在冠状病毒恐慌下的几度封城，空空的货架随时可见之时，大家都迫于压力在囤货。
我家也不例外。
芒果收获了一大堆，吃大量芒果是每天的任务duty must be done for the day.
香蕉收了，扒了皮，放冷东室，回头可以慢慢吃自家制的无糖无奶香蕉冰淇淋 – 得用Thermomix或Vitamix做
老哥帮我收了一大堆嫩姜，嫂子帮忙做成了日本泡姜；
竹笋清理，切片，煮。存入冷冻室。
冷冻室还有3只膛好的小公鸡。
我想起了作家三毛的描写 “…我缓缓坐下，环视着我的家和冰箱…觉得自己像个这片家园的国王…”
Amid the pandemic, the empty shelves of Coles becomes a norm. I heard freezer sell has soared sky-rocket. People are panic and hoarding.
We naturally hoard food too. So many mangoes been harvested. They have to be eaten fresh. So the bananas have been peeled and stored in the freezer for the time after mango frenzy. Ginger has been growing extremely good, Brother and me harvested a big pile of them. Sis-in-law contributed her labour, turned these tender ginger into sweet and sour pickles. They tastes very much like the appetiser of Japanese sushi restaurant. Actually I think it tastes much better. I have a few jars of them now in the fridge. Bamboo shoots have been abundant due to recent rainy weather. Sliced, boiled, then bagged, also into freezer, next of the bamboo bags, there are a couple of slaughtered chickens there – young rooster and old hen.
Land of promise and land of plenty, my homestead……