Notices by ubi (ubi@ecoevo.social)

Not many people know that the stem of the banana plant is edible, Malaysians call it 'umbut pisang'. We remove the soft inner section of the stem to use in salads or curries. The stems are soft, tender and soak up flavours really well. Usually only eaten during celebrations

I personally believe that this was how people used to consume wild banana plants before domestication

Some additional information in this blog (in Malay)
https://animhosnan.blogspot.com/2012/02/umbut-batang-pisang.html?m=1

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@debaparna_das

In Southeast Asia I adopted a lot of plants used in traditional salads (ulam) for pollinator gardens. The pollinators can feed on the flowers, and I can have the leaves.

South Asia has a similar tradition of home gardens and fresh greens, but the plants are slightly different. I'm not sure if anyone has approached it from a pollinator garden angle though. https://www.paticheri.com/2023/10/10/kalavai-keerai-guide-to-wild-tamil-greens/

@rakyat Social media is such a shit show. Let's just go back to sending each other emails.

A selection of Southeast Asian gingers used in cooking and jamu making in no particular order: Galangal (Alpinia galanga), Temu kunci (Boesenbergia rotunda), Ginger (Zingiber officinale), Turmeric (Curcuma longa) (old and young rhizomes), Temu ireng (Curcuma aeruginosa) and Sand ginger /cekur (Kaempferia galanga).

All can be sliced thin and eaten raw to add an aromatic taste to rice. But for jamu they are blended and the juice is extracted to make tonics.

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I will use this image to hurt graphic designers.
#typography

@liztai I used to enjoy reading that column. It's a shame that that there are so few regular columns in newspapers these days.

I am at a bootleg Malaysian al-Baik fried chicken. Not really to the level of original al-Baik, tastes just like kfc. It's like they're not even trying.

Verdict: Just put your money in your Tabung Haji account instead, this one is not worth it.

#makanApaToday #broastedChicken

@liztai I quit twitter and my mental health felt so much better. I wasted so much time in 2020 since we had nothing better to do during the lockdowns. It really stressed me out.

This week I was listening to my co workers argue very passionately about the latest twitter issue, Olympic clothing design and mufti's opinions on childfree couples, and I realised how useless a lot of this news actually is. It just exists to rile people up and misdirect their energy to frivolous subjects.

@nancylwayne @liztai The title of the queen of fruits has been taken by the mangosteen. It's common to eat durians and mangosteens together in Malaysia.

I need a way to filter out US politics. It's not even november and my feed is full this stuff.

@liztai Jalan Alor functions well as the tourist containment zone.

@liztai @chungliwen Still can get RM6 mee goreng away from the KL city center. I've found some recently at the poorer parts of Shah Alam.

@nitin @ElizabethLeeCo Some antlion species do have dark patterns on the wings.

@nitin Looks a bit like an adult antlion

@goblin @youronlyone SEAsians are actually a terminally online people, they form some of the biggest most online demographics. But they tend to spend their time on corporate social media and speak their own languages.

Kids these days don't appreciate what they have. In my day we only got misinformation once every year, on the 1st of April.

Let's be positive about the climate for once. I'm sure the monitor lizards are enjoying all this global warming.

@liztai Kuih were never meant to have names. They exist purely as sensations and moments in time. Never constrained by mere words.

@liztai I reject the term banana and prefer Langsat. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside, but dig even deeper and you find a hidden bitterness.

@rakyat @atomicpoet @liztai Im always so disappointed when I see a synopsis about a master of cultivation and it isn't about farming.