the horseshoe crab

i always remember my grandmother always cooked for me horseshoe crab. since she lived near the muddy shores, she always catch one or two horseshoe crab per day.. i loved horseshoe crab. she either boiled it with some ginger, onion, garlic, lemon grass or just roasted it.

the taste as i remember was a bit bland so u need to eat it with some dippings like soy sauce with bird's eye chilli to enhance the taste. i loved it.. u have to remove the exterior part of the crab and the shell then u can enjoy the meat. as i recall this one time my grandmother caught one horsecrab with egg inside it. so ate the whole lot of eggs. and a few minutes after that i felt so dizzy. i start to laughed with no apparent reasons. i felt like a drunk person.. yah..... i've been poisoned by the horseshoe crab roe.. luckily the drunk state of mine only happen for few hours.. after that i fully recover. and although the headache was unbearable it never stop me from consuming this crab......

as a muslim, better get drunk by eating this rather that get drunk because of alcoholic beverages... HARAM.... 

cow's brain anyone??

 not many appreciate this part of cow. it's because its full of fat and really dangerous for person who have high blood pressure and heart diseases. the first time i consume this part was during raya haji. my sister's mother in-laws cooked for me cow's brain masak lemak.. the taste is so overwhelming and undoubtedly delicious. the rich taste of coconut milk and the brains makes the dish so easy to be eaten and hard to stop. not many enjoyed this dish like i did. many said that its fattening and can cause heart attack in split second. well maybe that's true. the combination of the fat contain in the brain and the fat contain in the coconut milk make it a heart attack in a plate.