Archive for August 22nd, 2007

Cooking: Getting Rid Of The Bad Smell

Published at August 22, 2007 in Cooking and Food and Simple Tips and How-To. 5 Comments

Stick CinnamonWhen I first started cooking, the first problem I encountered was the smelly food, like the fish. Fortunately, there’s a lot of way of getting rid of the bad smell even while you are cooking, thanks to STICK CINNAMON. You can buy it from 99c store or any grocery store and a bottle contains an average of 10-12 sticks. A stick measures approximately 3 inches long, it looks like a tiny and thin tobacco.

So how does the sticks get rid of the smell?

 

The trick is to pre-heat 4 cups of water in a small pot before you cook (or fry) the fish. Drop two cinnamon sticks (or three, depends on you) and then you can start cooking as you let the water boil. As simple as that. The aroma of cinnamon will neutralize the bad odor. Even when you’re done cooking, you can leave the cinnamon and simmer it for few more minutes to enjoy its sweet smell.

Good luck and please let us know if this works for you. You can also post some tips here if you want.

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The Wedding Ring and The Fourth Finger

Published at August 22, 2007 in Observations and Opinions and Random Ramblings. 2 Comments

The Chinese are known to always have interesting thoughts about something. Below is an email forwarded to me by my sister. The email has also been forwarded to her so the main source is unknown to me:

Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger?
There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese…..

Thumb represents your Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your-Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner
& the Last (Little) finger represents your children.

Firstly, open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold them together – back to back.

Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb – tip to tip
(As shown in the figure below):

Hand together

Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing the parents)…, they will open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong, and have to leave you sooner or later.
Please join your thumbs as before and separate your Index fingers (representing siblings)…., they will also open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their own separate lives.

Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (representing your children)…., they will open too, because the children also will get married and settle down on their own some day.

Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers (representing your spouse).
You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT….., because Husband & Wife have to remain together all their lives – through thick and thin!!

Please try this out………….
ISN’T THIS A LOVELY THEORY?

I did try it out, and I tried real hard but both the fourth fingers won’t separate. They’re like the north pole and south pole magnets, they won’t repel. Whoever managed to separate the two, please do post in the comment and yes, pictures are welcome!

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