Cookie,
Congrats on having your wish come true... a butter cookie princess!
Choc,
I now where Ashton's is! Always long queue! I mostly eat at the HK Cafe opposite. Will check out the nonya food soon
Re. bacon and ham... I think ham not so tasty? And if use ham, I'm sure must use olive oil or butter, else may burn. You don't like bacon?
Ivena, what do you think of substituting ham?
ann,
Actually I was looking for the President cream that some girls were talking about earlier, but cannot find in neighbourhood NTUC, so just used Bulla. It's not bad... rich tasting without any funny moo-moo smell.
Hey, I think for epi, good to ask for it, but if anaesthesist not comfy with 3rd time epi, then maybe listen to him. Hee, afterall he'll be the one administering it and he'll be more confident with whichever method he uses. But did your gynae say if any of his patients did 3rd time epi?
Yes yes, m/c = miscarriage. It's getting more common nowadays, dunno if it's due to our lifestyle (pollution, more exposure to X-rays/raidiation, pesticides etc) or it's cos pple are more willing to talk about it i.e. less taboo subject.
Anyway, I'm not taking any risks - read in a flyer by Vitakids that sperm and egg formation takes average about 100 days, so our lifestyle and what we eat during the 100 days before conception may affect the sperm/egg. Hee, kiasu me will try to go more healthily and not get exposed to any rays if possible!
As for heatiness, hey, my gynae also believed in that. His theory is that if heaty, blood vessels will dilate and hence bleed more (just think about nose bleeds), so if got any spotting during 1st tri, he says must avoid heaty stuff like black chicken and red dates... just eat neutral stuff.
Woah, your hubby's juice sounds potent! I've been eating more bittergourd nowadays too. Tonight planning to see my old man sinseh... will ask him if I can take fresh juice with bittergourd in it. Thanks!
Twinkle,
Do take care... hope your ds gets better soon!
Joy,
Half cup thickened cream is the half Bulla cup. I can't remember how many grams the Bulla cup is, but it's around $4 one... about the same size as yoghurt.
Spaghetti: 2 adults' portion.
Time to cook pasta: I normally go according to time on packet. This time I used a brand called something-Zara, so it's 8 mins... pretty accurate. I find Barrilla brand takes longer to cook, but that's the brand Pasta Mania uses, and they do it really well!
Think you also need a large pot of boiling water i.e. water cannot be too little, else poasta don't cook evenly.
