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Herbs – oregano, basil, dill, thyme, majoram, rosemary

ShareI wonder if anyone knows where I can buy seeds to grow my own herbs? I have checked some of the supermarkets here and cannot find any herbs seeds. It will be nice to have pots of fresh herbs, ready for the plucking.
I normally buy a few types of herbs and keep them [...]

Cocktails for New Year’s Eve

ShareThe economists predict a gloomy year ahead. The financial experts tell us it is going to be a bad 2009. The fengshui masters and fortune tellers tell us the year 2009 will start ok but end badly. So, with a bad year ahead of us, why not get drunk and stop worrying [...]

How to make tang yuen or tang yuan for Winter Solstice 冬至

December 22nd is on next Monday. It is one of the important Chinese culture to celebrate Winter Solstice or Dong Zhi. It is also known as Chinese Christmas. Chinese families, irrespective of their faiths can sit down and make tang yuen and have a family dinner.

Making fruit enzyme at home or homemade moonshining LOL

he Singaporean housewives are very much into making fruit enzymes. They have all sorts of fruit enzymes. Me thinks this is just another kiasu, kiasi, follow the mob fad. I wonder if all those sugar content and rotting fruits will cause more harm or help? *evades rotten tomatoes from across the Causeway, oh wait, let me catch the rotten tomatoes and make kitchen waste enzymes*

Built in electric oven may not actually need built in after all

ShareThe other day when I was shopping for an oven, I had the misconception that I need to hire a carpenter to set up the electric built in oven. The shop promoters are all clueless and some recommended I hire an interior decorator to do it if I want to buy the electric built [...]