LAYLA DAN MAJNUN

Kisah romantika Timur Tengah ini pertama kali dibukukan dalam Bahasa Melayu oleh Sheikh al-Hadi.

KU KUNYAH ULAT NI

Ada kawan Melanau di Mukah sediakan makanan sejenis ulat daun untuk ku cuba. Rasanya tidak lemak seperti kalimata [ulat sagu atau siet (bahasa Melanau)] goreng maupun hidup-mentah. 

Rasa ulat ini kepahitan sedikit dan kulitnya agak liat dikunyah. 

Perarakan Maulidul Rasul oleh kaum Melanau, pekan Mukah.

MAKING GULA MELAKA

Basic steps to make gula melaka:

1. Climb a young coconut tree to look for an unopened flower stalk.

2.. The upper petal of the flower-bdearing stalk is bound shut to prevent the bud opening.

3. . The flower-bearing stalk is bent gradually downward and the tip is cut off so that the sap can ooze out unhampered.

4. The sap is boiled until it becomes a thick orange-brown mass which is then stirred until it crystallizes.

5. The mixture is poured into bamboo canes where it cools and turns so hard that you have then to grate or chop it.

A simple way of boiling the sap.