[lusciouskiwi]

Originally Posted by Sun

And then you are going to teach us yes?

We could schedule cooking lessons in this thread.

That would be fun

You all have good things to teach us! .

That's a great thought Sun, I was thinking of taking some photos at least. I'm pretty sure the rendang most folks get overseas is quite pale to the read thing, hell, in fact you can get pathetic rendang right here in Malaysia! I don't know how to describe the real thing - creamy with the coconut milk and wonderful texture with the coconut thread, lemon grass, etc and then this delicious spice ...

A couple of years ago I was very fortunate to attend the birthday party of one of my ex's aunties. This aunty in particular is a fantastic cook and she made her own rendang. To. Die. For. You wouldn't believe it though, there was also pizza and kfc. I asked her why and she said it was for the kids. Huh? Was my response. She said that children these days don't like spicy food.

Originally Posted by guihong

I was thinking about privilege myself, before Sun said it.

Next week I'm going to be serving at a food kitchen for Thanksgiving, before whatever I'm doing for dinner.

I was thinking...in a way, taking care of ourselves with food to me is recognition that we have a great gift, not only our bodies but the food itself and for some of us, the gift of preparing it.

While I know I can do more here to help hungry people (probably we all can), the least I can do is not squander what I've been blessed to receive-a healthy body and available good food ("good" as in nutritious). Not sure I'm expressing myself well, but by honoring myself with food, and taking care of my health by not forcing junk in, maybe that helps me better help others?

I know there's a thought in there that moved me, but I'm having trouble getting it out so it makes sense .

I understand exactly what you're saying, and I think that's a really good way of looking at it. Nobody, least of all ourselves, benefits when we're unhealthy. And if we eat wisely then aren't we also spending wisely and wasting less?