Congee

A traditional food that emerged as a wonderful treatment for diarrhea and other sickness.

Congee

Traditional therapeutic

Soup like food

Cooked rice with water

Porridge

Author's Note

Please read the article of Wikipedia to learn more about 'Congee' at the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee

Reviews

[Vria P Crow]

THE GENTLE CRITIC

1. Wikipedia is an okay resource to use, but not very dependable because anyone can revise the site.

SUGGESTIONS

"Congee" appears like an excellent recipe. I have not heard of it until now so I am pleased to have read your poem!

Here is a recipe I found that might be better to use for your Author's Note :)

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chinese-Chicken-and-Rice-Porridge-Congee-103051

CONCLUSION

I will be trying this splendid recipe!

Thank you for sharing!

[zainul]

I am very happy to have your lovely review.
I also feel very encouraged to get a nice recipe from you.
Thanks for your nice suggestion.
I will be happy to know your experience after your experiment with the recipe!

[Vria P Crow]

hehe You are very welcome! I am stubborn, and your poetry has won me over!
I will let you know how it goes!
I might have to try this when I am having bowel problems! :P

[zainul]

Well,this site not for the poems only ,it is also for life,living and livelihood too.
We have a great expert of Congee now.
He is Everett who has added his experience just minutes before.
We can go to him for improving our Congee.

[Leslie Philibert]

I had to eat porridge as a kid, as my mother thought it was good for me.
I hate porrridge, love the poem !

[zainul]

Thank you Leslie for sharing the trouble you had to face as a kid.
I am too grateful to you for loving the poem despite your hatred for porridge.

[Sheila Kline]

It is good to learn of this therapeutic food which serves as a porridge of healing!

[zainul]

Thank you Sheila for appreciating the little piece.
This is very true that food is very important for our survival and health.
I availed the opportunity to remember this therapeutic food in the hope that other writers would enlighten us about their traditional food and share indigenous knowledge.

[Sheila Kline]

What a good idea!! Here in Florida, the citrus fruits are important! I shall attempt a poem about the benefit of the oranges, and other fruits!!

[zainul]

That will be a great favor,dear poet. :)
Please do write about benefit of the oranges, and other fruits.
I am very eager to learn about living from poems.

[Stella Armour]

i love porridge with a little honey for breakfast.....

[zainul]

Thank you Stella for the honey sweet review :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ah yes, rice is nice...there was a song by the lemon pipers titled that..

yes yes...

it helps.

cute poem.

[zainul]

Thank you Jacob for the superb review.
It cooled my heart as the therapeutic Congee :)

[Sami Khalil]

I'm pretty sure its tasteful as your great wrtings Zainul.
Good bread , good God , good congee , let's eat...
Brilliant ...:)

[zainul]

Thank you Sami for the admiring review.
Let's eat good food as bestowed upon us by good God.read moreThank you Sami for the admiring review.
Let's eat good food as bestowed upon us by good God.
Please read this article to remember if you have eaten this food in your early life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee

[zainul]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee

[Sami Khalil]

OK. Thank you ...Have a great one...:)

[zainul]

You are most welcome,dear friend :)

[Sami Khalil]

After congee Zainul comes the desert ( inside joke )
^^~^^ :)

[zainul]

I was too shy for asking for the favor.
Thank you innovator of great emoticon ^^~^^ :)

[Sami Khalil]

Hahaha...Lol

[zainul]

:)

[Sami Khalil]

:):):)

[Rogue]

A cure for what ails us?
-smile-

I got a little bit of a different feel from this piece. I hope all is well with you and yours, kind soul.

In the mean time, if you are serving up porridge, watch out for that family of bears. :)

[zainul]

Thank you Rogue for stopping by and share your thoughtful idea.
I am sure that the rice used for Congee was somewhat fermented but it might not belong to the exact family of bears.
I think you may draw a conclusion from the following article of Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee

[Rogue]

Sorry, it was my attempt at humor regarding a children's story. http://www.storybus.org/stories_and_activities/goldilocks_and_the_three_bears/story
Always happy to read and review. :)

[zainul]

Thank you Rogue.
Sorry that I could not catch the humor.
I will soon visit your link and explore the treasure in it.

[Marie]

Sounds a little bland...what spices do you add?

[zainul]

Thank you Marie for your curiosity.
I used to enjoy it in my childhood cooked by my grandmother.
She used to keep one handful of rice into a pitcher like earthen pot from the soaked rice just before setting for cooking.This rice kept in the water of the pot was collected after one or two weeks and then prepared the 'Congee' by boiling with salt and served as gruel or porridge.The same stored and fermented rice was also used for making a kind of cake.
Last night I became curious about Congee and searched the internet to learn more about it.I was surprised to learn that Congee was quite popular across the world with different names and recipes.Please read this article on Congee
at the following link to explore the indigenous and traditional treasure about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee