在还没有吃苦瓜炒蛋之前，我喜欢吃苦瓜煎蛋，因为它可以调剂洋葱炒蛋的腥味，但吃过苦瓜炒蛋之后，我更加喜欢苦瓜炒蛋的清香滋味，而不是煎蛋。
苦瓜用来煎蛋的味道集中在蛋的香味，苦瓜味道被夺了去，吃不到我喜欢的苦瓜味，可是苦瓜炒蛋的风味则相反，苦瓜的味道芬香，再加上鸡蛋的浓郁味道，吃起来更加有味道的。
我们在砂拉越美里海边酒楼吃这一道菜时，初时没有感觉它的特别，吃完这一道菜之后，发现苦瓜和蛋是片甲不留，才知道整桌10人，都没有放过它哟！
研究这一道菜的做法，厨师应当是先将苦瓜炒得略熟，才加上蛋略略过锅，不等蛋有十分熟就起菜入盘，因此蛋和苦瓜的味道都很清香。不过，要注意，并非所有厨师都懂得炒这一道菜噢！
柚子含有豐富的纖維質和維他命 C，常吃有益健胃，順氣、化痰，也可消除疲勞、宿醉，化解便秘的功效。台灣俗話說「輕柑重柚」，因此柚子應挑選比較重的，大小約在十兩到十四兩左右。而柚 子的外皮最好是毛細孔愈細愈好，皮薄光潤，色澤淡綠或是淡黃，底部穩重外型勻稱，就能挑到好吃的柚子。
柚子剛採下不必急著吃，可放置七到十天，讓柚子「辭水」，也就是讓多餘的水分蒸發，以增加柚子的甜度，柚子如果放在通風處，最長可放兩個月而不會變味。另外，柚子幾乎全身是寶，將食用後的柚子皮剝開，放在陽光下曝曬三天，就變成環保又健康的「柚子薰香」。
柚果皮一片片切下來後，取綠色的油囊部分，放果菜機裡頭，加水打碎，放進冰箱冷藏的時候，不要密封，柚子精油就會自然提煉出來。柚子的表皮富含精油，熬成湯汁之後加到洗澡水中，不但具有美容效果，也能免於受到蚊蟲的叮咬，因為蚊蟲不喜歡柚子的味道。因此柚子皮不要隨便丟掉，因為柚子皮不但可用來泡澡，曬乾後還是古早時的天然蚊香呢。柚子還可以做為冰箱的除臭劑，把剝下來的柚皮放在冰箱的角落，柚皮的清香可以有效地消除冰箱中的異味。
柚子不只果實能吃，柚皮、柚葉、柚根，甚至是柚子的種子等，都可以入藥，各有療效。但柚子是寒性水果，可別一時貪嘴吃太多，尤其是腸胃偏寒、胃潰瘍，以及動不動就腹瀉的人，更要節制，另外，有氣喘的人也不適合吃太多，以免惡化。此外，过年和佳节期间，也可用柚叶冲凉和清洗神器，据说有驱邪迎副的作用。IPOH: The Tambun pomelo growers’ struggle for land titles is truly a 1 Malaysia success story, said Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.
“The majority of them are Chinese who worked hard to develop their orchard.
“We have ‘bad’ people trying to take away the land that they have toiled for almost 50 years,” Ahmad Husni said during the presentation of the 99-year lease letters to the 72 growers in Tambun yesterday.
Ahmad Husni, who is also Tambun MP, said the episode was riddled with so many twists and plots that it had all the right ingredients to be made into a movie and offered to finance any reporter willing to write a story or script based on the growers’ struggles.
Ahmad Husni said the total land area involved was about 43.3ha and each grower needed to pay RM1,345 premium to get their land titles.
“The state government has agreed to waive their summonses of RM3,000 for encroaching on government land,” he added.
Ahmad Husni said that he would discuss with the state government to draw up a masterplan to develop the pomelo orchards to attract tourists.
He said the orchards would need to be modernised with more facilities and proper fencing.
Monday February 1, 2010
IPOH: After decades of uncertainty and countless eviction notices, pomelo growers in Tambun here will finally get the rights to the land which they and their forefathers have toiled on for the past 80 years.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the state government had approved land titles to 62 growers as part of initial efforts to solve their long-standing problems.
“The growers get to keep their original plots, each ranging between 40 sq metres and 1.79ha, for 99 years at a premium of RM1,000 per hectare on condition that they continue to grow pomelos.
“And at the requests of Tambun MP Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah and state executive councillor Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon, the state will not impose any penalty on the growers for farming on state land without permission.
“We will waive the penalty, which is normally twice the amount of land premium imposed, as we know that these growers have genuinely farmed on the land for decades and are not mere trespassers,” Dr Zambry said.
The 46.5ha land that was granted to the group of growers yesterday had initially belonged to the state but was later alienated to a developer.
Dr Zambry said the landowner had agreed in principle to return the orchard land to the state government for an alternative piece of land elsewhere.
For decades, the fate of the growers, who have made the Tambun pomelo a household name and known the world over, had hung in the balance as they received notice after notice to vacate the land to make way for a commercial project.
