Posts by Poddi

I have a rather OT question: for all of you who like sweet things, did you all grow up in a family that cooked and ate lots of sweet stuff? Does anybody have parents who don't like sugar? The reason I asked is because I myself can't...

Hmm, not doing so good so far. It's P's birthday party this weekend so I already bought all sorts of stuff. At least I'm planning to use the stuff I already have as much as possible.

I grew up eating rice made in pressure cooker. It's good but the bottom is always a bit burnt. If you cook a large amount it doesn't matter too much, for smaller amount it would reduce your available rice too much.

This might be a silly question. How do you know how much raw greens you should prepare in order to get enough after cooking? Frequently I wash and chop up a big bunch, and after cooking they shrink to a little clump. I also tend to...

I have a round Crock Pot (Rival) that's 3 quarts and really cheap. It works perfectly. That's right size for us right now and doesn't have too much leftovers. When my boys become bigger I imagine we'll need a bigger one. I only make...

Humans are omnivorous. Which means we're meant to eat everything that's edible and available. There are cultures living on mostly meats/dairy, some eat mostly fish, and some eat almost all plants and they all thrive. We as a species...

I guess you never killed an animal and cleaned it yourself? It's not that gross or scary, really. Nowadays we can buy all sorts of meat all cleaned and prepared, a lot of people have never seen slaughtering an animal. It's kind of...

Thank you all! They're fine now. O has been eating so much. He was too hungry from the liquid diet before. P only got it very mild so he never even ate any differently. Maybe we can finally have a normal weekend.

I usually just write down all the stuff I plan to make for the week (on Monday) and choose from the list each day. Once a dish is made I cross it off. What's remaining on the list for this week is: Cucumber salad Mixed...

Just wondering how does everyone deal with those calls from charity. Most of the time we don't have the spare cash for charity. Sometimes I almost feel guilty, though. How do you guys deal with charity calls and donation letters (like...