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linden2000:

Last time used to order Tingkat dinner but after a while got tired of it. The one we had was very oily and some days even sliced cucumber is considered a dish which I find unacceptable! So now it's back to cooking but I only have time to cook simple dishes. For example,

1) Chicken or beef pasta (buy sauce and add mixed veg, button mushrooms, meat). For variety,vary between spaghetti, vegeroni, linguine, elbows.
2)lotus root soup (just dump lotus roots, peanuts, pork ribs into slow cooker n cook for a few hours, then cook rice)

3)hainanese chicken rice (buy pre-prepared chicken rice paste from supermarket, add to rice, chicken wings or drumsticks, mixed vegetables in a casserole and microwave)

4)fried rice (stir-fry mixed veg, oelete, chicken)

5)pineapple fried rice (buy pre-prepared paste and fry with rice, pineapple cubes, mixed veg, chicken. Add raisins n cashew nuts before serving.

6)Bak Kut Teh (buy the Bak Kut Teh satchets n cook with pork ribs or chicken wings n garlic)

Just to share...

Hey I have the same menu as u except dish 5 :lol:

[sleepy]

linden2000:

Last time used to order Tingkat dinner but after a while got tired of it. The one we had was very oily and some days even sliced cucumber is considered a dish which I find unacceptable! So now it's back to cooking but I only have time to cook simple dishes.

Me too. Tingkat for quite a while but food unhealthy by my definition, besides 'cheap' dishes, it's usually oily, salty and I've doubts on hygenie as well, preparation process surely won't be as clean as I would like. I'm very fussy one so end up with more job :stupid:

[Kabby]

[quote]having helper is half the battle won... household chores[/quote].


indeed, the helper is the most cham cos she is caught in between mil n fil, mil and me... she is the middle ground between mil n me too, so in the end, not much direct conflict betw me n mil. it's more like mil tell helper to tell me i shouldn't do this or that, then i'll tell helper but this way more hygienic or whatever, then helper convey msg back to mil n she'll kena scolded, mil doesn't scold me directly in that sense. poor helper...

furthermore at that time i was working full time, so the one who stays at home whole day with mil is the helper.
[quote]Nothing beats one's own place regardless how small or no matter how big.. Important thing is one's own. While having own place should have been priority once married, there were too many hurdles to cross to get to the part. But fast forward 10 years.. it's finally mine. Things have never been better. And so i learn... and so i improve myself... and in doing so, i'm much happier. While moving on means more than meets the eye... i'd take it one step at a time hoping 10 years more down the road will see sweeter fruits to the years of perseverance. :xedfingers:[/quote][/quote]

yup yup! sweeter as the years go by!

[Kabby]

buds:

cwc:

ha ha .... i only know a few dishes/recipes....but becos of the 'add some this, add some that, no precise amts' ..... my dishes has lotsa permutations and each time taste differently horrible :faint:

You cracked me up! :laugh:

This sounds hilarious! :rotflmao:

I'm sure you're exaggerating... can't be that bad bah.. :nailbite:

ya, cwc just being modest and humble.

[Kabby]

LOLMum:

observing a one minute of silence at the dining table is pretty common in my household.

:rotflmao:

[SAHM_TAN]

kabalevsky:

SAHM_TAN:

Hi Kabby and linden2000,


Thanks for your support

Hi Kabby,

I do have time constrain, so I will have a masterpiece and easy side dish that I can steam.

Getting better with cooking but still long way to go compared to my mother and MIL.

I have problem with cooking veg asian style, strange but true.

both my mom & mil were SAHMs who cooked everyday in their married lives. so i'm definitely nowhere near their standard too!

but ya, with more practice we get we become better!

i like cooking asian stuff but i find it easier to bake and prepare western stuff. has it got something to do with how western recipes are clearer and easier to follow and produce consistent results?

with learning asian stuff, i ask mil or mom, and they always say, add some this, add some that, no precise amts cos they cook all the time, just feel and taste along the way, can already. for me, not as much experience as them, so the trial and error will have hits and misses. not consistent like how my cakes or pastas are.

