the cabbage (bought on Sunday 19 April 2020 d33 - 19 days in the fridge) to make room for other food.

3.51 pm - ate 2 frozen cheddar bay biscuits (19 days idf) to catch up on the clearing food schedule so 3 more to go.

4.04 pm - I ate 1 Texas tender (15 days idf) with one slice of bread so 2 more tenders to go.

5.41 pm - not-my-dinner of cooked frozen dumplings (sui gao) with lots of khan choy celery leaves in the soup. We managed to keep to the fruits schedule and ate 2 apples, 2 oranges and a few bananas on this day. Did not eat any banana cake so fall behind schedule for this.