Ibadah korban

the special one

Ibadah korban is often taken lightly cos' in this part of world (except maybe Kelantan and Kedah?), everyone thinks Raya Eidul Fitri lagi besar maknanya.Sambut lebih dari sebulan now.

We try to do korban every year.The fun of it selain it as an ibadah is the community work in distributing the meat for the needy. The surau we usually go to during this time of the year is so sophisticated (they grew over the years): alat2 machine nak potong tulang, penimbang daging yang canggih dan tiang besi nak gantung daging2 yang besar2 itu semua sudah ada) :last year they did 7 ekor lembu.This year meningkat 9 (it would have been 10 had not my nephew screwed up the plan nak buat our korban there...lembu tak cukup quorum org-lah, lembu hilanglah, tuan punya lembu hilang-lah..ah geram...)

When finally quorum dah cukup, tuan punya lembu pulak beyond reach utk berakad jual-beli (lembu dah ada!) Akhirnya my nephew jumpa lembu baru and by 3 pm lembu itu dibawa ke sebatang anak sungai (so pretty! tak tau pulak ada stream ni so close to my house..about 3 km away) So lembu ini yang sebelum ini juga telah buat high drama (dia lari masuk hutan tetapi dapat dikejar oleh squad korban lembu) pun dibaringkan di tepi kali.Lembu ini cukup sifatnya.My bro in law (ustaz) kata haram mengorbankan lembu yang cacat sama ada cacat matanya walaupun sebelah aja atau tercarit telinganya, dll and he said he had seen korban went on despite the lembu being not perfect.Pahala korban tidak dapat, hanya ia menjadi sembelihan biasa so please folks, check your lembu sebelum dikorbankan.It must be perfect.

I have been cooking Raya eve and on Raya (lunch).Fresh meat bagus utk masak apa2.I marinated them with barbecue sauce and goreng.Nice.I did sweet sour fish also.Hey, I still have it OK? (memasak skill nih). Tapi tak boleh lawan Lady of Leisure (bila nak keluar buku masak ni?)

Selamat Hari Raya Eidul Adha.I'm still down with flu (and now batuk)