Food in Friendship

Rachel (daughter) once remarked, "Your friendship or relationship is so much about sharing of food." Now that she is in Adelaide, I think she appreciates more about this "foodship" and would probably say that one of the mother-daughter connection is also "foodship". Just yesterday, she texted me,

"Mummy, I have bought onions, carrots and broccoli, bean sprouts. How to cook? I have tomato sauce, salt, chicken stock, eggs and corn flour."

Aha! I called her. She said, "It's so cheap. 14 sticks of carrots for A$1. Now, I just want to get rid of those carrots in my fridge."

Back to my "friendship". Sandra and I have been friends for over two decades. Ours is great friendship in our own ways - from little secrets to food, in riches and poverty - yes, we went through together. She stays in Kuching. I stay in Sibu. Now that I travel almost like every week to Kuching, we meet more often. It could be just a quick lunch or a drop-off at airport or at times, we have the luxury of enjoying some rich hot chocolate in a nice cafe late into the night!

Last Friday, we shared food. I bought some "kong-pia" - plain and some stuffed with meat. And she shared with me meat loaf that she made the night before. When I said it's yummy, she stopped at Choice Daily on the way to airport. And there, I got some ground beef and minced pork and even a loaf of bread! That's all I need to make that delicious meat loaf.

That's a delightful business and food trip!

Back home, I was even more delighted to read Jomel's Meat Balls. That was exactly a mixture of pork and beef!

And so, on Saturday, with the warmth of friendship - that of Sandra and JoMel - I mixed the ingredients! Now, meat balls or meat loaf? I decided to steam it instead of pan-frying.

So, I have a loaf of in Sandra's way in my white bread (mang-tao). I made my own dried noodles topped with the meat. I made some spagethi (I used angel hair) the JoMel's way!