Grains Coming To Life

Welcome! And I’m glad to see you could make it.

Did you think I would share this wonderful dish with you, without sharing the recipe?

… Eventually!

Forbidden Rice Congee

Note: this recipe cooks overnight, and also calls for a slow-cooker. The rice and water are the only necessary ingredients, and the others are optional for your personal preferences. It’s a congee–you can add whatever you’d like!

Ingredients

1 cup forbidden rice, uncooked

4 cups water, distilled; more if needed

Eggs, optional

Spring onions, chopped, optional

Soy sauce, optional

Sesame oil, optional

Directions

1. Pour the rice and water into a slow-cooker and set on high. Wish it well and let it cook overnight.

2. In the morning you will see it has thickened and become more like a porridge. If you would like it to be more watery, simply add more water.

3. For the eggs, dig  little holes in the rice, and pour an egg into each hole. Cover and let it cook till till they’re set. Cooking it in the slow-cooker on high took at least an hour.

4. Gently ladle the congee with the egg into a bowl.

5. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, and spring onions to your liking.

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Later on I thought the colors of this picture reminded me of the congee–with a tiny yolk amidst the purple, tropical night.

On another note, I’ve been wanting to share something else with you all. Awhile ago I had attempted to make manna bread or “Bible bread”. This involves sprouting whole wheat grains (untreated ones or else they won’t sprout).

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So here’s a little tutorial…

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Heavy Thoughts For A Lighter Heart

Today I had two things in mind that I wanted to share… make that three, but the third would somehow be linked to one of the original two. So, Eeny Meeny Miny Moe!

I choose you!

You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Ever since I can remember, I’ve always found the mechanics and wonders of natural sciences to be incredibly fascinating, and it inspires my spirituality as well along with the idea of an infinite blank.

Lately, I’ve been transforming my mentality. A fews years ago my private life started to feel like a battle zone. Anticipating the fatal missile to launch at any moment, all the while landmines were going off one after the other. But it all seemed to happen all at once. It was a time that felt as brute as weapons and as fragile as a flake of snow. Those years deeply affected me, and I didn’t realize how much they did until recently… until I realized that its the heaviness in my heart. I came to a realization while I was punching down repeatedly with intensity during a kickboxing session. All of a sudden I started crying, and felt this surge of emotion running through me. I kept punching. Then an image came to my mind. Recently, I’ve been physically challenging myself in ways that have helped me tap into my feelings and uncovering the “whys”. I have a tendency to brush over my feelings, reflecting more on logic. Overtime that’s what I taught myself to do till it became second nature. Facing my feelings is something I’ve been wanting to do though, but I became so disconnected with them that I confused it with indifference. Maybe I didn’t feel those things?

A video I made a few years back.

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