There might be some medicinal uses for chillies that reflect their role in Melaccan society in the 16th Century, and thereafter... making babies heads smaller in childbirth perhaps, clearing head colds, or bringing wisdom to trivia night events (to pick three examples from my immediate work environment) which hopefully I can discover and document next week.
If anyone would like to steer me towards more substantial examples, feel very free to do so.
Spelling and pedanticism is not your strong point, but it is mine: Melaka or Malacca but not a combination of the two -- that is confusing!! Chili - start a list of essential taste sensations: specifically, sambal belacan, chili crab, Penang laksa. Chili "yong tofu" (at a Chinese lunch restaurant, with other stuffed things (fish stuffing, stuffed bean curd (the tofu) one of many stuffed things), sambal udang. :))) Lenore
ReplyDeleteMust do better. Typos last forever. Re Melaka Malacca, I think Melaka?
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