Regrets of the dying

My Quay Lo tweeted this article back in February. I learned something from it so I would like to share this with you all about top five regrets of dying. 

Here is the article:
"Top Five Regrets Of The Dying"

Posted by Jacob Sloan on February 2, 2012

I immediately replied to his tweet by saying my last regret would probably be none of what was stated in the article. It is more likely that I would wish that I did not "sweat the small stuff" and choose to be more happy than to be right in some arguments. What will yours be? Or, is it too scary to think about it?

A week before the article, my Quay Lo and I were talking about death and what our wishes would be for all the neccessary arrangements. We both wanted our loved ones to celebrate our lives rather than mourn the loss. To those who loved and survived us, we want them to open champagne and put on all our favorite music and remember the good times we had together.  We hope they will share some food, and share their memories of us. We both think it would be nice to know that among the food they share, some of our favorites are included. We laughed as we talked about this. My husband said that it sounded like "hungry ghosts" and we laughed some more. (While we mean no offense to anyone, we don't really believe in ghosts.) Later, after our conversation, I decided to examine the question of what would be the best food for our friends to share at our memorial feasts. I didn't think about this because I didn't expect anyone to follow the suggestions literally. This isn't a dying wish or anything that anyone should feel is binding at all. Our main interest is that our friends and family celebrate our lives that were, instead of mourning our lives that are no longer.

I may be the only foodie to blog a suggested menu for her own memorial service. So here I go, with some ideas about food that is nourishing and comforting and that we like. It is food that is best taken with a favorite wine. We hope it is food that will make our family and friends feel at ease, contented, and thoughtful.

Feel free to click on the pictures to get the recipe. Oh, before that, I would like to share a very inspiring video with you about how Ric Elias who was given a second chance to live. He had eliminated those regrets he had thought of, when he thought he was dying.

Frittata

Cod in lemon grass sauce

Lettuce cup with minced Pork croquettes 

and salsa

Stitch's Magarita in case you don't want wine

QPC Snow White Cocktail

Choy Geok

Carrot Cake

Pavlova

Chocolate croissant pudding with whiskey sauce

This post is a good reminder for me to pay more attention to the people that matter most to me and not waste the little time I have on earth on those who are not. Hugs to all.

Lettuce cup with minced Pork croquettes and salsa - Featured in Petitchef

Usually when hubby returned from a long biz trip, he has no stomach for any rich food.  He usually request for a simple sandwich and some greens.  My intention was to prepare for him a grill cheese and grill vegetables sandwich and serve with a small bowl of salsa two nights ago.  When I was preparing the meal, I was hungry.  Then, I saw a plate of minced pork croquettes which my Mum made on the kitchen table.  I took a croquette, plucked a leaf of Romanian lettuce and spoon a little salsa on the croquette and eat.  It was SOOOO delicious! The flavors blend so well together and I immediately told Mum that I have discovered a great appetizer by accident!  Then, I assembled another one for her to taste.  She totally agreed with me.  I served the same to my hubby before I serve him the sandwich. The moment he took a bite of the appetizer, I can see that he likes it.  His expression told me so. Like I said before, good things should be shared. This new appetizer is worth sharing! One caution though, you have, I repeat, you have to lay the croquette on the lettuce cup and spoon some salsa on top of the croquette and eat it altogether to get the UMAMI!  Trust me, it is worth the try!

Ingredients for minced pork croquettes:

½ cup vegetable oil

1 head of small Romanian lettuce

(A)

150 gm minced pork

80 gm diced chives

3 water chestnuts, chopped

1 tbs sweet choy poh (come to packet form)

3 eggs lightly beaten

Ingredients for Mango Salsa:

3 plum tomatoes diced

½ mango diced

1 pc Japanese cucumber, diced

1 cup choped parsley

½ red capsicum diced

½ yellow capsicum diced

½ orange capsicum diced

½ lemon (squeezed out the juice)

2 tb extra virgin olive oil

½  medium white onion diced

1 ts sugar

Salt and black pepper to taste

Method of making the salsa:

In a big bowl put all the above ingredient together and mix well and put it into fridge for at least 1 hour before serving. It taste better eating cold.  Taste even better the next day.

Method of making the croquettes:

Mix A together and let it marinate for about 30 mins.  Heat oil in a frying pan and take 1 tablespoonful of mixture A and fry till both sides of croquettes are golden brown. 

Method of of assembly :

Please refer to the picture but you can always create your own presentation because there is no fix rule.