http://houseonahill.net The Mommy Journals Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:32:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://houseonahill.net/melamine-in-sunflower-crackers/ http://houseonahill.net/melamine-in-sunflower-crackers/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:38:09 +0000 Connie Veneracion http://houseonahill.net/?p=6133 http://houseonahill.net/melamine-in-sunflower-crackers/feed/ http://houseonahill.net/if-youre-very-hungry/ http://houseonahill.net/if-youre-very-hungry/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:24:34 +0000 Connie Veneracion http://houseonahill.net/?p=5819 EVEN if you're very hungry... say, you haven't eaten in two days... or say that, for medical reasons, you were prohibited from eating red meat for years and you're just craving... Or, let's just say you have a huge appetite... Can you finish a sandwich this big? The photo above was an attachment in an e-mail sent by my brother-in-law, Sonny. It's real, I tell you. It's called the Quadruple Bypass Burger and you'll find it in the menu of a restaurant in Chandler, Arizona, a hospital-themed joint where the waitresses are dressed like nurses. Well, kinda...]]> http://houseonahill.net/if-youre-very-hungry/feed/ http://houseonahill.net/unlabeled-and-unbranded-food-how-safe-are-they/ http://houseonahill.net/unlabeled-and-unbranded-food-how-safe-are-they/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:00:53 +0000 Connie Veneracion http://houseonahill.net/?p=5737 Variations of the fish, squid and shrimp balls are all over the supermarkets. They come in so many shapes and flavors and you can buy as little as 100 grams so you don't need to worry about buying more than you can consume. It's especially useful if you just want to try a particular item. I first saw them in SM Hypermarket (see the mushroom balls entry); now, Shopwise has them too. I bought a hundred grams of sharksfin balls on trial...]]> http://houseonahill.net/unlabeled-and-unbranded-food-how-safe-are-they/feed/ http://houseonahill.net/genmaicha-brown-rice-tea/ http://houseonahill.net/genmaicha-brown-rice-tea/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:01:50 +0000 Connie Veneracion http://houseonahill.net/?p=5547 If you've eaten at Jipan and tried their house tea, you might have noticed that it is a bit different from house teas in other Chinese and Japanese restaurants. It is pale gold and has this distinct nutty flavor. Speedy and I would scour supermarkets and oriental stores for something similar and after experimenting with several boxes of tea, we finally discovered what it was -- genmaicha or brown rice tea.]]> http://houseonahill.net/genmaicha-brown-rice-tea/feed/ http://houseonahill.net/a-glass-of-milk/ http://houseonahill.net/a-glass-of-milk/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:31:24 +0000 Connie Veneracion http://houseonahill.net/breakfastdaily/?p=156 Milk is on the news again as the China milk crisis continues to unfold. A statement by the Chinese health ministry says that as early as August that manufacturer Sanlu Group was aware of the presence of melamine, a banned chemical, in the baby milk powder that has caused kidney stones in at least 32 babies yet delayed its recall from the market. The Sanlu milk was sold in mainland China and Taiwan but was not exported elsewhere. Personally, I prefer not to buy any dairy product that boasts of "added" vitamins and minerals.]]> http://houseonahill.net/a-glass-of-milk/feed/