Tag by Citra

I'm honoured when Citra dropped by and told me that I've been tagged. I've always love Citra's blog because of the simple and yummylicious dish that she featured. It's fool proof too! And through Citra, I found Pide! Been in love with Pide ever since :)

Here goes.. I copy this from Citra's..

This tag is all about your own stuff. I think it's a great idea to highlight some long forgotten posts or some lonely, neglected, uncommented recipe ... especially during one's early days of blogging. I'm happy to be tagged by Citra to take part in this 7 - Link Challenge. That's 7 of your own posts in relation to the categories and then to nominate 5 victims bloggers to join in. No extra cooking or baking required. (I'll tag my food blogger friends). 

2 simple rules:

1) publish links for the categories below (1 link per category)

2) nominate up to 5 bloggers to take part.

     K.Nor of Secubit Garam

     Ju of Junotdbaker

     K.Min of Salam2benua

     Zarin of periukbelangazarin

     Rina of cintarina

Here are my links:

1. The most beautiful post:

Wow! This is hard.. Let me think..  It will be the Kek Batik Jawa. The memory of one of the earliest cooking classes that I attended with mok. Dulu, masa aku still kat PPP/ITM, mok selalu pegi kelas memasak. And aku la yang jadi mangsa kena temankan dia. Mok tulis in classic melayu rumi. Maka, aku la yang jadi tukang dengar, tukang tulis, tukang explain to mok. And because of those cooking classes too, aku jadi hook on cooking. Thank you mok. I heart you. 

2. The most popular post :

With almost 20,000 hit from Kongsiresepi.com, I'd say Buttermilk Pancake post is the most popular post. And it's a hit with the girls too. They love this pancake and their classmates adore it. Siap berebut among them bila bawak pegi sekolah.

3. The most controversial post. 

Why is  Lompat Tikam post so controversial? Actually, takde la controversial sangat. Cuma it's more of sakit hati when someone made a comment about the possibility that aku bagi recipe salah sebab taknak orang buat lompat tikam menjadi. I was like... WT... you can read it here. 

4. The most helpful post

I'd say, this Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread Step by Step is the most helpful. I actually took the time to take photos with the help of Iffah because many bloggers thought I weaved the bread to make it look like that. It's a beautiful bread :)

5. The post that was suprisingly successful

Alamak!! What post?? Haiyo! Wait! Lemme think.. It has to be the Upside Down Pizza. I wasnt planning on baking that day. But Ju made a suggestion for me to bake this pizza. It took me 15 minutes to prepare this and voila! It was ready in less than 1 hour. Suprisingly, it's also in the top 10 post. LOL.. 

6. The post that did not get the attention it deserved

I made this Banana Cake many many times over the years. I did post the photo aeons ago but of course it didnt get any attention it deserved. I'm telling you, the recipe is a keeper. Once you taste the banana cake, you wouldnt want any other banana cake. Tak caya? Cuba la buat :P

7. The post that I'm most proud of

It's beautiful, it's breathtaking and it's perfect!! Iman and Iffah were very excited with the cake. I was estatic with the result too. It's one of the most talked about cake in the bloggersphere, The Rainbow Cake.

Beautiful Blogger Award

Oleh kerana k.Ratna telah tag aku, maka, aku kena habiskan jugak tag ni malam ni, so that aku boleh pass the baton pada orang lain. I'm gonna tag 7 people, sila ambik award dan buat sessi suai kenal ye.. hehe.. Ni takde paksaan, cuma sekadar suka2 je. Thx k.Ratna for the tag.

Those yang kena tag adalah

1) K.Min/K.LG (I'm pretty sure dah ramai yg tag K.Min)
2) Rina (take a break from baking, buat assignment ni ye)
3) Zarin (sila rajinkan diri anda :P. cepat sikit habiskan tau, I really wanna read :D )
4) K.Lili ( sorry K.Lili, I hope this will motivate you to blog more, err.. maybe not? )
5) CS (ciksom sayang, terima kasih kerana sudi terima! :) )
6) Aida (takmau cite panjang2 pun takpe, cite pendek pun boleh :) )
7) K.Siti (kena buat esok tau :) )

I need to talk about 7 things that people dont know about me. Aiyo! seksa ni nak pikir..

