Rendang (Descriptive Essay)

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Indonesia has many traditional foods. Some of them are the icons of an ethnic group like: Gudeg is an icon of Jogjakarta, Central Java, Ketoprak from Jakarta, Pempek from Palembang, South Sumatra and Ayam Betutu from Bali. West Sumatra has the famous one, Rendang. Rendang is a unique traditional food that has wonderful smell, unusual appearance but unexpectedly wonderful for its taste.

Rendang is unique because of the cooking technique. It has a lot of ingredients: coconut milk, various kinds of spices like chili, garlic, pepper and pala and meat. The spices are mashed and mixed together with coconut milk and the meat. It’s a little bit tiring and spends a very long time, about three hours continuant stirring to make the coconut milk mixture into Rendang. Most people use firewood to get the best quality of Rendang. Thus, it makes Rendang is different and unique from another traditional food in Indonesia.

The appearance of this food isn’t appetizing at all. It has thick dark brown spices with a little reddish cooking oil that cover the meat. The meat itself is brownish red and very tender. Overall, some people that never taste it usually think twice before eating it. After all, Rendang don’t have an interesting shape instead.

Despite the weird appearance, this traditional food has a delicious smell because of the chili, the garlic, the pepper and the pala. These spices give strong and spicy aroma to the meat. The coconut milk itself makes the aroma appetizing. We can smell it far away, even the neighbor can. So, this food has a really good smell.

The taste itself is very scrumptious. The unique mixture of spices makes the whole meat spicy, but the coconut milk adds sweet taste into it. A piece of Rendang is best served with fresh rice. This lovely taste is unforgettable for every people who have tasted it. That’s why Rendang is nominated as the most favorite traditional food in Indonesia. Hence, Rendang has an exceedingly delicious taste.

As mentioned above, Rendang is a traditional food from West Sumatra that has unusual appearance but wonderful taste and delicious smell. The rich spices and coconut milk give the perfect smell and taste to the meat. Finally because of this uniqueness, everybody will love this food after tasting it. 

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Student College Marriage

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Marriage is a serious choice, but it becomes more interesting; in case, student college marriage. Of course it will be quite difficult for them in young age like college students, especially with the hectic schedule. It needs both creativity and patience. So, marriage for college students can be challenging.

An important thing to remember, the young spouse must have a good plan in managing time. College needs time, and so on family. But they both must on the first priority. Discussing is the best way to solve this difficulty. In this case, the spouse has to understand each other. They can divide the jobs; the husband helps his wife and the wife helps her husband. In conclusion, they have to be able to organize the time.

Controlling the money is the one of the essential things. Most of young spouses have low wages, because they only have a part-time job. It will be good if both of them have each salary, so they can support each other. In addition, the young family must have priority scale to avoid spending money too much. Consequently, money must be managed wisely.

Then, to make a happy family, the spouse must be able to handle a family. Especially after having children, they need parental education. Several young spouses are confused to teach their children correctly. But it’s no need to worry. Some parental seminar or book can enhance the knowledge for good parents. At last, the young couple should know how to build a happy family.

This marriage for youngsters can be difficult or even gives benefits, it depends on their view. The hardest thing is handling the time and the family itself. Hence, they can choose it whether it will be good for themselves or not. So, the marriage in young age is not an easy choice especially for college students.

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Great Effect of Laughter

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Laughing can improve our health incredibly. There are some reasons about it. First, people that laugh more often has lower blood pressure than the others that don’t. Second, laughing build up our immune system by increasing the antibodies. Therefore, it also relaxes our muscles, especially in the belly. Third, laughter released specific hormones to reduce stress. Hence, laughter can make people decrease the sense of pain. Also, laughter stimulates our brain and improve it’s ability. Then, laughter give our lungs more spaces for air. It is good for the circulation of oxygen in our blood. As a result of laughing, the risk of heart attack can be minimalized. Finally, laughter helps us to dissolve anger and regenerate our energy. Consequently, laughter has a big role of our body’s health.

Sabrina Khairissa

1201025 | K3-12

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