Tyan's Photoblog
Internalizing the ABCs
Posted by tyan (Singapore, Singapore) on 29 July 2007 in Food & Cuisine.
You know in chinese culture,there is this belief if a part of your body is not functioning well.hurt,you can use the corresponding part of an animal,cook it,and it will help you to heal faster.Like when having exams,you might see some moms cook pig brain for their kids,after i had a kid,the confinement lady cooked pig stomach for me etc..
Been spending the mornings teaching Caleb his ABCs through blocks,drawing and stuff.
This Alphabet pasta really came in handy.Thought it would capture his attention and at the same time 'revise' his ABCs as we eat.
Turned out to be quite a hit with him,maybe he was in a good mood,he ate up a whole bowl of alphabets and numbers and kept saying,'A-B-C-9'(Currently his most familiar repertoire of ABCs and numbers)
Perhaps eating them may help him learn his ABCs faster?LOL
It has been quite a good idea to make stock durng the weekend and then freeze them in portions,take them out and steam when consumption is desired.
My stock contains:
Corn
Tomato
carrot
Pork
Steam stock with alphabets/rice/guotiao
I added fishballs and some vege
Easy to cook and nutritious!
Soph from Enghien, Belgium
Great story about the chinese culture! I had just heard that on tv, about the fact to eat the part of animal that would help you for your health! They showed an example with the heart and the blood of the snake. I'm glad to find an exemple with the pasta letters!
29 Jul 2007 7:55am
@Soph: thanks Soph...you might be disgusted to know when i was young and looked quite pale,my mom always made me eat pig's liver...gross!
Bron from Canberra, Australia
Nice shot tyan, Interesting about the stock - I make it every weekend just from organic chicken bones - then freeze it - we all take it out and add wontons, porkballs etc with noodle and vegetables - it's the most popular item in the house! I like you using everything at hand to teach your child - much better than 100 plastic toys :)) cheers
29 Jul 2007 11:02am
@Bron: thanks bron for your very kind encouragement!Hmm,your recipe sounds delicious!I should try it one of these days!Pardon me,are organic chicken 'organic' because they take organic food?:p
ubik from Bruxelles, Belgium
My 2 daughters would like to eat your ABC9! You're lucky, your baby is "adorable" (in french).
29 Jul 2007 7:38pm
@ubik: lol thanks babe!thanks for popping by and your kind encouragement!:)
jrk902 from United Kingdom
Hi tyan, was visiting aminus3's photoblog community and enjoyed your blog, especially since we're also from S'pore (and M'sia) though now living in the UK. Have been reading from the 'sidelines' for a few weeks now and just wanted to say I'm very encouraged by many of your blog posts. As a fellow SAHM who has also given up work for the present to be here for our little one during these crucial early years, must say I empathise with the struggles and challenges you face. Also wanted to add my 2pence worth of thots on the significance of organic food. As I understand it, organic food (if properly certified organic by the official bodies and if the farmers can be trusted) should be free of dodgey hormones, chemicals and pesticides that's so often in the rest of our food chain. We feed our little one organic most of the time too; in fact we're such organic 'freaks' nowadays, many of our household products and toiletries are organic too, cos of concerns about harmful chemicals in quite a number of modern-day household products and toiletries. Here's where we get a lot of our info on this : http://www.ewg.org/health and http://www.foodnews.org. Hope you find this helpful! Thanks too for your yummy and nutritious recipe. Must certainly try it soon! God bless
29 Jul 2007 7:43pm
@jrk902: thanks very much,jrk902!Thanks for recommending the very informative websites,will look in detail soon.Wow,i din know there are organic toiletries too!Looks like i must get some organic education real soon!
And thank you very much for your kind encouragement,it feels very nice to have someone who has also been there and done that to share and say such kind words.Will visit your blog later!thanks again!:)
bronzebilly u.k. from cardiff, United Kingdom
hey tyan--fabulous narrative to tie in with this cool image--top of the class for you my lady--billy
29 Jul 2007 10:12pm
@bronzebilly u.k.: thanks billy for your very kind words:)
@Brittney: thanks Brittney:)
Bron from Canberra, Australia
To be classified as an organic farm here is a very exacting process. Nothing on the farm at all can have introduced chemicals etc - everything is natural and is inspected regularly. The animals have to be treated well and killed humanely.
We have 2 "organic" shops in our area one that sells vegetables and one meats . The organic chicken is like a different animal! It's bones make a rich stock that needs no salt or msg!! Not like the pale frozen copies haha!
29 Jul 2007 11:49pm
@Bron: wow,sounds very good! We are not that 'organic' over here yet.I ahvent seen an organic chicken here in Singapore!
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
thank you so much for your encouraging comments, tyan! you're very welcome to visit us at our blog. i've enjoyed looking at the pics here so much i've finally signed up for an aminus3 account too. it's still just a provisional account though, as i've only just signed up. will probably take some days to get up and running. i will still be blogging at our blogspot site, so this aminus3 account will be mainly for posting favourite pics :) .
also wanted to mention that during our recent trip to s'pore we came across quite a good selection of organic fruit, veges & baby/toddler food at the cold storage in holland village. the pharmacy along the same road in holland village, a few units down (i think it's guardian pharmacy, but my memory may be wrong here) also had a few organic toiletries like shampoo, etc. you may find buying organic is quite pricey though (my hubby often says so!), so probably best to go with a budget and spend only on what is important. on our part, our priority has been organic foods where the non-organic versions tend to be particularly laced with hormones/chemicals/pesticides and organic toothpaste for the little one, as she still tends to swallow hers whilst brushing! elise uses the children's mandarin toothpaste from www.greenpeople.co.uk (nope, we have no links to the company and don't get any benefit from recommending them! :-) )
have a great day!
cheers,
jrk902/Rebecca
30 Jul 2007 10:21am
@Rebecca: Hi Rebecca!I went to your website yesterday,wanted to leave a comment but din have a google account.Will pop by again when i sign up for one.Welcome to AM3!I look forward to see your pictures online!Elise is really one very pretty lady,so adorable!thanks so much for telling me where i canfinf organic stuff.I think SIngaporeans still have a long way to go in regard to organic stuff.The mandarin toothpaste sounds really 'delicious'!I am going to check it out!:)
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
that's no problem at all. thank you for visiting! most of our friends don't have google accounts either& just send emails to us rather than leave comments anyway. :)
many thanks too for your very kind comments on elise. caleb and ian are both very handsome, you know! :)
31 Jul 2007 11:28am
@Rebecca: thanks!I rarely hear people say my boys are handsome!:)
{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States
Gonna eat me lots of brain and muscles...'cuz I need it dearly right now for keeping up with work...LOL! B-)
4 Aug 2007 5:46am
@{H} creatives: haha,o dear,i hope you are coping alright.Lawly sends his regards to you too:)
