Old cucumber ribs soup

 Fruits to start the day. One apple and one orange each for two pax on Saturday 9 May 2020 d53.

 Lunch - added enoki mushroom and little gem lettuce and kan choy celery to the Bak Kut Teh soup bought on Friday 1 May 2020 d45 so we cleared the bkt soup from the fridge.

 Bought via delivery - fresh cut spare ribs. Two packs - 1kg at MYR 33 nett and 500g at MYR 17 nett so reached the minimum order of MYR 50 nett for foc delivery to my location. Can order via FB Yan kitchen. These 3 boxes contained 1 kg of spare ribs to go into the freezer. The ribs are delivered in plastic bags and we stored them into plastic containers reused from food takeaways.

 Old cucumber from VE fresh delivery.

 This is the reason for the spare ribs - to boil old cucumber spare ribs soup. Put all 500 g of spare ribs into the soup and add old cucumber, dried figs and goji - the soup is so sweet. Didn't add salt at all because we don't have salt at home. Lolx!

 Dessert - IDC triple chocolate ice cream with sour strawberries. Yummy combination. Ate Musang king durian ice cream as well. Very durian-y yummy! Both ice cream are very milky with a milky after taste.

7 pm - Follow schedule to eat 2 frozen cheddar Bay biscuits so one more to go for tomorrow. Didn't eat any Texas tenders so two more to go. Ate 10 mini bananas emas today, two for tomorrow.

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.

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This is an apple, this is not a pen. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. This is the story of how I ended up with 15 red apples.

I ordered 10 oranges, 10 green apples, 5 avocados (MYR 6 nett each) and one papaya (MYR 6 nett) from my neighborhood fruit shop and went to pick my order up. Paid MYR 80 nett and the saleslady loaded the box with all the fruits into the car's boot.

When I reached home, I looked at the list of items to find that I have paid for and picked up someone else's order of 29 oranges, 15 red apples, 11 green apples and 3 bunches of green bananas. Oh well, I didn't want the hassle of returning the items in exchange for my items so I gave away 9 oranges, 5 red apples, 11 green apples and 1 bunch of green bananas. Then I went to pick up my papaya and 5 avocados (MYR 36 nett).

 Ate 1 red Fuji apple each so 8 more to go. An apple a day so it takes 4 days for 2 pax to clear these apples.

 20 Valencia oranges. Ate 1 each so 18 left. 9 days to clear so that I can buy Navel oranges again.

 Two bunches of this very green banana (pisang emas). Will they ever ripen?

 11.51 am to 1.20 pm - Sourcing for vegetables. Went to Mr. Farmer shop and bought 4 green apples (MYR 1.50 nett each - smaller than the 11 green apples and 50 cents more), MYR 17.50 nett for two large cabbages and 2 white daikon. Was surprised to see SRK Noodle House right at the corner unit of this row of shops so I went there to take away lunch.

 Saw this vegetarian shop.

 No crowd, no queues, no customers. So into the shop I went.

 Bought these 3 packs of EverBest brand fresh soy chip and fresh soy stick for MYR 12.80 nett.

 Photo timestamp: 2.22 pm - my portion of lunch from SRK Noodle House. It was lardy lard taste so I ate 2 packs of pickled green chilies with the noodles in order not to be satiated too early. Now I understand why they gave 3 packs of pickled green chilies when there is only one pack of noodles.

 Bought large Mee pok dry and large Bien Nulk to be shared by 2 pax for lunch. Total bill is MYR 19 nett (MYR 9.50 nett each).

 Breakfast at 11 am on 7 May 2020 Thursday d 51. Fried egg, bread and tomatoes. Good enough.

Followed immediately by one portion of banana cake as per schedule to clear. Didn't eat any honey butter biscuits, cheddar Bay  biscuits, Texas tenders so they are falling behind schedule. Maybe eat two items tomorrow to catch up.

Frozen is Better

Food eaten on Wednesday 6 May 2020 d50.

Photo Timestamp: 7.17 pm - This is a frozen cheddar bay biscuit from my freezer. Bought on Sunday 19 April 2020 d33 from Red Lobster Quill City Mall so it has been in my freezer for more than 2 weeks, 17 days to be exact. So how is it?

The verdict is: It tastes better than the ones I kept in the chilled section of my fridge which have dried out and the texture turned powdery whereas this frozen biscuit still tastes moist and doughy in the mouth. I ate it directly from the freezer without heating and without waiting for it to be at room temperature. So that means, store it immediately in the freezer if it is not to be eaten on the same day of purchase instead of storing it in the fridge.

6.09 pm - finally it is the turn of Braised Pork Belly (MYR 9.80 nett) bought from Mama Cooking Restaurant, Kuchai Lama on Tuesday 21 April 2020 d35 to be eaten. 15 days in the fridge and still tastes good.

Cooked this noodle bought on 1 May 2020 d45 Friday to go with the braised pork belly.

10 bricks of wheat flour noodles in one pack which costs MYR 6 nett.

6.17pm - Two bricks of noodles soak up the gravy of the braised pork belly very nicely and taste so good. The texture of the noodle is soft enough but not mushy.

7.02 pm - My portion which surprisingly was not enough for me so I had to eat one frozen cheddar bay biscuit to be satisfied.

9.11 am - The only cake in my fridge now. Bought on 25 April 2020 Saturday d39 so it has been in my fridge for 11 days.

9.13 am - The sides are no longer sticking to the aluminum foil.

9.16 am - so I cut it into 8 portions - one each for two pax a day so in 4 days this cake will be cleared.

9.30 am - one portion each. They are placed on a slice of wholemeal bread because I don't want the butter from the cake to cause a oil stain on the white bowl.

9.56 am - After both of us have eaten the 2 portions of cake, I placed a Texas chicken tender (9 of 12) on the same slice of gardenia wholemeal bread before eating them.

12.58 noon - steamed two bak chang bought on Monday 27 April 2020 d41 together with the TeoChew Png Kueh so there are no more bak chang in my fridge now. These two bak chang are tied with not-plastic strings so they would be approved.

1.01 pm - one each because it does not make sense to just steam one lone bak chang so steam two and eat one each. It lasts me till 4.30 pm where we ate one orange each so all oranges bought on Saturday 4 April 2020 (d18) from Supreme Fresh are now cleared. These two oranges are in my fridge for 32 days (a little more than one month) and they are still juicy with tender sacs so oranges keep very well in the fridge.

Sugary Stuffs

Yesterday 5 May 2020 d49, we went to deliver prescribed medications collected from the hospital drive-thru pharmacy to the elderly folks along with a loaf of bread that they requested for so we also bought a shared breakfast of pepper soup pork stomach Mee Hoon at MYR 8 nett from Million coffee shop. 8.21 am.

 10.20 am. Two slices of gardenia whole meal bread and one slice of sprouted 7-grain rainbow bread with 8 of 12 Texas tender. 4 to clear.

 1.37 pm - Ate one slice of the layered cake. I cut the cake into 6 slices so each of us has 3 slices each.

 4.21 pm - Time to start clearing the Honey Butter Biscuit from Texas chicken. 9 of 10 so 8 to go. One a day so it takes 8 days. It is sweet and salty at the same time and doughy too. One will keep me full.

4.38 pm - Could not resist eating another slice of this cake before I end my meals for the day. So I have eaten all 3 slices of my share. No more food after this and I do not feel hungry at all because I have eaten too much sugary food on this day. Unhealthy!