Sabtu, 31 Maret 2012

Extreme Culinary in Southeast Asia Part 8

Holiday!!!
It's getting closer guys!!!
Make yourself well-prepared for the SHOTS!!!

*bang!!bang!! it's an arm full with bullet of happiness which burst at one shot towards your sorrowful heart after tests passed by
\(^^)/
Hooorrraaaayyyy!!! Yippeeee!! Uwhuuuuyyy!!
(Angry birds seem not angry anymore now :D LOL)


Well....
To the topic again

Taattaaataaataaaataaa!!! Scrappy Power!!! :D


It's all about extreme culinary...
Some of them were mentioned in previous posts, and i think this post is the last (only about the foods).
Thanks to my girl for telling me some of them :D

31. Fried Gecko 
Took..tototokk..tokeeeekk... :D
Gecko, this noisy reptile lives inside old buildings or houses. It's hard to find for you who lives at city but on the contrary the rural villagers got this animal easily :D
This big lizard different from lizards which lives in swamps, because it's lives at up-high places. they have ability of crawling at the wall, they got such sticky feet :D just like spiderman maybe hahaha.





I got itchy feeling in every single time look at this reptile. It's polka-dot skin .... Hiiiii (>_< )Yikeezzz



Would you eat this maple-leaf-shaped-feet animal XP
hiii
Just take a look at your delicious food  >.<


32. Sea Cucumber Chips (keripik teripang) 
Sea cucumber, hear at it's name it should be a funny animal which came to your mind. A green vegetable swims through the sea, floats here and there. LOL. hahahahaha


Well just quit day dreaming because this animal is a scavenger.
It has such frightful appearance, it isn't cute or funny at all.

Well the wise said that don't judges people from it's appearance. This leftover-eater being liked because of it's taste. It's savory taste gonna rock your tongue hahahaha.
Indonesian made it as chip which named, keripik teripang.
This chip is easily found at Tuban, a city near bojonegoro and in Northern~East-Java, or maybe you can make some request since it is my JASSA. If you pay me, the goods guaranteed to delivered soon after the transaction. wahahahaha.


33. Porcupine (sate dan rica-rica landak) 
Spiky hair,.....
i dunno exactly about this hairstyle became booming : P

Because i hate it my self, seems like a porcupine-headed guy. hahahaha.:D
Well talked about spiky hair, porcupine is an animal with spiky hair too. So if you like spiky hair you are one of their relatives. hahahaha. Just kidding dude!! just gives your best for your appearance ^^)v. It's should be lovely for some people.

Well people thought those horns-shaped things were horns, but it's hair actually which developed from it's evolution for self-protection. :D


If it's attacked, they'll straightened their hair. Such a nice a natural ability. : )


Talked about porcupine, some people in indonesia consumes it. Well it's weird for me XP

They cooked it become satay and rica-rica, a delicious indonesian food :). but i cant stand if it's ingredient was porcupine T_T




34. Crocodile Satay
 Crocodile...
Hiiiii
This fierce animal become food???
wow...
XP i can't helped with it

Oh God
just go and catch it yourself 
i don't even got single word to comment about this food
>_<
AAAAAAhhhhh help meee


To be continued....






Sabtu, 24 Maret 2012

Extreme Culinary in Southeast Asia part 7

Bonjour mesdames et messieurs, : )
Back again with me Edwin :D
Well, talking about same topics definitely will drive you into deadlock. @_@
Since the deadlock seems getting closer every posts i published, deepest apologize coming up from my heart if there were no guarantee of nice posts.
Everything has it's limit. : )


Well, back to the topic, i'll told about some stories from my beloved hometown again. :D
yeah everything i said about bojonegoro doesn't mean it's only existed in my hometown. But why bojonegoro always involved here?? Because my inspirations flows every single time i remembering this small town. : )


27. Ndog bonor ( Egg failed to hatch) 
I remember when my sis told me about his teacher, Alm.Pak son, when we was in elementary school. : p
What so special???
Well "pak son" told his students about his habit eating egg which failed to hatch. XP
Kinda heard like balut, the unhatched duck egg from philippines,
But this thing was from unhatched chicken egg, well it isn't unhatched egg which cooked, but the failed one, yeaah it's failed to hatch, so we can say this things as dead fetus too :D
hahaha
He said the best part was the cartilage crush, it's when you take a bite from the duck's bone, since it's immature, all of the duck's bones still undeveloped and still in cartilage form.
It's crunchy bite when you chew it's claw, beak, head, Yeaahh every single bone you will tastes the sensation. *Kriiuuukkkk
XP
euuuwhh yikez...
i wont eat it dudes, and better you too
yeah some of the egg failed to hatch since the fetus unestablished, but some were dead just few days before it's gonna hatch.


