Fragrant Clams

My house used to be stocked with canned food, and various toiletries. But ever since I am pregnant, my kitchen is very empty, with hardly any canned food.

I always tell my niece that I am like an octopus. Everything in the home needs my attention. This is multi-tasking. A ‘Bao-kao-liao’ (teochew:do everything) job. If you are not feeling well, work get pile up. If you are lucky, you got some people who are in good mood to give you ‘A’ helping hand.

Anyway, I am really very grateful to my mother. If she has not given me so much food, I would not be able to survive until now. During the Chinese New Year, she gave me this can of food called Fragrant Clams or ‘Xiang Bei’. This is the only canned food left on my shelf for quite some time. I do not want to open it unnecessarily.

One day, when I had no more food in the fridge, I decided to open it up.

New Moon Fragrant Clams

Pouring the contents into a bowl, this is what we get. Fragrant Clams.

I love to eat clams. I also love to eat cockles and other shell food like ‘Gong Gong’, ‘La La’, ‘Da Tou’ and mussells. But I hardly get to eat them. The only time I get to eat them is when my parents gave them to me.

Only our parents really love us. But I had never gave them any money. My mother is still working at her age. This is not what I wanted…

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