Masak-Masak Utensils pictures (1 of 7)
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When I was growing up, there was no computer, Nitendo DS, Wii, or Playstation. There wasn’t even color TV in my house. My childhood was all about playing good old traditional games that were tons of fun: ah chi lok (hide-and-seek), kah li toay (outdoor running game), chit liap buah/batu (a game about tossing and catching seven stones/small parcels filled with rice), skipping (with rubber band rope), and masak-masak.
I was the mischievous, naughty, loud, and devilish child who was always active and out-and-about playing all sorts of traditional childhood games in my neighborhood. My mother would chase me through the back alley of our house with her whipping cane while I was running breathless and frolicking in front of her. The enjoyment was more than Wii, DS, Playstation, and whatever toys combined. Fun was merely an understatement…
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Other than the vibrant Peranakan culture and colorful culinary traditions, Nyonyas and Straits Chinese also thrive on intricate, elaborate, one-of-a-kind Nyonyaware–crockery, tableware, porcelain, kitchen utensils, tools, and pots and pans.
In prominent and wealthy Peranakan families, tableware such as serving plates, bowls, tea pots were mostly imported from China and Europe. Nyonyaware are much-valued items. There are often special cupboards and cabinets to store all the Nyonyaware and utensils. Different tableware is also marked for different festivity, and one can’t mix them up in everyday use. For example: in my family, we have a separate set of tableware, kitchen utensils, pots and pans just for the vegetarian month, during the 9th month of the lunar calendar. Suffice it to say, those tableware and utensils are strictly vegetarian, meaning, they have never been used to cook or serve non-vegetarian foods. As soon as the vegetarian festival is over, all “vegan” tableware and kitchen tools will then return to the storage area, covered, and waiting to be uncovered again the following year…
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