Mum’s egg and meat patties

Childhood treat of egg and meat patties. — Photos: ALICE YONG

It just struck me that we take some things in life for granted. Since I grew up eating the delicious eggy meat patties that my mum used to cook, I’ve never given much thought to the origin of the dish. Just the other day, a friend asked me to share a favourite childhood recipe and it got me thinking.

When I asked my mother about it, this was what she said: “As a full-time housewife, I have to constantly think about what to cook. When I got fed-up of making the usual steamed minced pork, I decided to combine the minced pork with some beaten eggs and chopped spring onion, added some flavouring and made it into patties.”