Steamed Pork Ribs With Salted Plums

Came upon this Chinese blog, ilit kitchen from Piggy's.

Went to a Chinese school until standard two when my dad decided to put me in an English Convent run by the Catholic nuns.

It was a rather traumatic period for an eight-year-old who could not speak a word of English.

But now, I am really grateful for the experience.

I can understand Chinese characters (but cannot, for the dear life of me, write any thing legible in Chinese).

I thank my lucky star and my mum's life-changing example for that.

She was one of the unfortunate ones that was not given a chance to go to school when young but she had heaps of determination to learn to read and write!

She found a way to learn by studying along with her children every evening when they came home with their school work and with the help of a dictionary.

As they were studying Chinese and so that was what she learnt too.

Many years later, when a few of my older brothers and sisters were overseas studying, she put aside a little time every evening to write letters (you know, those endangered species that we post with stamps and take planes rides) to them.

I saw her taking, sometimes, up to three days to compose a short letter, stopping at almost every word to check the dictionary.

I grew up watching her read the dictionary from cover to cover.

I pray that some of her persevering trait had rub off on me!

And also thanks to all my older siblings who left all the Chinese comics, newspapers and novels all over the house, I never lose touch with the Chinese language all through my years of growing up.

Now, I am so glad that I don't have to miss out on all these mouth-watering recipes in Chinese.

Try this steamed pork ribs. It is heavenly and so simply to do... I love salted plums and this dish is just oozing with its tangy aroma and teamed it with pork ribs...another match made in heaven! I did cut down on the amount of salted plums from 8 to 6 because the bottled plums I have is extremely salty.
Go to ilit kitchen for the recipe and if you need any translation let me know (sounds just like a standard-two-know-all!).

Jo