L’Amoreaux Collegiate Summer Camp 2011 Registration Issues
This will be the third year my Little Weed will be attending the Boys 2 Men Institute Summer Sports Camp, here in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Overall the camp has been very well run and my...
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Orange Juice Test Comparisons: Fresh vs the Rest
Freshly squeezed orange juice is so much better, and way more expensive, than tetrapacked or frozen[/caption] Growing up, orange juice was a valued commodity in our family, in that it was rare on our...
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DIY Cake Icing
Off the bucket list is cake decorating with the Little Weeds. It had to be done and today it was. Cake decorating is pretty difficult, and so unlike Cake Boss, where everything comes out perfect the...
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Cookie Recipe for those with a Milk Allergy
My big Weed has a milk allergy from little, so our family almost never cooks with milk products. We have become very adapt at modifying recipies to exclude milk. As we recently purchased a Shule...
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Toronto City Council Bans Plastic Bags, effective 2013
Rarely do I see any progressive movement from my City of Toronto municipal government. Rob Ford, elected mayor during the last election, had promised to clean up city hall, but all we have seen so far...
View ArticleLiving in a Chinese Enclave in Toronto, Canada
We did not intend to live in a Chinese enclave when we moved into our Scarborough, Canada home in Toronto. It seemed like when a white elderly couple would move out, a Chinese family would move in. As...
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Jiaozi Dog, Toronto, Canada
Fresh home made Chinese jiaozi on a hot dog bun. Invented by Anders. Heretical but it does taste good. And if you need to ask, the jiaozi was made of pork. Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai
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Eating Bugs: Worm Larvets
From a practical point of view, eating bugs should be a given. However here in Toronto, Canada, we as a society are squeamish about the subject. Recently I had the opportunity to try some worm larvets...
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Lint in My Ralph’s Bakery Hard Dough Bread
Lint in my Ralph’s Hard Dough bread: Found four pieces embedded into the dough, Photo by Don Tai Furious was I when my daughter took out two pieces of Ralph’s Bakery hard dough bread, from the bread...
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Feeder Goldfish as Pets
Feeder goldfish, after quarantine, make excellent fish. Seen here eating Chinese veggies. Photo by Don Tai Not having money and wanting to keep fish had me researching all the possibilities. On one...
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ICE 3 MIS2200 Personal Vending Machine: Review
ICE 3 Vending Machine: Cheaply made in China, stay away and save your money Deceptive advertising can be, but when you can take a machine apart there is nothing but the truth to see. This is surely the...
View ArticleIce Storm Toronto, Dec 22 2013: Reflections
Saw it coming, I did, through my incessant weather forecast watching here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Warned, we were, by the sages of climate. Still we really did not know the gravity of the...
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Buying an Economy Gas Range, Toronto, Canada
Cooking with gas on a gas range is HOT! With a sharp pop the stove went, those of us in the kitchen grew wary as the strange smell of something burnt but uncommon wafted in the air. Our electric stove,...
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Sears Kenmore 30″ Gas Stove: Review
Kenmore®/MD 30” Freestanding Self-Clean Gas Range in White, from Sears. It works very well. Wwe made the plunge into natural gas and bought a white Kenmore 30″ freestanding self-clean gas stove from...
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Panasonic SR-TEG10 Rice Cooker: Review
Panasonic SR-TEG10 5 cup Rice Cooker is simple to use, works well and cooks really delicious rice. We do not like small appliances on our kitchen counter, so it took a lot of convincing for us to want...
View ArticleOur Kids are Busy but Not Active: Consequences
The way we choose to live goes a long way to determining how long and how well we will eventually live. More troubling is that our choices are observed and learned by our kids, who then take on very...
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Pressure Cooking Pork Ribs: Great Cooking Method
Pressure cooked pork ribs, Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai Meat, always seems to be on Little Weed’s mind. As parents we know this, so when NoFrills offered pork ribs for $1.99/lb there was no...
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Cabbage Looper in our Broccoli: Macro Photo
We found a cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni), a member of the moth family Noctuidae, in our broccoli. At least we know that broccoli from the Chinese store is fresh, and has more protein than you think!...
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Cucumber Beetle in our Jiecai: Macro Photo
Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, found on our jiecai, from our local Chinese store. I believe there is poo coming out of its butt. Toronto, Canada. Photo by Don Tai Icky...
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Burnbrae Farms 30 Eggs: Inferior Packaging
Burnbrae 30 large egg flatpack does not provide support for the top of the egg, resulting in breakage. The flimsy outer cardboard shell is not thick or sturdy enough for sufficient protection. Toronto,...
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