Sweet treats and .....

These items were gifts from someone at work. They came from his wife's village.

The left item contains ground up peanuts and almost spun sugar. It reminded me of halvah a little. Pretty tasty and sweet. Ibu Tin says it's called Klenteng. That word is on the package but it doesn't mean anything in Indonesian. It's like a brand name. It's ingredients include: peanuts, sand sugar, glucose and something called Prambozen.??? The item on the right is a little less sweet  and it a semi-solid thing the color or molasses. I put it in the fridge (kulkas) to firm it up a little. Ibu Tin said it was meant to be enjoyed at room temperature, but I just couldn't figure out how one would cut it up at room temperature. It's sort of squishy. I guess it's called jenang kudus which translates to "holy porridge". It's ingredients include: coconut sugar, java sugar, sand sugar, coconut milk, glutinous rice flour and vanilla. After refrigeration, you can cut it, sort of, with a knife but it's still extremely soft and even a little gummy. It does have a slight coconutty taste.

B attended a dinner. Here are a couple of photos. This was Imlek or Chinese new Year dinner and began with a platter of food in the middle of a lazy susan. The platter contained shredded carrots, radish, peanuts, sesame seeds. Then a plate of sliced and smoked salmon is brought out with two little limes. The lime jusic is squeezed over the salmon. Next one dumps the salmon on the other platter. Four packets of sugar and spice are opened and ceremoniously added. The penultimate part is to add plum sauce and another sauce. next, everyone at the table stands while a blessing is being said. each person takes very long and large chopsticks (think drumsticks (not the chicken kind but the musical kind)) and uses the chopsticks to elevate the food on the platter and mix it. The mess in the bottom photo is the remains after mixing and our diving in to eat our efforts.