Kaffir Lime

Being a member in the citrus family, Kaffir Lime is an infamous spice used in Thai cuisines. Especially in something we're more familiar with - Tom Yams. yummmm~

Easily identified from its vast cousins in the family, Kaffir lime has rough zest compared to others. It is also important as it gives the fragrant aroma to many dishes, making it appealing to people who likes sour flavour.

But for me, i found another useful thing about this fruit.

Kaffir Limes absorb "dirty things", as in those paranormal thingies. *shudders*

To have believe in it requires personal excounters. Well not me though. How i got to understand this is thanks to my mom. She had few encounters with this fruit. Well not herself as well. Hehhh..

In our bushy backyard, mom has planted one Kaffir Lime tree long time ago. :D She never believed in its power until she experienced it. Come let me tell you some stories....

Some time ago, one of our staff working in our laundry factory had seen one when they went to send some linens to one hotel. As they were unloading to the housekeeping store, they went up to some floor to help distribute those linens. Then one of the workers, Lisa* bumped into one housekeeper and started talking to the lady. They happily chatted for awhile before they left. On their way back to the factory, Aisa* asked Lisa why did she talk to herself in the air for so long and Lisa insisted that she was talking to a middle-aged lady. But Aisa said she saw there wasn't anyone on that floor. And they were silent all the way back.

Overwhelmed by fear, Lisa burst to tears right after they went back to the factory. She couldn't accept the fact that she had seen it and not knowing it. Mom went to understand the situation and calmed her as Lisa described what uniform the lady was wearing. The lady was wearing a white uniform and also barefooted. Unfortunately the uniform of the hotel's housekeeping department is not white. And that was enough to prove.

So the next day, mom plucked one Kaffir Lime and handed over to Lisa and instructed her to put into her pocket when she enter the hotel. Just within 30 minutes going in and out from that hotel, the lime turned dry and when they cut it open, the inside was black in colour.

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In another case, mom handed some limes to one of our chinese workers, Li* to make some juices as she didn't feel well. (The lime juice is good for the body but i forgot what it is again SORRY!) But the next day when my mom asked about it, Li said unfortunately her brother took all of the limes away.

As she further explained, mom came to know that her brother had encountered "things" in his new outlet that he rented to open up business with his friends (somewhere near the place i used to work back in my hometown :S). He placed the limes at a corner of the outlet in the morning, and by noon, those limes turned dry and the insides were as predicted, black as well.

So mom pitied them and gave them more the next day. Whether they had gotten rid of those things i don't know.

But it was really something to know how such a small fruit can influences us. For me, it's a total new respect to it. Too bad i don't have pics to show coz i forgot to take pic of it before i left home. Heh.....

As conclusion, i do not hold any responsibles whether anyone of you did not have the same outcome from what i've said above. So try it yourself at your own risk and feedback me if you don't mind? :D


*Names have been changed for confidential purpose.

5 Seconds Rule

In America, there's this existing rule: Whenever you drop your food on the floor/out from the plate, and you managed to pick it up before 5 seconds, then the food is still safe for you to eat.

This is according to my Aunt. So whenever my cousins drop something, they'll quickly count and pick them up. They're so cute aren't they? ^^

But unfortunately, Mythbusters busted the fact! HOHOHOHO!!!!

I didn't stick to their show all the way, but i kinda know how they proved it. Jamie and Adam used several ways, but i only know some: They used clean floor tiles as the surfaces so that there are same amount of bacterias. Then they used biscuits to stain the tiles. One biscuit is left to contact the surface for 3 seconds and 8 seconds for another one. After leaving the surface to react in the air for some time, they use i-dunno-what's-inside-the-small-round-plate, (sry i forgot science ady, i guess is some kinda chemical inside), and collected the bacteria found on that certain area and calculated it.*

Result showed that there is an equal amount of bacterias regardless to how long the food is contacted to the surface of the floor/table/chair. :O

So sayonara 5 Seconds Rule!

Next time i won't be bothered to count whenever i drop my food, since im going to eat away those bacterias. Anyway, at least it's fun to know about it. ^^

*Actual experiments are way more complex than what i've written. So apologies given if i contradict your ideas.