The pict i got was the egg with unestablished fetus.


28. Pangolin (trenggiling)
Hard scales covers whole of it's body,
With such weird and horrible appearance,
Yeah that's pangolin

My housemaid in bojonegoro origin from a rural place, temayang.
She told me about people in her village,
And one of things which were told was habit of hunt and eating pangolin.
Awful animal to eat i think XP
She said it's difficult to find since pangolin lives beneath the soil, just like a mole.
But carrying pangolin was too easy unlike what usually people thought.
If this animal was threaten, it's rolled up it's body into a ball-like shape.
So just roll it. XP
What a pitiful animal :'(



29. Sea Turtle (Penyu)
I couldn't find any other things from bojonegoro at this time, so let's move to others. XP

Chinese old story told about sea turtle was their ancestor's savior,
So they loves sea turtles. Till now, in Tuban, (city which near from bojonegoro, and still in a same region, Northern East Java, My JASSA(rainbow of my nation). LOL :D (an advertising of my JASSA). Of course with Mdm. Agnes's guidance)
 The logo of my JASSA :D
With Mdm.Agnes (wearing udeng : )   )

 Back to the story, they still got traditions of paints sea turtles shell with han zi or chinese writing about their wishes. People believed that sea turtles brings good fortunes. People who came not only from Tuban it's self, but any other town. This tradition held in the beach in front of a temple. :D Just pay a visits to Northern East Java :D The temple is an international-class tourism place. It's a guarantee if you have a visit you'll amazed :D



Sea turtles, which as my grandpa told since i'm in kindergarten, it's get long lasting life or long lifespan. Even lived for hundred years.
And it's said in the TV that sea turtles were threaten since it was in egg form. Boars, lizards even human endangered this animal's egg. Move to the new born, it's gets it's predator, big fishes and other larger sea animal. Even the mature were endangered by predators, and the most dangerous predator was human.

Some people in coastal places in Indonesia still secretly hunt and eat this animal, not only to be eaten, but also being smuggled. Just like in Bali it's cooked into lawar ( before it's forbidden) also people in bengkulu eat it ( with a reason of tradition) : P

Back to the topic as it's extreme culinary, :D
why i said it's extreme??
Because if you eat it, you'll risk your life of being jailed. :D
Since it's protected by the government law number 7 year 1999 and the statute number 5 year 1990.
 What the heck, just eat and get jailed??!!!!
If you eat it, of course you will get heart sport. Beating so fast afraid if the police have a sight at you. LOL  : D
but if you caught, you'll ended up as a criminal.
 So Extreme right???
:D



30. Centipede (kelabang)
Everything about philippines was thought as extreme habit of eating :D 
Of course they got this branding, they eats insects, weird stuffs even the frightful one : (

I've mentioned much of them, although i haven't discovered all of their extreme foods, the next will be centipede.

Some people usually gotten tickled feels when see a crawling insects, the ordinary was 6-footed or 8. But this centipede got plenty of legs :D hahahaha
Just imagine if you eat it alive, it's gonna crawls all over your intestines and tickles you, and how if it's crawled inside your throat. Oooh God, i can't stand it :'(( huaaa

Since it's got poison, i just cant believed if people eats poisonous insects without getting poisoned. >_<

How about imagined this insects lives just like us, it's gonna be troubled with wearing shoes. LOL!!!
wahahahaha =D ROTLF






To Be Continued....

 NB: Have fun at the "PENSI" :D guys!!! even i wont because my girl unable to come T_T

Sabtu, 17 Maret 2012

Extreme Culinary in Southeast Asia part 6

  Still having nostalgia with my homeland, Bojonegoro :D
Easter holidays are getting closer, the more day i spent the more missing feels deposited in my heart. Coming home, feels the extremely hot temperature, even the temperature once became hotter than Saudi Arabia. It's dusty wind, it's calcareous water, it's quite atmosphere which suits for relief burdens..OMG you gotta love my homeland. Just pay a visit then :D


  When i explored my memories about bojonegoro, once i remembered about the housemaid in my house. Her daughter ever got typhus, disease which possibly carried by rat. I don't know why the housemaid forcing her daughter to drink some reddish-brown liquid. Seems weird since it's bottled in used mineral water bottle. I ask her what was the liquid. And the answer is....Juice of earthworm!!!! What The.....!!!   O_O
God..


