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Self-tutoring about food: the tutor mentions an interesting preference. When I was a kid, I liked ice cream. Vanilla wasn’t my favourite, but was better than nothing, for sure. When I was about eight I was served yellow ice cream. …
Self-tutoring about snack foods: the tutor mentions the Prairie Harvest mix by Joe’s Tasty Travels. A few years back we started buying pouches of snack foods by Joe’s Tasty Travels: we buy them at Walmart. There are numerous options in …
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Self-tutoring about food: the tutor wonders about a possible association between coconuts and Mexico. I always hear about coconut in connection with Hawaiin or with Thai cuisine. The other day, someone mentioned a Mexican food recipe that calls for coconuts. …
Self-tutoring about food and new realities: the tutor mentions a celebration meal. One can of Chunky soup (beef), one can of green beans, and one can of pitted black sliced olives, mixed together and brought to a simmer in the …
Self-tutoring about food: the tutor mentions how the radishes and radish greens worked out. In yesterday’s post I begin about radishes and radish greens. What did I do with them? First, I looked up whether radish greens are edible. Apparently, …
Self-tutoring about food: the tutor visits an old favourite. When I was a kid in the Maritimes, radishes were ubiquitous during the summer. Everyone ate them without hesitation. I can’t recall anyone saying they didn’t like them; such an idea …
Self-tutoring about nutrition: the tutor mentions some complete protein sources that are vegetarian. I always thought that a combination of plant-based foods is needed to accomplish complete protein. Yet I learn now that some vegetarian foods, just by themselves, can …
Self-tutoring about spelling: the tutor explores spelling the Middle-Eastern dip made from chick peas. Apparently, hummus, hommus, hummous, hoummus, or even humos are all ways to spell the dip made from chick peas. This spell checker only likes hummus. Source: …
Self-tutoring about food: the tutor mentions the term filone. At a deli I saw the word filone. What does it mean? Filone is an Italian-style bread, perhaps baked in a long, thin loaf. Apparently “filone” means line. Source: savoringitaly.com
Self-tutoring about food and taste: the tutor finds some facts about MSG. MSG (monosodium glutamate) is a salt. Glutamate is the active ingredient, since sodium salts are always soluble. Glutamates – even in the form MSG – occur naturally in …