Spicy food...

Ah, spicy food. Is there anything better than a spicy meal, especially when it's homemade? There is no one around to tell you that it's too hot, no overly-cautious cook afraid to add too much piquant, and no one to watch as you sweat bullets and gulp down your molten concoction just the way you like it.

One can experience stomach problems and other conditions if a meal is a bit too zesty. Furthermore, constantly eating hot food can have permanent negative effects on the body. Here's what you need to know about the negative impact spicy food can have.

PEPPER THIS, PEPPER THAT
A little bit of pepper here and there won't hurt you; most of us add it to our meals not for the sake of making food hotter, but for the aroma. Having said that, let us establish what I mean by spicy food. Here is a small sample list of foods and ingredients that can be too spicy for our own good.

Garlic
Granted, garlic is amazing. Eating one or two cloves of garlic might turn a few heads, but it won't make you see talking coyotes. It is one of the healthiest foods out there, but some people just can't get enough of this good thing. Consuming more than three cloves in one sitting can make one feel a little something brewing in the belly.

Hot chili (jalapeno) peppers
The epitome of hot food, chili peppers have long been used in spicy meals. Indian, Creole and Cajun cuisine rely heavily on jalapenos for chili sauce. Eat one of those little things raw (notice how the smaller they are, the hotter they get) and you'll feel the burn all the way to your ears, literally.

The simple fact that hot peppers are so potent makes me wonder if humans were ever meant to eat them raw. They make a great ingredient, but in my opinion, they shouldn't be eaten on a regular basis.

Horseradish
A popular ingredient in Asian cuisine, this little beige or green root (depending in which part of the world you are in) can pack a wallop and is often overused. Japanese horseradish, or wasabi, is green and used as dip for sushi.

The funny thing about grated horseradish is that it always seems to catch people off-guard. We all know it burns and know it will unclog sinuses for what seems like a million years, but people still always take that extra ounce that puts them over the edge. Some cultures, like the Japanese, enjoy its punch, but horseradish is another spicy culprit to watch out for.

Ginger
Despite its pleasant name, ginger is often misused. Most recipes do not use it enough to make the ingredient harmful, but dried sweet ginger, especially when it's eaten like candy, falls in the category of harmful spicy foods.

Hmm love rainy day more and MORE!!!

Okay mum...

Yesterday, my mother told us that want to do some last shopping for this coming Eids so she want us twins to follow her. Well I think this was a great idea where we can some times with our mother after a while not speding time together. As mother and daughter activity or so...so here we are dressing smartly then went to the shopping mall located in Kota Kinabalu. We was looking for new clothes to wear then suddenly mum told us that her friends were also at the mall. Me and my sister don't know whats actually going on but something smell fishy at that time. Then when two guys approach and greet us, I was shock that actually the 'S.S' guys ( that what me and my sister called them....SHHH) was friend of mum.


Then I thought for a while " wasn't this 'time-spending-moment are just for mother and daughter ONLY??" mum told us that she had invited her friends too, " What a good ways to spend time with someone you closed to, right my dear?" thats what she said. ...ngeh!!

So we look around and I didn't say a word to S.S guys, I know that their are being friendly with us twins but....( Sigh)




As far as I know about the two S.S guy were both from the peninsular Malaysia, and both working same field with my mother which was in Tourism line...Well my mother are kind of like not think negatively about the people , talk about 'Don't judge a book by its covers' phrase...when S.S guys invite us to watch movies (Two movies a day!!), I told my mum that not a good idea because for this coming eids, we got a lot work to do...but my saw my mum faces, a guilty feeling like does she had to cancel her date with her friends or postponed the shopping trip for eids....Well as a daughter, I was like " its o.k mum, you go ahead and enjoy"...but she insist she want us to join in...so there we go watch movies on sunday afternoon with the S.S guys.




Then after the 1st movie, we went for a walk in the Shopping mall as its raining cats and dogs outside we went to 'Daiso' on the fourth floor, my favourite place...hehehe well it comes the 2nd after Korean Ace market. the S.S guys had to go somewhere else but they they said they'll meet us at 5.30pm. Mum and my sister show all the japanese material and things such as tupperware called 'Bento' I thought its really nice to have of those in our kitchen. I'm actually want to buy some ice - cream but turned out that the store had keep us waiting for so long and I give up the cue. ( I was really piss...). As we sister walk with my mum, I suddenly realize that its been awhile our haven't do family gathering. Well as a college student, I was fixed with my buzy schedule and the only thing I could focus on are my goals and study. I don't remember the last time me and my mother had a girls conversation....=(

I guest I've forgot about what its like to spend time with our mother, mums too always buzy with her work and she doesn't even have time for herself...a single working mother always buzy I guest. Sometime I pity her




5.30pm, we met the S.S guys and find some fancy Indian restaurant to get ready for breaking our 'fast', as the 'Azan' finally heard, my mother and my sister quickly recite the prayer and so does the S.S guys. Dinner time was funny because the 1st movies we watch involved some cutting of humans ( I forgot whats the title of the movies but I'm sure actor Jde Law was in that movie)....the Indian restaurant was the 1st Indian restaurant Ive ever been to, so all of us don't know what to order....luckyly there's menus on top of the site wall and I can order want I want list on the menus. Well I just ordered fried rice with chicken but the other fried noodle with meat with chicken, I don't eat noodles in Indian restaurant. I only eat noodles in chinese restaurant....sorry mum, I'm kind of picky about food too!!


Next we went for the next movies, Which I hated it so much. The movies was callled 'Piranha'. So gross that I had to take my sister with to the toilet and left my mum with her friends. Honestly speaking, I don't like watching movies that has horor and violence element in it......Okay the movie over around 10 o'clock. Great!!

Great day though, well although I don't really like the S.S guys, well they manage makes my mum laugh which makes me smile saw her smiling again....

The History of Doenjang

Let’s find out some of the facts about soybeans, the primary ingredient of soybean paste. Soybeans originated from the southern part of Manchuria. The birthplace of the Maek tribe, this area belonged to Goguryo, one of the three Kingdoms in ancient Korea. This history tells as that the original place of soybeans is Korea. Wild and hybrid varieties of beans are found not only in Manchuria, but also in all parts of the Korean peninsula. This reconfirms that soybeans originated from Korea. Soybean farming started 4,000 years ago, according to literature, archeological specimens, and research on genetics

Korea, the cradle of bean culture, began making soybean paste a long time ago by boiling soybeans, shaping them into lumps, and fermenting the lumps. Soybean paste in the early days was a thick mixture of soybean sauce and soybean paste. It is presumed that many kinds of soybean pastes were made with fermented soybeans, and the liquid was separated from the mixture of fermented soybeans and brine during the Three-Kingdom period.

The technique of making soybean paste was introduced to China, a neighbor of Korea. Chinese people recognized Korean (Goguryo) people’s skill in making fermented food, and called the smell of soybean paste the “Smell of Korea.” As Korean meju (a fermented soybean product) was introduced to China, Chinese people began to make completely different soybean pastes from the traditional ones. Ways of making soybean paste during the Yi Dynasty are found in literature. According to Guhwangboyubang (1660, a book about hardy crops), meju was made by using soybeans and wheat, and greatly different from those used today. Ways of making meju were first introduced in Jeungbosallib-gyeongje (a book about farming), and they still form the base of today’s soybean paste manufacturing method.

Korea, as the cradle of bean culture, developed meju, a processed soybean food, and introduced it to neighboring countries, changing their diets greatly.