Wedoodle

My parents are Taoists. During certain times of the year, they prepare some offerings. Sometimes, my mum makes her own stuff, and I like to complain that she should just buy them because it means less work for her. But she said that some of these stuff (offerings) are no longer sold outside. Religion aside, I think this is something culture-rich as it’s unique to few Chinese religions so not many people get to see especially since it’s no longer commercially produced.

These “stuff” have names, and they come in certain shapes and sizes. One comes in the shape of a turtle. With longevity written all over it. Turtle+longevity=infinite longevity?

So I got some of the self raising dough my mum had for her batch of stuff and started to make my own turtle.

My modern rendition vs the traditional ones:

By the way, the real longevity turtles sold outside aren’t so big and fat-my parents didn’t really grasp control of the dough very well. But I’ve got to give them credits for even attempting to make any of those stuff themselves. It’s really hard because the dough made from self raising flour contracts very easily so it’s really tough to keep it in a certain position, and yet when you really do, it starts to “rise” and fluff up to look pudgy and swollen. (So I’m also pleased with the turtle because I was expecting it to look worse).

I like this picture, the inspiration of my title:

Ok, one more picture of my very cute turtle. Sorry, I can’t help it. Haha.

And yes, in the hurry to steam it, I picked 2 green beans that are of different colours for its eyes.

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