Memories of CNY ang pows and goodies

 

The CNY goodies always brings back fond memories of my childhood days. The above goodies was a gift from our Residents' Committee to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

For many years, I have not eaten any of the CNY goodies as they are usually high in calories and unhealthy.

I vividly remember my mother, aunty and my grandma making and baking the CNY goodies days before the Lunar New Year. As a child, I love the CNY as I would have lots of nice goodies and food to eat plus ang pows to collect from my relatives. Each ang pow or red packet would contain less than 30 cents but the amount was good enough for a small boy. Collectively, I would have about $2 for each CNY.