#spring snack

[zombetty666]

Spring has oversprung.....

[toyastales]

Bacon Cheese Fries

[fullcravings]

Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins

[buffetlicious]

As families gear up for the Year of the Snake, beginning Jan. 29, no Lunar New Year celebration would be complete without Mandarin Oranges (柑), the sweet, tangy, and conveniently peelable fruit adorning decorated homes, offices and eaten by visitors as a snack.

Visits to homes during Chinese New Year are usually accompanied by the exchange of Mandarin oranges. The Chinese words for orange sound like “luck” and “wealth”, and it is considered rude to visit anyone's home during Chinese New Year empty handed.

Mandarin Oranges (Citrus reticulata) and tangerines indeed originate in China (which is still the main producer of the fruit worldwide). Several languages have words for oranges meaning “apple of China” like Swedish apelsin or Dutch sinaasappel. English uses tangerine as the port of Tangier in Morocco became a major exporter.

Portuguese seafarers were the first Europeans to sail into East Asia. They encountered high officials (counsellors of the sultans, comparable to ministers) which in Malay were called menteri, which is close to the Portuguese word for “to command”: mandar, so the word mandarin was used in reports in 1524.

The Chinese learned high officials called 官 (guān) that the Portuguese met later, wore Orange-coloured robes, so the name mandarin stuck for the civil servants, the language they spoke and the fruit.

[nnicknnelsonn]

kit’s tortured groan of horror

source: (X) devyn on youtube

[larapaulussen]

[heartstopperthoughts]

[freeshine]

[morethansalad]

Fruit Spring Rolls / Gỏi Cuốn Trái Cây (Vegan)

[blossomsinthemist]

Purple Lilac and Strawberry Scones from The Wondersmith

[megpricephotography]

Happy 11th Birthday, Flynnie!!

Birthday boy enjoyed a run around in the buttercup field & some birthday snacks!

[kirbyfigure]

haiiii ;3

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[toyastales]

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies

[fullcravings]

Glazed Blueberry Butter Swim Biscuits

[buffetlicious]

Picked up a couple of snacks from Wu Pao Chun Bakery (吳寶春麥方店) in town. The first is German Pudding Tarts (德式布丁挞) at S$2.30 each. Not sure why it wasn’t called egg tart as this sure tasted just like one. This one used shortcrust pastry rather than the flaky pie pastry. The pudding surface is lightly caramelized just like Portuguese Custard Tart (Pasteis de Nata).

They named this loaf of bread – Spring into Life (葱上云霄). Baked with sweet, caramelized onions with cheesy crusted top. This S$5.20 savoury loaf of bread is good enough to munch on its own or with a piece of ham.

[vegan-nom-noms]

Vegan Limoncello Biscotti With Lemon Glaze