Why eat 'turkey' on thangsgiving? Why in malay, its ayam belanda when we oredi say TURKEY, not Holland? And in chinese pulak, forgai? Moe tit lalang??
Dear HKK,
It was stated in the batu bersurat last time in Kuala Berang (no, not that Batu Bersurat. It's the other less famous one) that the Sultan sent 3 people to Turkey to learn about ways of making Turkish Delight around the year 1903 till 1905. As usual, the 3 persons went were semangat muhibah one. Ali, Beng Hock and Muthu.
Once there, Beng Hock decided not to come back. Rumors says that it's because of the Turkish Bath. Anyway, while 3 of them were there, only Ali and Muthu were on schedule, learning about Turkish Delight. Beng Hock pulak, always missing but can be found in the Turkish Bath places.
One day, the Holland garmen, sent 1 big bird to Turkey as present to tighten the friendship between both countries. Ali and Muthu, not knowing what bird is that mai ask the locals la. The locals also dunno. They just say Turkey Bird. But Ali and Samy dowan to sound rude to name the bird after the host country, so they called it Ayam Dari Belanda.
On the last day of training, Ali, Beng Hock and Muthu met at the pier.
Beng Hock: Eh, itu bulung apa nama?
Ali: Tatau la. Ayam dari Belanda datang.
Beng Hock: Apa Ayam Belanda? Sini Turkey tau.
Muthu: Aiyo macha, yennadei. Turkey kawan sama Belanda
Beng Hock: *feels cheated* Korang mau tipu sama saya ka!?
Ali: Kawan, kita talak tipu sama lu la..
Beng Hock: *mumbles* Siong for 9 ngo ah? Ming ming hai Turkey Kai lei geh!
Angrily, Beng Hock left the pier, leaving only Ali and Muthu naik kapal.
In the ship they discussed about this issue:
Ali: Just now why that Beng Hock says 'for 9 ngo'? Apa maksud?
Muthu, Tatau la.. Mungkin dia kata for kai ngo..?
Ali: Oh ya, kai is ayam bekos dia selalu kata mau makan kaifan.
Muthu: Mungkin For Kai is nama cina bagi Ayam Dari Belanda..
Ali: Beng Hock memang pandai..
Once they reached Malaya, they terus sent a report on their trip to the sultan, complete with the illustration of the turkey and the name Ayam Balanda in Malay and For Kai in Chinese. As usual, the recipe for Turkish Delight went missing along the way..
Why Thanksgiving must eat Turkey? Because chicken is too small and ostrish is too big to feed a family lor..
True story.
Hope we got your questions answered.
5 comments:
hua hua hua.. beng hock is ur ancestor? U found the story fr the ancestry book under the mahjung table leg?
We are satisfies with your answer!
kaki ayam leh
*mumbles* Yau for 9 ngo tei...
:D
why do pimples sukak to sprout on chin even when we got wipe mouth?
wakakakka siu 9 sei ngor lorrrrr
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