March 12, 2023

Have you ever seen horse eggs?


when we were young my Ngie mah (Maternal Grandma) used to make us laugh by asking us very funny questions.

One of them was, "Have you ever seen horse eggs?"

Well horse eggs or Ma Rong are actually deep fried dough balls covered with sesame seeds,.

Today these ma rong are still popular in Fuzhou city and various smaller places in Minqing and even in Sarawak.

Even the local indigenous people have started to make them, not necessarily round ones.

There is a Foochow saying..." Ma Rong Ma Rong, yek gong gong. 
Wu jien do ri meh,
Moh jien moh nii chong...."

Hot dough balls, hot dough balls,
If you have some money
come and buy.
If you don't , 
you wont get any...

 

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