Last Day of the Year 2017

It was raining earlier in the morning. Cool breeze since dawn. Porky just returned from KL last night, detour after Cat's City. Same weather it seems,  cold and wet, slight windy but no rain.. all 3 cities sharing the same ambiance, just nice..  and today is the last day of the year.. and it has been a PURRRRFECT year indeed .. ! Happy New Year says all the Porkydigans !

BukPeel & Dimitri armpitting their paws to keep warm

Millennium Falcon Star Wars Christmas

It is finally December 2018, the long waited Star Wars series - the Last Jeylai  (pksh : Jedi) will be screening in cinema. Beep beep blue ray cheers all the Porkydigans ! ready the BopCorn n BotDog to munch on. Star Wars is always an old time favorite, dated back to the first movie in 1977 - A New Hope - Episode IV (4). Just imagine, its exactly 40 years old ! which also about the age of the oldest Porkydigans ! - pheeww.. that's a long run.

This Xmas, we bought a special toy for Papoi, a Hot Wheels version of Millennium Falcon from the movie, piloted by Heinz Bolo (pksh : Hans Solo) and Chewbacca the Big Foot or Sasquatch.There will be more post on the original space ship from the movie, mostly on the technical stuff. Porky believe one day in future, humanity will be able to explore space easily just like jumping in a car and drive it.

Papoi setup - Xmas Party with Lego Action Figures

One we got is a part of the big world of Hot Wheels Track Builder Series. It's a manual launching pad with a stopover like R&R - (entry on side, turn table will re position the vehicle for new direction, and drop down door will lower it to bottom track, before the reverse slop slowly back it to the launcher for firing). It also seems to have a repair shop manned by robotics arms and parking slot. The cool part is it comes with a press to activate sound FX set with voices of R2-D2, BB-8, ChewBacca & firing laser sound -lots of fun. We found out Lego action figures fit nicely to the scale - so all the Star Wars figures are back for a good play.

BukPeel is 9 Years Old

Nearing 2018, Mr. Bukpeel is 9 human years old. His birth certificate DOB was 2009, born somewhere near Porky's Cavern and was brought into the family by his uncle Mr. Slappy. A year later, comes Kiki his best friend ever since. Somehow we think he is related to Mr. Wallace, the grandfather cat that once rule the neighborhood, royal blood indeed.

Apart from being an expert food consumer, his part time job is an uncertified massage therapist to all the Porkydigans.. cool or not ? Like everybody else, he have many hobbies. To name a few - luggage bag warmer, couch scratcher, kitchen mop, front desk staff of Porky's Cavern (first Porkydigans to welcome you) and the best of all - a warm furry Garfield in real life.

Mr. BukPeel on deep thought about next meal

Tree Of Life - Morringa (Part 2)

Remember the miracle tree Porky nicknamed Tree Of Life that we planted few months back. It grew miraculously into a mini tree just by seeding it in a pot. Not much care or attention was given by the Porkydigans, however it seems to be self reliance.

our first homegrown Tree Of Life .. Moringa Oleifera

According to Mr. Horton, its a robust and resilient tree, and often grown in famine country as humanitarian aid as it is highly nutritious. It does make sense to Mr. Benedict after he study the illustration below.

Benedict : you mean eat only ONE to substitute SIX others vege ? 

(scratching butt..)

Tree of Life - Moringga (Part 1)

While in the Philippines, Porky discovered a plant that is kind of rare back home. Its scientific name is Moringga Oleifera, and also many other names, depending on which countries are referring to it. In India, it is known as DrumStick (Porky scratch head...??) and in Philippines as Malunggay. After doing some reading, all Porkydigans bagree (PKSH : agree) to call it Tree of Life, the most meaningful of all..

It's like a super plant, loaded with tons of vitamins and nutrients beating all other vegetables to TKO round in a boxing match. It is a common type of vegetables here in the Philippines, and one of the famous dish that taste yummy with this is Chicken Tinola (will post about the recipe next time). Cat bought the seeds from a Korean mini mart, supposedly to be eaten like peanuts, but Porky took a few and planted it in the garden. It grows steadily into a tree now, and soon Porkydigans will have ample supply of this super food. Read more about it here ...

Porky say it should grow like a BeanStalk overnight..

and the story goes on . . .