23. Earthworm juice
   Earthworm, this pinky noodle-like animal helps farmers to keeps their field fertile. It makes the soil fertile with playing the role as decomposers, broke down dead bodies into particles which support soil fertility. Yeaah just stop mentioning biological since it's social study which i take dude!!! LOL!! :D
Mrs. Pramestuti Arindayu said, those aren't your "food" anymore
wkwkwk

  Back to the topic, now the question is what is the function of consuming this juice, then the answer is it's ability to cure various disease since it's known as alternative treatment. Here they are :

 "   1. Cures typhus
      2. Lowering Cholesterol levels
      3. Increase body immunity
      4. Reduce Hypertension
      5. Support your appetite into higher one
      6.   Treat gastrointestinal infections and other stomach disorders
            (such as typhoid, dysentery, diarrhea, ulcer, etc.)
      7. Treat respiratory infections 
            (such as coughs, asthma, influenza, bronchitis and TBC) 
        8. Recuperate fatigue
      9. Lowering blood sugar levels
     10.Treat hemorrhoids, eczema, allergies, wounds and toothache"
 Quoted from : http://proy-rio.blogspot.com/2010/04/khasiat-cacing-tanah.html


       It's all about choice : )


The one i confusing about is how they calls it, "Jus Cacing", or earthworm juice. I disagree with the name since itsn't juiced, but boiled and the liquid is it's broth as well. Maybe i should changed it with " EARTHWORM BROTH" hahaha : D



24.Cobra's meat
 Well, my other experience is eating cobra's meat. What for???
Here are the story, my brother having bad deal with acne when he was in high school, acne spreads almost all over her face. Maybe seems like this :
LOL!!! Nah..kidding of course...


 Well into the topic, my parents got some tips from acquaintance, it's said that eating cobra could cure acne. And i can't figure out how does the information easily gotten by my pop either mom @_@. Well not the slightest clue, back again, one day my parents brought cooked cobra, and my brother surely being forced to eat it, and i was well suggested for having courage to try. Actually things filling-up my mind was disgust either afraid XP
   Not bad actually, it tastes just like chicken, but it has too much bones which seems like ribs. Well maybe you want to try too???


25. Chicken Blood
 Well in this deadlock mind i'll just ignore the nostalgia,
Once my classmate, Vivi (Kafriasi Kadiso) told me that her housemaid ever told by villagers in her origin, drinking chicken blood could increases your endurance. O_O
Well it's said that some people do this without hesitation.


    Aaarrggh, maybe they taught they were dracula. LOL!!!
=D hahahaha

Want some??? =P euuhh...

26. Antlion (undur-undur)
 Then i got my memories reverted again : )
I remembered my childhood usually my neighbor came to play. Being kept learn new things from him since i raised as home-based child, i don't know things outta there.
   Once we played in a sandy place around my house, he found a cone-shaped hole in the sand, asking him about and the answer was : "itu lubang undur-undur". (That's antlion trap), simply translated like that. Although answered, i still confused. then her grabbed a weed around and seemed he tickled the sandy hole with it. Something bite the bait and he took a fistful of sand, then he blew the sand and a tiny weird-looked insects came into sight.


    Well i knew nothing before i looked at the TV about consuming this undur-undur. Wow....what for?? It's said could cure diabetic as alternative medicine. Well just look at this picture :
OMG, such frightful appearance O_O
Will you eat it???
I wont :D hahaha

Well take a look at it's trap
 : ) seems like a place where you should put your marble when you play marble. XD wahahahahaha LOL


telling you further about this antlion things,
   actually it's larvae form of antlion lacewings
It's the imago :D or the mature-one


This antlion has unique way of entering it's trap hole, the walked backward. That's why they called "Undur-undur".


To be Continued .............

Sabtu, 10 Maret 2012

Extreme Culinary in Southeast Asia part 5

sorry for being late i got a worst day ever in my life, i wanna cry but my tears won't dropped even a drop. It's a sorrowful day.


