This time, jangan pening2 kepala nak guess, "Amende tu?!@%" or "Menatang apa tu?@*&!" or "WTF?!*&@#"
Yang bulat2 tu bebola ikan dory, yang panjang2 tu ikan bilis, yang kuning2 tu potato, yang oren2 tu kalau nak kena bagitau jugak, I dunno lah. Sila pinjam teropong ajaib daripada Doraemon.
Firstly, I have to apoligize to Zalin for screwing up her grandma's sup ikan gentel recipe! Zalin, for your sake I put up this picture of my latest
But thanks to Zalin too for convincing me that it's a simple & easy recipe - easy to FLUB, of course! Hahaha, I can find 101 ways to mess up a good recipe, and in this case:
I just have to forget to get some sup bunjut.
I just have to forget patting the dory fish dry before 'gentel'ing.
I just have to gentel the fish with carrot bits, instead of coriander.
I just have to gatal-gatal taruk ikan bilis into the soup.
I just have to add in carrots & potatoes, simply because I have too many of 'em in my fridge.
I just have to put in tepung jagung, instead of tepung ubi simply because the nyonya kedai runcit didn't have tepung ubi at that time & convinced me that cornflour would do the trick just fine.
The result is achy-breaky fragile fishball and a mediocre soup, which tasted exactly like my everyday soup *palm face*
Nothing authentic like Almarhum Engku Endau's Sup Ikan Gentel. Sorry again Zalin, I promise to do better next time.
Fortunately, Nunu has no complaints & clean up her bowl.
Everyone who knows me in person knows that I'm not that good in the kitchen. Once in a blue moon, when my dishes turned out pretty well, like in the case of my macaroni casserole or my cupcakes, none of my aunties could believe their eyes!
Mak Baik even said once, in defiance (and maybe even jealousy) when my Tok wouldn't stop raving how much she enjoyed my mac & cheese, "Who would have thought that Anne could actually work the oven!"
Muahahaha.... but most of the time, I'm a headless chicken in the kitchen, or a bull in a china shop. But I do BELIEVE there's still hope for me *heavens shine above me*
Speaking of botched cooking, I really am happy that from the modest number of comments that I received regarding my bread & peaches pudding in my previous post, some people honestly thinks that the dessert looks delicious ( or at least edible, I'm sure you guys amat pandai mengambil hati, but one weird dudette thinks that it looks like 'leeches basking in the summer sun'!)
I'll make sure I put in SUGAR the next time I make pudding!
11 comments:
Hahahahaha! You so funnylah Anne. I enjoy reading both yours and your daughter's blog. We should meet up for lunch/tea sometime. ;)
Eh wait, you in KL or someplace else? Hehehe..
Btw, just like you, I pun pemalas nau'zubillah to cooklah. Malas to clean the aftermath is more like it. Haha. But bila rajin tu, rajin yang teramat sangat. I try to stick to 'em recipe books too. Sometimes the ingredients are a bit merapu-ish, like as though nak insult my intelligence. Like hello? I knowlah I hardly cook, but to put some kicap in ayam masak merah??? Some more kata known chef. Fly Uncle Charlie's Kite lah! :P
aiyoo anne, why lah you want to spoil that beautiful recipe? sengaja cari pasal namanya!
i saw your bread and peaches pudding entry - and thought; OMG, this girl called herself a terrible cook??? but then the comment 'leeches bla bla'
hoho .... ketawa pecah perut ... you have funny friends!
nadia dearest, how sweet of you. I is not funny lar... i is entertaining only :D
I'm in Penang larrrr... wait a second, didnt u mention tht you're coming down to penang soon?
hehe.. kita ni tergolong dlm golongan kaum ibu yg kurang berbakat sikit... so kena usaha lebih :D
mama sarah... it's my nature, i memang mencari pasal & mengundang padah! & ehem ehem didn't you use to claim yourself as a lousy cook too? I think your blog bergegar a bit with comments from readers who disagree with that claim!
and the pudding IS terrible if it tasted like papier mache!!! Camner i bleh lupa taruk gula pun tak tau lar... *tepuk dahi*
FYI, my funny fren cik db is a veeeery close friend of mine in high school. We are best buddies with demented minds & lost souls :D :D kan kan dybb kan?
once in a blue moon anne? more like once in a blue moon eclipse and all the 10 planets and their moons line up with the sun - only joking anne!
eh anne, ikan Dory tu ikan biru yang dalam citer nemo ke?
BUT true to typical Raggedyanne's nature, I where got follow recipe one!
wakawakawaka! mak nunu, mak nuha also same2! tukang perosak resipi!
mynn!!! im not sure about the nemo fish, but the name of the fish is John Dory. No kidding. Google it!
pinkyj, i remember your meatloaf! kuakuakua... ikut sempat jer kita ni
Nyam nyam, nampak sedap!
ucue, muaaaacks! sayang ucue. actually takder lah lazat mana, yg penting nunu sorang2 boleh bedal habis.
mak nunu! only today i got the chance to read ur entry! i holiday la itu ari..so sorry for the late response :D
takpe, takpe...biasalah 1st time bikin :)
I dulu pun masa mula2 belajar dis recipe, screwed up bigtime.. siap tambah air lagi dalam paste..waaakakakaka!!
As they say, practice makes perfect. so it looks like u simply have to try, try, try and try lagi sampai terer!!
*if nunu can finish the whole bowl without any complaints, kira sedaplah tu!! ;)
zalin, biaser la kite, hehe. Oooh senyap2 gi holiday dia ni
nway, i made some yesterday & stayed true to the recipe. I must say it turned out quite well. Thnks for sharing the recipe. Next time post up more recipes for this clueless momma yah!
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