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This news from Malaysiakini caught my attention and makes me wonder.
Malaysia has suspended imports of whole chicken and chicken parts from Thailand with immediate effect following a bird flu scare in the neighbouring country, state media reported.
Isn’t it kind of ridiculous that our country needs to import chicken from Thailand? Why can’t a country [...]

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A lot of people are turned off with the chore of roasting a whole chicken because most times, they find it so difficult to get the whole chicken to cook thoroughly. I think it is common to either undercook the chicken or over cooking it. Undercooking means we will get the horrifying blood [...]

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A friend bought a pasta machine after she heard how easy it is to make homemade pasta using a pasta maker. Before reading the instructions, she thought she can wash the machine. No, you cannot wash a pasta machine because there are lots of parts and gears and whatnots in there. It [...]

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The malls are decked with Christmas baubles, Christmas wreaths and Christmassy stuffs. Gurney Plaza has a huge tree at the front entrance. I guess all the shopping malls are hoping to get us to spend eventhough there is the evil recession cloud hanging around us.

Still, what can be more cheerful than colourful candy [...]

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I have mentioned before that our local fruits are much more interesting than the imported fruits from the temperate countries. Plums, apricots, apples, cherries, grapes, pears and other fruits have almost the same textures and taste.
However, our local fruits come in all kind of shapes, colours, textures and tastes.

Pomelo is like the [...]

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