Porky admit this blog have not seen any updates recently, almost been a year now but rest assure its not abandoned. Porky Cavern and its inhabitants had been busy and adventurous as ever, all will be forgotten if their stories are not being told here. So pingers crossed (PKSH : fingers) , Porky have dedicated 1 month to complete the backlog post .. let's walk the talk ..

Mr. Crab Final Battle

Crab.. what else on earth with 8 leggies that could possibly taste so yummy to the summy (pksh : tummy). Well, we will explore the recipe next time, but this round, its about the fight that broke out in the kitchen. It was brutal, Bukpeel have to drop a flower pot on their head, Benedict have to whack them with his baseball bat and Porky of course to the extreme, pulborice (pksh : pulverize) them with his Thompson machine gun like the scene from the Godfather movie.

Well at the end the Porkydigans are victorious ! Chef Porky created 2 recipe out of them (1) Stir Fry Crab in Garlic Butter & Salted Egg (2) Steamed Crab with Wine, Egg White. Recipe next time ya..

Benedict : Lemme yank him, lemme lemme..

clean up, brush and chop chop

1st Dish : Stir Fry in Garlic Butter & Salted Egg

2nd Dish : Steam in Wine with Egg White & Ginger

Instant Laksa Curing HomeSickness

All the Porkydigans are confused, because Chef Porky said he will cook the ordinary instant pre packaged Sarawak Laksa that guaranteed to taste as good as kopitiam's Laksa stalls back in Cat's City. Well, its easy..  just add lots of fresh ingredients .. and true enough it did cure some homesick as least..

we bimprovise ! (pksh: improvised)

Maggie Goreng Mamat Style

Maggie Goreng was the first improvised Maggie recipe that Porky had when he was on Bots2U business trip to Melaka back in 2004/5. He never tasted Maggie noodle being prepared in such way before, it was in an Indian Mamak restaurant underneath the little hotel where he stay. It has this rich and interesting flavor, nice springy noodle texture and aroma of stir frying from a hot wok . Over the years, Porky tried and almost perfected it, but there are many versions of it. Today, he will show you how to cook it the original way, and hopefully more recipes in the future.

Red Bowl : Curry Powder, Turmeric, Salt, MSG, Paprika, Dried Chili for seasoning.

Green Bowl : Tomatoes Ketchup, Chili Ketchup and Soy Sauce

Others : 2 Maggie Mee, Tomatoes, Chopped Garlic, Egg and Calamansi.

Add 1 tbsp oil to spices in red bowl, mix evenly, this is a self made fresh seasoning paste, taste better than the one that comes with the noodle

2 dried Maggie Mee/Noodles

Boil water in cooking pan to pre-cook the dry noodles

if Maggie Mee stated its 2 mins to cook, just cook ours for 1 min, remove hot water and strain it to dry, run under running tap water to quickly cool it down, and leave to dry, this will maintain chewy texture.

heat up the pan, add oil and when its hot, add in garlic, cook until aroma

add in tomatoes next, cook for 2-3 mins under medium heat

add in pre-mixed spices (red bowl) and stir evenly under medium heat for 2 mins, then add sauce mixture (green bowl) and mix until bubbling

add in noodle, mix it so it coat evenly with the sauce, then add an egg and stir fry it until slightly dry for about 3 mins in high heat.. Porky say GORENG.. GORENNGG...

tadaaa... bits done ! Maggie Goreng !!! (luncheon meat is optional)

If available, prepare some clean banana leaf as plate, first slightly heating it over the flame from a stove to release the aroma. Calamansi/small lime can be squeeze into dish just before serving to reduce the oily taste. Yummyness guaranteed says Porky (aka Hang Mamat), hence the name given to this version of basic Maggie Goreng..

Remote Control for Life

If there is a cool contraption that we would like to have now, it would be the remote control from the movie Click (by Adam Sandler). But why need one if all Porkydigans are living their lives to the fullest ! a good movie to watch, it really portrayed that all time and effort spend at work will gain you something but loses other more important things in life like family and health. Porky will always remember Morty's advice..

“Remember the cereal Leprechaun?” he asked. He was referring to the little leprechaun that always talked about the marshmallow cereal being magically delicious. Morty continued, “The Leprechaun was always chasing the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but in the end there was only corn flakes.”

fast forward, rewind and pause your LIFE !