Archive for July, 2006

Ovaltine, revisited.

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

After watching Food Network this weekend, I have learned that malted milk, like Horlicks, has a lot of calcium. On serving, when prepared with milk, gives me 88% of the calcium I need on a daily basis. That's 880 mg, more or less.So I did a little more research and ...

Field Trip: Connie’s in Jersey

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

My mom's friends from high school had a small get together. So we went to my aunt Connie's house in NJ for the first time. She's not really my aunt, but in my culture, anyone who is a friend of your parents can and is older than you should be ...

NIMBY - N = IMBY

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Ever since we had a backyard, my dad has been the greenthumb in the family and each summer, the small plots of soil are filled with healthy eats. In the past we've had chili peppers, strawberrys, some Chinese gourds, bitter melon, winter melon, tomatos, kidney beans, string beans, peppermint, basil, ...

Steamed Buns

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Just another type of food I forgot to add on the list of what Chinese people typically have for breakfast.These happened to be filled with a mixture of glutinous rice and shitake mushrooms. The shape? Well, they're usually round, but these were crimped and teardrop in shape. I should mention ...

Incredible Protein

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Last night, I was determined to make something quick and ready for breakfast for the upcoming work week. After much deliberation, I reconsidered the idea of having eggs for breakfast.On a typical morning that I have work or school, I don't bother cooking eggs, because it leaves a lot left ...

Salty Lemonade

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

At Thai Son, Ian inquired about salty lemonade. My best explanation was: it's like lemonade...with a lot of salt. Needless to say, Erick and Ian looked at me with the yes-thank-you-Captain-Obvious expression. Dad has offered me salty lemonade on multiple occasions since he started pickling limes for such purpose many years ...

No Skimping on Skippy

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Look what I got!!! What happened? At the supermarket, mom said we were on our last jar of PB at home. So we strolled over to the PB and jelly aisle. Facing a wall of peanut butter, we had a dilemma-- which one and which size should get get? After doing some quick ...

Productive Morning

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Get it? Productive? Produce? To produce?Saturday morning entailed going out with mom, as usual. And when we got back in the mid-morning, we unpacked the groceries we had bought and prepared an early lunch for the family. She went to go do laundry and I took care of washing produce.All ...