Tambun Pomelo Growers Association chairman Chow Sun, 74, said the farmers had fought hard to obtain ownership to the land which their forefathers had cleared and set up the pomelo farms some 80 years ago.
He said four generations had worked hard on the land and at present, about 200 to 300 people were involved in the activity on 809ha of land in the area.
“I am very satisfied with today’s results after all that we’ve been through in the last 25 years, trying to get our land titles.
“Nevertheless, we will continue to fight for the rest who have yet to get their titles,” he promised.
Ahmad Husni, who is also Second Finance Minister, said there were plans to engage a consultant to create a masterplan to upgrade the area into a world-class tourist destination.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/1/nation/5588265&sec=nation
Pomelo Farmers of Tambun To Get Land Titles
Saturday November 20, 2010
IPOH: About 70 growers of the popular Tambun pomelo are a step closer to getting titles to the land they and their forefathers have toiled on for the past 40 years.
They are expected to get 99-year lease letters for their orchards from the Perak government today.
Tambun Pomelo Growers Association secretary Chin Too Kam said the group was thankful to Mentri Besar Dr Zambry Abd Kadir for making good the promise he made during his visit to their orchards in January.
Chin, 67, a second generation pomelo grower, expressed his gratitude to Tambun MP Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Hulu Kinta assemblyman Datuk Rosnah Kassim and state executive councillor Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon for their assistance over the years.
He said the group’s struggle for land titles to their 46ha orchard had been riddled with false hopes and disappointment in the last 20 years.
“We hope the other 70 to 80 farmers in the area who have yet to get their land titles will also receive similar good news soon,” he said.
A 56.5ha land area occupied by the remaining farmers, he said, was alienated to a developer sometime between 1993 and 1994 and the farmers had been applying for the titles since 1991.
“Pomelo growers have only this area. The land here is suitable and fertile for growing pomeloes. Houses can be built anywhere,” Chin said, adding that some 500 people would be left homeless and with no livelihood if they were chased out of the area.
Even if they were to start over, he said it would take at least three years for the new trees to bear fruits.
Chin also urged the state government to promote the pomelo orchards in Tambun and Ampang as a tourist destination. His orchard received 20,000 visitors last year.
（怡保讯2010/11/21）打扪72户柚农终喜获等待逾50年年的柚园农地地契批准信，除了能安心为果园未来发展好好计划，柚农最感激“打扪柚子之父”第二财长拿督斯里胡斯尼，锲而不舍的为农民争取地契的成果。
胡斯尼昨晚在打扪柚园颁发柚园地契批准信5a表格（Borong 5a）给72户农民，共占地107亩地，拥99年地契。令农民欢喜不已。
冀好好规划发展
出席者包括霹雳州行政议员拿督马汉顺、乌鲁近打区州议员拿督罗斯娜、曼锐区州议员拿督纳斯里、打扪柚园公会主席周胜、总务冼桃金及马华打扪区会主席王林清等。
胡斯尼也是打扪区国会议员。他致词时说，他于1993年开始为农民争取地契，展开的长征之路至今已17年。如今不但是农民感到兴奋，他也非常高兴。能取得今天的成果，是因为获得农民配合及国阵议员的努力争取。
他促请周胜及农民，好好规划柚园未来发展，把打扪柚子园发展为闪亮的生态旅游区。
他说，打扪柚子园切实反映“一个马来西亚”理念，例如农民是华人、村长是马来人，而为农民争取地契的是马来人的国会议员。