19.Beehive
       Being lived in a small town made me experienced different childhood memories compared to my High School friends. Sometimes it couldn't helped to be admitted living in a small town ashamed me either makes me proud.
   Took a flashback, i'll tell you about my life when i was in elementary school. It was a great experience having such childhood habit. At the time i used to help my mom when shopping in a traditional market. Learned such things which lead me to an extraordinary way. Just like how to choose such good quality vegetable, how to bargaining, and lobbying sellers.
         A piece of hexagonal stuff attracts me. I asked my mom what is that things??? She told me it's a beehive. I  wondered what for they sells it??? Mom told me if it was eaten. When i saw it closely, there were some larvae of the bee inside it and some of them were ready to be matured. But people eat whole of it, the larvae either the undone bee. People usually cook it with spices.
     Just imagine it for you who never eat it before, some larvae and bee served in your plate, in every spoon you take there were insects in it. Wow, amazingly disgusting i think.

                                          Bothok Tawon


20. Infant Mouse ( Cindil )
       Villagers were the subject if we talked about lifespan and health. My aunt told me if there's some weird mindset of people which related to food. She said some villager have secret recipe of their health. They eats "cindil" or infant mouse.
   OMG....i was shocked for hearing it. Pests which ruins your house, your business even brings diseases being eaten??? i can't stand it of course. And everything in my mind, they are sick!!!
    Well the reality villagers have longer lifespan compared to citizens. Logically nature living based villagers daily life, it's the things which should be highlighted. Citizens lives in instant life, it's all about chemical which even their foods impacted.
    Well it's all about traditions and cultural believes that we couldn't helped.


 Just keep it in your mind, just imagined yourself eat it. LOL!!

21. Bat ( Kalong )
 Batman, children heroes...
Accompanied by Robin.
Well...well..well
It's a certainty which can't be denied that you know who he is
A cartoon figure which DC Comics made
Successful project which everyone couldn't forget even years passed by.

     Adapted from animal which i want to talked about, of course the bat which people still consumed. Bat, the only flying mammal, which certainly has a scary appearance and scary assumption of it's mythical story, suddenly lost all of it's prestige if meet indonesian.
     Some people believe eating bat can cure various disease such as asthma, allergies even increasing vitality.

22. Squirrel ( Bajing/Tupai )


The Ice Age, a funny animation with animals as the characters. I wondered are there any squirrel at the ice age??


     A cute animal but naughty as well. Although it's cute, but don't forget it's also pests for oil palm plantation. Some hate it, some loves it. Squirrels were also known for it's naughtiness, it's usually steals in nearest house from it's habitat, especially foods.

   Some people in indonesia believes eating squirrel have health benefits. Such as curing diabetes mellitus, kidney disease even cancer. Everyone always talk about cancer and it's alternative treatment. It's said squirrel's brain could cure mental retardation and it's fetus could be a treatment for infertile women.


To Be Continued....

Sabtu, 03 Maret 2012

Extreme Culinary in Southeast Esia part 4

15. Gendu / Horn beetle larvae
    My dad told me about his childhood some of those memories contains memories of extreme food.

     Horn beetle or named as wangwung in java, is one of coconut farmer enemy. Wangwung makes big loss for famers, it eats coconut trunk in rapid.

   And now my highlight is the larvae of wangwung, people eats this kind of worm. They cracked rotten coconut trunks to get this larvae or gendu.

                                                         Horn Beetle
.
                                             It's Larvae (Gendhu)

It's has identical appearance with the larvae of sagoo.

16. Laron / Alates
     Have you ever saw some flying creature which flies toward any kind of light source in rainy season. Laron is the newborn queen of termites which flies in purposes to get new place to make a new colony.
     indonesian, including my sister ever tried it in fried condition. If you interested in it, just tear-up it's wings and fried it. Just as usual insects always tastes salty, savory and crunchy.
                                                     The Alates
                                The termites
17. Ampo / Clay
      In Tuban, one of city of my JASSA which quite near from my hometown Bojonegoro, said that some people there eat it.

    Believing it as medicine made them can't be stopped eating this baked clay. They made it in wafer-stick shaped then baked it.

    I can't figured it out, how people got appetite eating soil???
I just can't stand it. Soil which possibly being a place which germs lives and reproduces gotten eat. Maybe they didn't consider about soil pollution which recently increased.




18. Monkey
      Our relatives, as darwin said, monkeys, got it's habitat in our country indonesia, especially in kalimantan (borneo).
Shocked a  bit after heard it from one of my friends O_O
but it said people there eat monkeys, especially for it's brain.
  It's an identical habit with people of india.


Ladies and Gentlemen, it's said it used to be a mirror which could only be seen by religious people
 GAG!!! LOL!!!
XD

 it's an image of heartless people.