Bleeding heart is a vine as far as I know. My grandmother used to grow them and they would crawl on the trunk of the adjacent guava tree. We have two of them now in the backyard.
Pancit canton (chow mein) in a flash
Posted on April 18, 2007 · 6 Comments
Wikipedia defines chow mein as “a generic Chinese term for a dish of stir-fried noodles, of which there are hundreds if not thousands of varieties.” It says further: “In Anglo-American Chinese cuisine, it is a stir-fried dish in consisting of noodles, meat, and cabbage and other vegetables. It is often served as a specific dish ... (more)
A more flavorful pancit canton (chow mein)
Posted on April 18, 2007 · 6 Comments
Before I post the second recipe in the meals in a flash series, here is a practical tip to add even more flavor to your pancit canton.
Most people place dried egg noodles in a colander and pour boiling water to soften them. Easy and convenient but the noodles will no longer have a chance to absorb much flavor from the sauce.
Another way is to simmer the noodles in a mixture of hoisin and oyster sauces until tender, a tip given by a reader which I really found great.
For those who are not fans of hoisin or oyster sauce, there is another way to maximize the flavors in your pancit canton.
Kittens take a bath
Posted on April 18, 2007 · 9 Comments
When we bought Salt and Pepper, we asked the shop owner how often it was advisable to bathe cats. She said once a week is usually enough for kittens. We also asked if bathing them was problematic. She said no, in fact, they were very well behaved during bath time. It was a little hard ... (more)
Ingredient: natural color. What??
Posted on April 18, 2007 · 12 Comments
The other night, I was reading Sam’s digital photography book and one of the recommended subjects for macro photography was the small print in miniature car models. Well, I don’t have miniature car models to photograph but every item from the grocery has some small print at the back. Last night, I was drinking a ... (more)
Cloth versus disposable diapers
Posted on April 17, 2007 · 14 Comments
We were in the supermarket earlier and I was amazed at how many brands of disposable there were on the shelves. When Sam and Alex were babies, we did not use disposable diapers 24/7 but only at night and when going out. Laundry was a hassle and we didn’t have househelp nor yayas but we ... (more)
Death and grief
Posted on April 16, 2007 · 26 Comments
I have a problem consoling people when they lose someone they love. Me, who never seems to run out of something to say. But it’s true. When my father-in-law died, I held my husband until he could no longer cry but I said very little. We stayed at his family’s house for the duration of ... (more)
The pet food recall
Posted on April 16, 2007 · 2 Comments
When I first posted photos of Salt and Pepper in The Mommy Journals, Batjay commented about the now infamous pet food recall with a very apt warning that contaminated pet food that cannot be sold in the U.S. might be dumped in the Philippines and other Third World countries. The irony is that the last ... (more)
Introducing Salt and Pepper
Posted on April 16, 2007 · 14 Comments
I’ve introduced them in my other blog but we hadn’t decided on their names yet at the time. Meet Salt and Pepper, our male and female Persian kittens. Why and how we bought them is an interesting story. On the last week of March, we went to SM Megamall to buy a laptop for ... (more)
Pili nut delicacies
Posted on April 15, 2007 ·
My husband arrived last night from a five-day trip to Bicol and, per my request, he brought home every pili nuts product he could find. There’s freshly roasted pili nuts. Salted pili nuts and pili nuts coated with caramelized sugar and sesame seeds. Pili nut candies… These triangular sweets (above) are a common sight in ... (more)
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