JINGKI/JEUNGKI (RICE POUNDER)

JINGKI is an  Acehnese traditional rice pounder. In the past, it can be found under the house, especially in the village. It can be used for pound the grain to be rice, or rice to be flour. Nowadays, the existence of this traditional machine is quite rare. In the name of practicality, modern people do not use this machine anymore, everything can be found in the rack of grocery. So it is no need to spend more time and effort to make your own rice or flour. As you know, it is tiring to do so. 

A couple recent years, there is something that attracts my attention about people’s behavior in party. In the buffet scheme party, some people take so much food, but they do not finish it. The full plate will be end under the seat before it thrown away to the rubbish can. Or something more ridiculous which is to remain some food on the plate (Little bit rice, little bit another stuff). Does it mean something? I don’t know. But why is so easy to do so? Why we don’t take food as we need?

When I was a child, my mother always said to finish my meal, she said, if I don’t do so, the farmer will cry, because it is a hard work that farmer did to produce the food and it is very sad when I don’t appreciate it. We tend to forget to appreciate something because we got it easily and instantly. We do not experience the process.

Pounding Rice with JINGKI is one of full commitment activity in the long process of rice making. I think in the past people more value and appreciate the food. It is not necessarily because of the high price of food or other economic factor, but because they experience its making process and they know that it is not easy.  

 
So make sure, next time we go to the party or whatever, take food as much we are sure to be able to be finished.