1) I met my dear hubby over the internet. Masa tu tahun 1994, he was in Michigan, I was in Hobart. Mula-mula takde cinta cintan sebab masa tu aku ada boyfriend (my x-bf now). But hubby aku tu sangatla pandai menanam tebu di bibir, sampai aku boleh jatuh cinta dengan dia. I ditched my boyfriend then, and married my hubby. Semalam, masa kat Ikea, Iman and Iffah baru tau that mama and abah dia orang bercinta dalam internet dulu. Jumpa a year after that! Iman siap tanya, mama dengan abah chat guna apa? YM? Facebook? MSN messenger? I told her, we chat on IRC. Dia terkebil2. Kelakar kan? :)

2. My BM is really bad. Why? sebab aku sungguh tak suka baca buku melayu, tengok cerita melayu dan yang sewaktu dengannya. Masa form 5, during SPM trial, I got P7 for my BM! huhuhuhu.. I was really sad sebab kalau tak dapat credit for BM kan kena sit for July paper. I was so depressed. Dah ler aku tak suka cikgu BM aku masa tu, Cikgu Tuan Jah or something. Dia siap cakap "Rashidah, awak takan pass BM awak!". Dunno why she was really pissed with me. Alhamdulillah bila dapat result, aku dalam A2 in BM. Weeee... jasa mu tidak dikenang cikgu Tuan Jah! Sorry!

3. Masa aku kecik2 dulu, I was so hitam, that, people always call me budak hitam. Ada one time masa sekolah rendah, mak aku curl my hair, ala2 afro gitu. Dah jadi budak negro pulak. Sedih? Memang la sangat sedih. Especially bila balik dari sekolah, kakak aku yg cantik jelita tu selalu bawak balik bunga from budak2 St John. She was in CBN, aku was in St Mary. Terasa diri ni seperti The Ugly Duckling. Kalau balik kampung, mak2 sedara selalu cakap, kenapa la Shidah ni hitam, tak putih macam Shima etc etc. Bleh!

4. When I was in Form 2, aku telah mendapat gelaran Tarzan. Gelaran itu diberi oleh classmate kakak aku, Rizalimi, or was it Koyeng? Cant really remember. Macam mana aku dapat gelaran Tarzan tu? Kebetulan masa time rehat, aku berdiri atas bench sambil pegang dahan pokok. Entah macam mana, dahan tu patah, aku tergolek jatuh dari bench. Kebetulan masa tu, classmates kakak aku lalu, nampak la aku tergolek atas tanah. Maka, nama aku dah bertukar menjadi Tarzan.

5. Masa sekolah rendah, aku sekolah kat St Mary Primary School. Sekolah menengah pulak, from form 1-3, aku pegi SMSS Kuala Terengganu (coed). Masuk form 4, I went to Sek Seri Puteri. Oleh kerana aku pegi 2 different school masa sekolah menengah, kawan2 pun memang sangat ramai. Sometimes, I'll get message in my facebook inbox, tanya mcm mana aku boleh kenal A, or B or C. Yang paling kelakar, Jeni cakap, husband dia kata aku ni macam Kevin Bacon, a person that connects people. Kembang kejap.. hehehe.

6. People always wonder, kenapa aku ada 2 orang anak, padahal mak aku ada 9 orang anak. The reason why I'm having difficulties in conceiving is because aku ada PCOS. Haaaa.. kalau tak tau apa PCOS tu, kena tanya cikgu Google. It's sad especially bila aku tengok Iman and Iffah suka sangat2 babies. For the time being, terpaksa la dia orang main dengan Shariff and Raina.

7. Some might wonder, kenapa aku ni suka sangat masak kan? Well, I started cooking from a very young age, 7 to be exact. Masa tu mok tengah pregnantkan adik aku Mas. Takde orang tolong dia masak, so aku pun start masuk dapur. For someone yang ada 9 adik beradik, of course kena ada sorang yg rajin ke dapur kan? Since aku tak suka melawa (opposite of kakak aku yg cantik tu), I helped mok in the kitchen. Masa sekolah menengah, aku dah boleh masak nasik dagang, gulai, and most dishes yang mok masak. Bila dah selalu jadi tukang masak rumah, automatically, aku jadi official tukang masak untuk family gathering. Balik rumah MIL pun jadi tukang masak jugak. Masa adik2 aku kawin, aku la yang tolong2 kat dapur. When I was heavily pregnant with Iffah, aku masak 40 ekor ayam masak merah untuk wedding adik aku Harun. Will I quit cooking? I think not. I love cooking.. It's the best way to show love.