Well, I didn’t have rice at home, so I got this small packet. It has this ode to the farmer. Next time you go grocery shopping, try and look for it

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Here’s what it reads in case the picture is not well taken.

From fertile lands afar
The finest grains of rice breathes to life
An abundant crop caressed by the sun and nurtured by joyous rain
Farmers toil with their hearts and soul
To reward all with the natural harvest of their love

The result of waiting for an hour:

Red Bowl of Rice

躺在白色小碟，
一张樱桃小嘴，
摆得婀娜多汁，
令人垂涎三尺。

Anyway, I was feeling bored this morning, and decided to cook for lunch and dinner. It would be a weekend project. So, after I had my breakfast, I did some grocery shopping. Not having too much experience with cooking, I sticked to cooking my favourite soup. This soup is fondly known as ABC soup in our family.

There was no rice left at home, so, I bought a small packet of brown rice. For the soup, I got some tomatoes, potatoes, yellow onions, a carrot, some chicken thigh meat with bones and some bean curd. Note that the bean curd are the rough ones as I prefer the texture, and they don’t break up easily.

After I left the rice in the rice cooker to cook, I chopped up the ingredient into large chunks, the chicken meat were already cut, so that was pretty easy. The onions gave me trouble as the mist invaded my nose and I had to hold back my tears.

Next, I just dumped everything into a big pot of water and let it simmered. It’s really that easy

After some time, half hour or so, the soup was boiling already.

I took some sample for tasting, and decided that I should let it simmer longer. The colour turned out pretty good, a slight yellowish clear liquid.

The soup was ready before the brown rice was cooked. The rice took about an hour or so. In the end, the rice looked and tasted great.

I turned off the heat earlier and let the soup sit in the pot for a while. When it was served, the temperature was just right.

I finished the rice quickly as I waited quite a bit, and was feeling hungry. With the left over stuffs in the bowl, I mashed it all up. My brother and myself would usually add a dash of soya sauce for taste. It is like baby food, and tastes really good – it goes well with rice or by itself.

So, that’s the end of my weekend project. I still have about three quarter pot full of soup, probably save for tonight. This soup reminds me of my mum’s cooking.

It felt really nice
A desire so keen
Like the green tea shave ice
With sweet red beans

It was love at first sight
Or was it first bite?
It was definitely a delight
Looking back in hindsight.

I took my first nibble,
My worry instantly displaced
By this sunny yellow noodle
In bright red tomato paste.