Just want to wish all my readers a very happy Mooncake or Mid-Autumn festival.
It’s another ordinary Sunday for us today. We skipped church today as Sher is still having a very bad cough and runny nose. Luckily Aly’s fever has subsided and I do not have to bring her to the paed’s clinic. I was worried sick when Baby C’s nose was slightly blocked this morning but thank God, she’s ok now. Almost everyone in the house is down with runny nose and a bad throat, except for my mil and me. I really hope Baby C won’t get bitten by the bugs. I’ve been stuffing myself with lots of fruits and veggies to up my immune system and hopefully, I won’t get bitten by the nasty cold bugs too.
Though it’s Mooncake Festival today, I’ve vowed to refrain myself from gorging on mooncakes as I’ve gained 1kg over the past 1 month from eating mooncakes 🙁 I just can’t resist the Shanghai mooncakes that hubs’ aunty made and the mooncakes that my sil bought from Peninsular Hotel, Hong Kong.
Perhaps, I’ll try leng kok or water caltrope tonight. My mil bought some leng koks from the market last week and we’ll be boiling them for Aly and Sher to try tonight.
Do these leng koks bring back some of your sweet childhood memories?
A close-up pic of water caltropes. Don’t you think that the water caltropes resemble black buffalo horns?
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i’ve seen these in the market tru the years but dnt really knw what it is, hw to eat it or boil it with? can share more info, pls? wat is it good for?
A very happy Mooncake Festival to you and your family too!
oh they do bring back cherished memories. i was looking for some at the market but couldn’t find any. i wanted to show them to ashley 🙂
I’m pretty sure that’s how the Batman logo originated!
I can’t find water caltropes in wet market this year. Only able to buy some small yam.
i think i saw it b4! but i dun remember eating them though.. how do u cook them? i mean the leng koks
Irene and cbenc12…. water caltrope is said to be a kind of water chestnut. You just boil them and crack the shell (with a hammer or pestle) to eat the flesh, which tastes a little like water chestnut.
Water chestnut long time never eat…miss that now.
Yeah I ate that too last time. I forgot how it taste like.
Happy belated moon cake festival to u and your family.
My MIL will always get this during moon cake festival, but I never try before.
I think is the bad weather, me, my sons and my maid are all down with bad cold and fever.
I actually haven’t seen this “leng kok”s b4. looks quite scary!