Previously I would measure but now I just a little of this and a little of that after I get used to the taste of the condiments. Also there are certain ingredients that I like, like garlic and white pepper, so I would put more of these as well. I've learnt to use my senses while cooking but for veg, I still have problems. Stir fry veg is the easiest right but I can never get it right.

I'm good with western soup but not asian ones, that's my DH's tien xia. :lol:

[BeContented]

kabalevsky:

buds:

[quote=\"cwc\"]ha ha .... i only know a few dishes/recipes....but becos of the 'add some this, add some that, no precise amts' ..... my dishes has lotsa permutations and each time taste differently horrible :faint:

You cracked me up! :laugh:

This sounds hilarious! :rotflmao:

I'm sure you're exaggerating... can't be that bad bah.. :nailbite:

ya, cwc just being modest and humble. :)[/quote]Errrhhh..... :oops: , it's real. For the same dish, I verified with my mom 3x, tried it 4x, still each time different.

DD & DS went like this \"Mommy....is this supposed to be what PoPo cooked that day? How come yours LOOK and TASTE so different?!?!\"

While Buds came out stronger, a good cook now....I came out 100% convinced, me no cook potential, cos' tastebuds is insensitive, most of the time can only comment \"taste good, I like\".....can't really taste the ingredients used. But too bad, DH can taste quite well, hence dun really eat much of what I cook & plus he likes different food from the kids and myself. :frustrated:

These days with helper, will leave it mostly to helper....just tell her, cook this cook that....cos' I can't teach too. So far, edible to me....but MIL and DH will be complaining.....

[BeContented]

sleepy:

linden2000:

Last time used to order Tingkat dinner but after a while got tired of it. The one we had was very oily and some days even sliced cucumber is considered a dish which I find unacceptable! So now it's back to cooking but I only have time to cook simple dishes.

Me too. Tingkat for quite a while but food unhealthy by my definition, besides 'cheap' dishes, it's usually oily, salty and I've doubts on hygenie as well, preparation process surely won't be as clean as I would like. I'm very fussy one so end up with more job :stupid:

When I first started with cooking....kept repeating that few recipes that kids like, but only cook 2-3 times a week.

Then PIL shifted in, MIL took over but horrible she, put CHILLI PADI in all the veg cos' her children like chilli. So end up, 1 dinner 2 cooks ie. I have to cook separately for my kids so that they have stuff to eat. Then MIL would cook a lot and tried calling her children back for dinner...but alas, all refused so we ended up eating leftovers everyday :sick: Finally, she gave up, with no one to cook for MIL went to work.....boy, I was super-happy :rahrah: .
But then, I can't cook well and no time to cook everyday, so started TINGKAT!!! Tried 2-3 caterers, but 4 months later, MIL and DH complaint like shit, so back to me cooking again. But same lah, just cook 2-3 times....but then, MIL and DH complaint I am 'poisoning' them cos' I tend to use pre-prepared stuff and sauces ie. preservatives, unhealthy etc !!! Hello, MIL uses a lot of MSG loh..... what's the diff?? Now with helper, just close my eyes liao. I refused to let maid use MSG but MIL pass to her, insist ok....so whatever. Even cooking sooooo much trouble, so my motto now.....just tell the helper what I want, the rest CLOSE eyes, as long as not too oily and salty, no point complain.

[mummy of 2]

buds:

Lucky you. :celebrate:


Must be nice to be able to be a SAHM and yet retain the helper... to go about the mundane activities (chores), so you can plan stuff for yourself to do or spend all your time with the children. Aaaahhh... bliss. :please:

Yes I'm very lucky to have lots of help. Mil cooks and helper does housework. So that leaves me plenty of time to.......erm surf KSP

[SAHM_TAN]

I ban MSG in my kitchen.