已是第二代农民 ★杨建威（38岁，柚农）
我很高兴能获得地契批准信，我已是第二代种植柚子的农民，在打扪区耕种30多年。柚园地共占0.7亩地，接下来将会好好发展。
8旬母亲圆心愿 ★刘秀萍（54岁，柚农）
我的柚子园地是由母亲传下来，母亲现在已82岁了，很久以前就盼望能获地契，如今终获地契批准信，母亲一定会很开心。我要感激第二财政部长拿督斯里胡斯尼及州务大臣拿督斯里赞比里协助。
终获地契好兴奋 ★周胜
柚农等了多年终于取得地契批准信，柚农非常兴奋，最要感激的就是胡斯尼。
希望农民祝福胡斯尼及协助农民获得地契的人士都身体健康，以期能继续为其余的柚农取得地契。
终能安心发展 ★李国兴（51岁，柚农）
等了多年终能获得地契批准信，感到非常高兴。我有1.5亩地，我可安心发展柚子园了。过去未能好好发展，主要是未取得地契。
http://chinese.cari.com.my/news/chinapress/content_new.php?dt=2010-11-22&sec=local&art=1122lp01.txt
有人不断振振有词的说：“政府绝对不会解决农民的土地问题”。但这个屡被某些人奉为神句的说话，却在雪兰莪州乌鲁音菜农争取到土地的种植机会之后，在今年农历新年前夕再次听到霹雳州政府发出地契给打扪柚农的消息。
霹雳州务大臣赞比里当时宣布，批出为期99年地契给霹雳州打扪地区62名柚农，同时豁免他们一直以来在政府的土地上种植柚子的罚款。
虽然打扪柚农至今还没有真正看到农地的地契，但他们有信心，州政府将会履约发出地契。
农音鲜蔬有限公司董事主席陈来安、董事经理朱国庆与董事欧俊强与江胜强，前往双溪古月拜访当地农友之后，与双溪古月菜农公会秘书蔡永福，以及近打农友蔡南兴夫妇，一同参观打扪的柚子园，和了解柚农争取农地的最新消息。
当地柚农除了感激州政府诚意处理地契问题之外，也感激第二财长兼打扪区国会议员阿末胡斯尼，积极为保留柚子产地费尽心思，表示深切谢意。
外劳短缺震荡蔬菜市场
政府严格控制外劳申请，公开的目的，是要稳定内部治安，以及避免外劳，尤其是孟加拉外劳申请我国永久居留证，即红色登记。
暂且不说，外劳申请永久居留证是谁所造成。且说，我国蔬菜产销在外劳撤退之后所出现的问题是什么。
根据各地菜农公会所提供的资料，许多菜农由于无法申请足够的外劳，已经减少生产，或者必须亲历亲为，才能解决每日必须进行的生产劳作。以往，这些工作都是菜农交待外劳处理，由外劳全程进行生产的，而菜园少了外劳之后，原本开垦20英亩土地的菜农，可能只有1-2个工人帮忙，只能用到10英亩土地。
此外，在各行业外劳短缺的情况下，也造成渴求外劳的情况恶化，使菜园外劳不断流动和跳槽，工资也讨价还价而水涨船高，据说外劳工资已经增加了20%以上。据砂拉越一位菜农说，如果他现有的3位印尼外劳还要跳草裙舞，他可能会辞退所有外劳，个人种植2-3英亩地，全部种植工作少的蔬菜算了。在彭亨直凉，原有约40户菜农，如今仅剩不足10人，而且当中还有菜农计划不种蔬菜，改种水果。另悉，目前超级市场的蔬菜价格也在起价，部分水果如西瓜等，是供不应求，而且求购无门，加上邻国水灾，黄瓜也非以往那么容易采购了。
菜园人类短缺和种植减少的危机是，市场供应不足，货源有限定，蔬菜品种不广，而造成蔬菜价格提高，品种有限，进而影响消费人从蔬菜摄取营养的需求，并且影响国人的整体健康指数。我们感到奇怪的是，为了脚底生了一粒疮，有必要把整条腿砍掉吗？遭受金融重创的美国汽车城底特律正面临着居民人口锐减，大量房屋土地闲置的难题。如何重振底特律并让市内的土地再次升值？约翰·昂斯天才的建议：在城市内建设农场，以吸纳市场上过多的闲置土地，迫使农场周围的土地升值。
约翰·昂斯是底特律富有的基金经理。他曾是美国运通的明星股票经纪人，13年前离开公司创业到今天，昂斯金融服务公司管理着130亿美元资产，有20个办公室，500名员工分布在密歇根州、俄亥俄州及佐治亚州。
没错，农场，一个城市内的大型、营利性的农场。它能带来诸多的好处：弥补税收不足，提供体面的工作机会，供应本地市场及食肆新鲜农产品，并能吸引世界各地的游客，最重要的是刺激周围地带的发展，因为土地市场的“稀缺”将带来投资。昂斯自己先拿出3000万美元，于今年春季以底特律东边50英 亩的土地作为试点。“它会成为世界上最大的城市农场。”
如果把这一想法放到纽约、伦敦或东京，则无疑是痴人说梦，但底特律不同，这个昔日全美第4大城、美国工业的象征，今天却已是北美后工业时代萧条城市的代表。
曾有200万人口的底特律，如今只有不到90万人留下，密歇根商务领导人公司总裁罗斯威尔认为，当金融危机风雨平息，很可能只剩下70来万人，那么，这块土地要用来做什么呢？
面对这些事实，越来越多的决策者和城市规划者已开始接受农业作为一种解决方案。美国建筑师学会在最近一份报告中称：“底特律是特别适合成为一个商业规模的城市农业的先驱。”在这一点上，底特律倒是走在了前面。
哈佛大学城市规划和设计系主任克里格认为，50年后的城市，居住区将更密集，但也会保留部分土地用作其他用途，农业是其中一个选择。
一个有围墙的、塞得满满的城市，已是18世纪的概念。克里格认为，21世纪新城市的概念将从那些旧的、腐朽的城市，如新奥尔良、克利夫兰，尤其是底特律等城市中涅槃而出。
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/25/e25cfa90f0435195/Blog/159/25509b.html
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/07/ebg072110.html
Some of us had put our future in the pass that we want to build a country of cities with rich and prosperity. But we never put in sight for crime will follow rich and prosperity.
Abandoned buildings is home of criminals and drug addicts.
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Like it or not, agriculture is strategic not only for food security.
Farming, whether through small-scale gardens or large urban farms, can enhance the esthetics of the city, create jobs, and improve food safety, quality, and access. Urban agriculture is not only a practical economic development model for a struggling
In some respects this is happening in
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