"Do you want to eat?" My popo was from a Hakka family and all the siblings of that generation's first words when you cane to visit was "You want eat?" They're all gone now. Their parents emigrated to Hawai`i around 1900 so most of the cousins are still there. To this day 5 generations later, we still keep in touch with each other and the topic is always good food. Good memories.
My best memories of my Hakka grandparents is the food… we always ate Hakka food with the freshest ingredients, made with skill and most importantly love. Indeed women who willingly spend time in the kitchen to prepare the best food to feed the family are beautiful. Food forms such an important bond for Chinese families.
I'm so lucky to have been adopted into my extended chinese family, especially as a white canadian. I miss my po po, who would come over to cook 三杯鸡 in my Shenzhen apartment when I was tired and overworked. She taught me how, also telling me stories of the poverty she lived in before she joined the revolution. I will never forget her.
@@sho9214 we are together in this. I think missing someone is the most painful feeling I ever get. Even more than breaking a bone or anything physical.
Either malays, chinese or indians or any other races... old days folks always cooks with their heart without measuring those ingredients.... gram la... cups la... spoons la... nope... they will only say 'agak- agak je' but that agak-agak makes their meals 👍👍👍👍👍👍😘
Watching your grandma makes me think of my grandma..she passed away many years ago, And I really miss her,and her cooking..she always make my favourite fried rice..her way..my mum tried to cook the same but it doesn’t taste the same..lol..as Hakka myself I tried to understand your Hakka...lol
Thank you for sharing your story, my parents/grandparents speak Hakka at home in Vietnam, I wish I could, I can relate to your story, especially the dialect barrier with my grandpa, I wish I could speak Hakka so I could have been more closer to him
That is wonderful to see your grandmother is still cooking and able to communicate well with you all. Hakka Yang To-Fu with a little bit of salted fish in it. Yummy!!! Hard to find things like that anymore...
Grandma is measuring her age the old Chinese way which is essentially 1 year old on day one and 2 when the first birthday comes along. Remembered that from my childhood and being confused to be older than what I thought I was - not that it matters much these days (just old).
This reminded me of my time in Taiwan visiting my great uncle and his family, I wish I could communicate more with them but my Mandarin is no good. Or the relationship I never had with my great grandmas because we couldn't speak to each other. I used to call them waipo and popo because my mother never taught me what I was supposed to call them, but I don't think she knew either. Our family really tried hard to assimilate and a lot of stories and knowledge was lost. I think the most I learned about my family was when my grandfather was sick and willing to share. It's so important to learn your family's stories before they're gone.
If you have a chance better learn..im living with my mum for 23 years o hv learnt a lot of dishes from her since after my marriage n i started to learn how to cook late 30s ..cooking is fun n healthy too..home cooked food is the best..
Since you have now whetted our appetite when is cna going to give us a tutorial video for this i want to learn how to make that noodle dish please do the needful (, actually I had it 2 years ago already in dabu meizhou wah really good cannot forget I had 3 bowls of it.
Through my dad, we have a dish name Suan Pan Zi too, my grandpa is from mainland (called Taipu/Taiphu, it sound like that), actually I’m looking for my ancestry, does anybody in here know where is Taipu? Beside Suan Pan Zi, we have Nepan too (both made from potatoes).
I think taipu it's dabu county in meixzhou county in guangdong province. In the olden days there were no roads like now so people traveled by river and rivers led to the sea where you can get a ship and that's how southerners migrated out to the whole world. dabu used to be a very rural place when my grandfather went back in 94 but after 2000 much has changed today it has everything malls hotels condos. To see what modern day dabu looks like try this song ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XCd6FVviWBw.html&
Don't forget your root. Don't forget your culture. Nowadays Singaporean youngsters are stop speaking thier dialect. Even malay also when i speak malay they speak english.
