Jamie's School Dinners
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here you go.. weirdo vegetable
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hmm, have never seen this b4, or i just didnt noticeOriginally posted by the Bear:here you go.. weirdo vegetable
look like a bunch of green bananas at first glance -
It's the heart inside this bulb which is eaten.
Or am I mistaken?
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you'd think they're bananas
slice it right across...
Originally posted by laurence82:hmm, have never seen this b4, or i just didnt notice
look like a bunch of green bananas at first glance -
Nope, you're not mistaken! You're perfectly right.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:It's the heart inside this bulb which is eaten.
Or am I mistaken?
I have never tasted one, but have seen recipes of it. Have also seen those 101-style How to Prepare an Artichoke article full of photos for every single step! -
I do go for the more vegetables option frequently and don't mind paying extra for the veges too!Originally posted by Kuali Baba:How many of us go for the 'more vegetables' option at the hawker centre? Not me... though I often ask for less gravy or lard. When eating the Sam Lo Yu Peen Hor (Cantonese for that White Hor Fun with Fish Slice and a Mountain of Bean Sprouts atop a Banana Leaf dish), I would often ask them to add $1 more kai lan, which adds up to a mega-huge serving of veges for the day! 
I love love love my vegetables! -
Hmm... when eating out, one can end up choosing healthier options, if only one knows how to. I guess kids have to be taught to choose more nutritious foods but really, it's the example parents set at home and the 'normal' everyday diet the parents give to the kids that will truly educate them re. their meal choices.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:I guess in a way, our kids are lucky that they get variety at the canteen...but it's useless if the dishes they order have too little fibre and too much salt. And a fair number of foods are processed, such as sausages, hash browns, fries, and luncheon/spam.
Somehow, the 'sinful' foods are always the yummiest!
I mean, which 'healthy' dish can beat fried chicken? -
whats all that gm thing?
dun tell me i've been eating those altered stuff or what nots.... for the past 21 years
vegetables are yummy! i eat almost all of them... not so much for shrooms tho... a few pieces and i'm done. -
i wonder if asparagus boiled in salted water would taste good...
they could be a snack in the office -
You didn't know?Originally posted by shinta:whats all that gm thing?
dun tell me i've been eating those altered stuff or what nots.... for the past 21 years
vegetables are yummy! i eat almost all of them... not so much for shrooms tho... a few pieces and i'm done.
They're termed "GMF" - Genetically Modified Foods, and they've been on our shelves for ages now!
Common egs. of GMF that we eat without batting an eyelid here - seedless watermelon, seedless grapes, seedless guavas, chickens that don't grow sick as much and plump up faster, fish that mature faster, etc etc...
Here, click on this to read more!
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml -
Oh yes, they would! But don't overcook them!Originally posted by shinta:i wonder if asparagus boiled in salted water would taste good...
they could be a snack in the office -
The only time i ask for more is when i want $4 hokkien mee instead of $3, or more meat, or one more bowl of riceOriginally posted by Rhonda:I do go for the more vegetables option frequently and don't mind paying extra for the veges too! When eating the Sam Lo Yu Peen Hor (Cantonese for that White Hor Fun with Fish Slice and a Mountain of Bean Sprouts atop a Banana Leaf dish), I would often ask them to add $1 more kai lan, which adds up to a mega-huge serving of veges for the day!
I love love love my vegetables!
Hmm, never mroe veggies, because i dont like how hawkers cut and cook their veggies -
Eh... how do hawkers cut and cook their veggies that's different from how it's done at home?Originally posted by laurence82:The only time i ask for more is when i want $4 hokkien mee instead of $3, or more meat, or one more bowl of rice
Hmm, never mroe veggies, because i dont like how hawkers cut and cook their veggies -
i've eaten worms and stuff like that which came with the veggies
kinda grossed someone out once.. vegetarian food.. and i had to eat it because there was nothing else.. he was spreading each leaf open.. and looking.. i was, as usual, shovelling it down my throat..
so i asked.. what the hell are you looking for?
he said "worms"
i said.. oh..looked and saw a tiny one.. picked it up.. said "like this?" and ate it..
he stopped eating -
interesting how the angmoh govts are poisoning their own kids
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Worms with vegetables are a good sign. Shows that less pesticides are used i.e. organic. Depends how you interpret it I guess.
