tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post3284233554026428936..comments2024-03-27T15:32:06.627+08:00Comments on Sarawakiana@2: Coconut ScraperEnsuraihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-89655176018008717512011-06-20T16:58:03.181+08:002011-06-20T16:58:03.181+08:00Dear Ann
The old version is still preferred by man...Dear Ann<br />The old version is still preferred by many. True..about the brown specks...I used to go beserk picking the brown bits...The electric grater can grate only the white grated coconut but it ends up more expensive. If it is just for the santan...never mind the brown specks....Your mum was a good cook.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-46580498688145938462011-06-20T14:35:29.066+08:002011-06-20T14:35:29.066+08:00The Cantonese were regarded as SAN BA LAUs by the ...The Cantonese were regarded as SAN BA LAUs by the Foochows.<br /><br />Guess what, my mum still prefered to use her old faithful, Not the electric ones where you get the brown peel/skin, LOl and you have to pick the brown bits if you want to make YEH BAO. Mum said hers was white as snow.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-91643484605444264532011-06-20T06:13:39.235+08:002011-06-20T06:13:39.235+08:00Bengbeng
Nice of you to visit. How are you? Yes i...Bengbeng<br /><br />Nice of you to visit. How are you? Yes it is nice to make one's own ice kacang like PCK's family...I am not sure if we can still get the one he has on TV....Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-35175369092709936612011-06-20T06:12:10.615+08:002011-06-20T06:12:10.615+08:00Hi Anonymous...yes I love Channel Road in the olde...Hi Anonymous...yes I love Channel Road in the olden days...when we knew almost every shop keeper and the pace of life was slower.<br /><br />I remember the old chendol and it seemed to taste better too in those glasses.<br /><br />And the coconuts seemed to be better too.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-75779455093615320822011-06-20T04:33:35.055+08:002011-06-20T04:33:35.055+08:00recently i been looking for the manual ice shaver ...recently i been looking for the manual ice shaver to make ice kacang like the one in pua chu kang. how cool to make one's own ice kacangBengbenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125654531487342492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-78491759164503732732011-06-19T21:03:40.178+08:002011-06-19T21:03:40.178+08:00eventually the spur on the wooden block gave way t...eventually the spur on the wooden block gave way to the electric one ..........which cost only 50 cents for them to grate per coconut.My mom usually went to the one along the Channel Road...where chieng doh were sold(next to the poultry market).How refreshing is the milk being extracted to make kuih or curries...SEDAPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-59429526498135144862011-06-19T18:28:53.509+08:002011-06-19T18:28:53.509+08:00Yes Daniel...My grandfather had one too and when w...Yes Daniel...My grandfather had one too and when we moved to Sibu town my mother depended on the town sundry shops for our grated coconut....Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-67160957956221891432011-06-19T18:27:53.478+08:002011-06-19T18:27:53.478+08:00Ann...that means your mum had the oldest version o...Ann...that means your mum had the oldest version of a coconut scraper...one that my Ah Kung had....Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-14787938014410850702011-06-19T17:09:59.542+08:002011-06-19T17:09:59.542+08:00Every household had a long wooden block and a scra...Every household had a long wooden block and a scraper at the end of it in the old daysDaniel Yiekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122726927551902166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-83559159468788465622011-06-19T14:43:00.296+08:002011-06-19T14:43:00.296+08:00my mum had a rounded spur like a cowboy's boot...my mum had a rounded spur like a cowboy's boot stuck to a rectangular block. you sit on the block.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.com