'Kak sam tau' pork shoulder

Learnt another new part of a pig.

Normally to make pork chop, people use the tenderloin. However for my kids, it is pretty lean and without the fat, the chop is not that aromatic.

Learnt recently that the shoulder is also a great place to use for pork chop. It has a layer of fat on top and slightly in between. My mum takes the pork fat to extract the oil to make rice more aromatic for the kids.

This new part of the pig is the shoulder - 'kak lei' next to the 'sam' heart and 'tau' head. The skin has to be taken off.

That is how I remember this part.

The meat seller told me this part of best used for char siew. I can imagine....

Yummy!!!

Arrowhead vs Arrowroot

Hubby's aunt is going through chemo.

She told us that day that someone bought a tuber for her called 'fan kok' which according to her helped increase her red blood count. She asked me to get some for her if I can.

So, I went to the market and asked the vege man for some fan kok.

It is arrowroot in English. Not the arrowhead (nga ku) which is used to make chips.

The chinese claim it is to remove body heat. There was other benefits to it found here:

http://blog.morethanalive.com/arrowroot-powder-and-its-benefits/

NOTE:

After some research, found there are some other tubers that are beneficial for cancer, like these:

http://www.naturalnews.com/031524_burdock_root_herbal_remedy.html
This seems to be the real cancer healing tuber

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_opposita
And this can be eaten for general building up.