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well, for one, they are usually those bland plastic hydrophony or aerophony stuffOriginally posted by Rhonda:Eh... how do hawkers cut and cook their veggies that's different from how it's done at home?
i am talking about those big green leafy ones, not those like kangkong
most of the time they are not cooked well, i see some of them, they just scald it quickly in hot boiling water
i am particular abt how veggies are cut, since my mum taught me how to, that bits of stem near the roots are usually thrown away, but hawkers dont, and soem veggies, if i rem, u dont usually eat the stem
my mum usually know how to cook veggies with other stuff, some dab of oysters, slices of meat, garlic, onions etc etc its the combi
but most just serve veggies just like that.veggies
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I totally agree! I used to flick off the worms and caterpillars on the chai sim that grandma brings home from the market when I was a kiddo. Used to play with them too!Originally posted by choco B:Worms with vegetables are a good sign. Shows that less pesticides are used i.e. organic. Depends how you interpret it I guess.
I was appalled by a colleague once when she squealed upon seeing a small snail on a leaf in her salad and kicked up a huge hissy fit, and almost started crying even. I was thinking, gee, just move the snail to the table and continue eating! It just shows that the farmers weren't dousing the vege in insecticides and what-not chemicals! I mean, Big Deal!
Now, cockroaches, lizards and all that in your food, are a different story altogether. -
Aaahhh... ok, I see what you mean now!Originally posted by laurence82:well, for one, they are usually those bland plastic hydrophony or aerophony stuff
i am talking about those big green leafy ones, not those like kangkong
most of the time they are not cooked well, i see some of them, they just scald it quickly in hot boiling water
i am particular abt how veggies are cut, since my mum taught me how to, that bits of stem near the roots are usually thrown away, but hawkers dont, and soem veggies, if i rem, u dont usually eat the stem
my mum usually know how to cook veggies with other stuff, some dab of oysters, slices of meat, garlic, onions etc etc its the combi
but most just serve veggies just like that.veggies
And also, there are hawkers who don't remove the roots from their beansprouts before cooking them! But actually, I've eaten it and surprise!... you don't die from eating them! -
for those who grow plants in the house and actually bother to remove the roots from the bean sprouts...
blend the roots with some water and use the water on your plants.. the roots contain some kinda plant growth thingy like a hormone which will make your plants grow a lot better -
i would cut the root of the bean sprouts awayOriginally posted by Rhonda:Aaahhh... ok, I see what you mean now!
And also, there are hawkers who don't remove the roots from their beansprouts before cooking them! But actually, I've eaten it and surprise!... you don't die from eating them!
any cook who have pride in his cooking would have done so -
Speaking of healthy food, my mom has banned chicken meat in the household due to bird flu. They've resorted to eating frog meat now.
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tell her nicely that avian flu is spread through saliva, secretions and droppings...
if the bird is washed well and they cook the thing properly they'll be fine..Originally posted by choco B:Speaking of healthy food, my mom has banned chicken meat in the household due to bird flu. They've resorted to eating frog meat now. -
my grandma use her one stop solution to everything..human pooOriginally posted by the Bear:for those who grow plants in the house and actually bother to remove the roots from the bean sprouts...
blend the roots with some water and use the water on your plants.. the roots contain some kinda plant growth thingy like a hormone which will make your plants grow a lot better -
Erm... you can't get bird flu from eating chicken meat.Originally posted by choco B:Speaking of healthy food, my mom has banned chicken meat in the household due to bird flu. They've resorted to eating frog meat now.
But do be careful with poached eggs... you don't know if there can be traces of faeces left on the eggshell.