NOT JUST CLOTHING, CONSTIPATION!

Actually, I do not know if she's constipated. But I couldn't resist bringing it up. Seeing as the substance she was drinking contained a product know to be healthy and constipation-relieving. Linseed. Also known as flaxseed.


Having been told that I could read Chinese, and that I had been helpful a few months ago in giving correct translations of the establishment's offerings, she put me to the test. Okay, that's either a dau saa beng (豆沙餅) Or a lo poh beng (老婆餅). Those are sea cucumbers (海參 'hoi sam').
And I haven't a clue what the heck those things are in English.
Hemp seeds?


亞麻籽

Had to look that up.

Linseed is more familiar to white people as a crunchy nutty addition to hippie granola. We seldom actually consider it useful for anything else. But it's apparently quite healthy. And helps alleviate plugged-uppedness.

What she may have been drinking was a variation on 蜂蜜檸檬亞麻籽水。
Pronounced 'fung mat ning mung ngaa maa ji seui'.
Honey and lemon flax water.

One Tablespoon flaxseed (linseed).
One Teaspoon honey.
One Teaspoon lemon juice.

Soak the seeds in a cup of boiled and cooled water overnight, then add the honey and lemon juice and stir. The soaking will have softened the outer skin of the seeds to a jelly-like state, and the resultant beverage is both cooling and peristalsis promoting. Healthy! Your guts will thank you.

The seeds are also ground up with almond kernels (杏仁) to produce 亞麻籽杏仁粉 ('ngaa maa ji hang yan fan'), a powder that with boiling water can be made into a healthy drink just packed with good stuff. I'm more likely to try this before the earlier mentioned beverage.


My peristalsis is just fine.
Thank you for asking.



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