Comments on food<\/p>\n
Within the context of the Jakarta Food Festival presently
\nadding a sparkle to restaurants in the metropolis, your readers
\nmight find the following comments of interest.<\/p>\n
I am one of the very few expatriates who has never had a sakit
\nperut (stomach-ache) in all the time I've been in this city. I'm
\ngoing to let you into my little secret for free: I put it all
\ndown to a healthy diet of bacon and eggs for breakfast. Oh yes I
\ndo! There's never been any of this food faddism stuff in the
\nRipper household. None of this muesli or fruit juices or nibbling
\nbits of carrot for us. No. What was good enough for my parents is
\ngood enough for me. I'm as fit as a butcher's dog -- I never get
\nsick.<\/p>\n
I'll let you into another little secret of mine: I don't need
\nan alarm clock either. All I need to wake me in the morning is
\nthe whiff of breakfast sizzling in the pan as Mrs. R gets to her
\nmost important task: the main meal of the day, breakfast. Ask any
\ndietitian and they'll tell you the same thing. Breakfast is the
\nmost important meal you'll have. The lovely smell of the fat
\nspluttering in the pan has me out of the bed and under a cold
\nshower in no time. I bring home the bacon and she cooks it.<\/p>\n
It always comes served with fried potatoes mixed with juicy
\nonions, the greasier the better. Add baked beans for a bit of
\nvariety and HP sauce to balance the powerful flavors. The kids
\nwolf it down. The table groans under the weight of hot buttered
\ntoast thickly spread with marmalade, preferably homemade. And can
\nshe make it! All this is washed down with lashings of hot milky
\ntea served in half pint mugs. The literal volume of this glorious
\nnosh sees me through till dinner time. My stomach is having so
\nmuch fun that the germs don't get a look in.<\/p>\n
I recommend everyone eat the food that their parents fed them,
\nwherever they come from. Forget about fast foods and food fads.
\nFollow the gastronomic traditions of your ancestors -- it got
\nthem through hard times. It'll do the same for you. Let the Swiss
\nhave their muesli, let the Americans eat their pancakes with tree
\nsyrup, let the Thais eat their noodles, let the Indonesians have
\ntheir fried rice and let the Germans enjoy their fresh rolls and
\ncoffee. But I'm a Brit and I'm an unabashed bacon and eggs man.<\/p>\n
D. RIPPER<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/comments-on-food-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }