Let me put it this way, because of my love for sweets, desserts and candies have always been my favorite foods. I am one of those unfathomable people who would trade an appetizing entree for a piece of butter-creamed chocolate cake. This is why, particularly in my younger days, I was always on the lookout for something new in the cookies and candy aisles at grocery stores. I did see kids devoured down candy ropes made with licorice extracts. Candy made with licorice is also a very popular treat among the adults. One day, in the mid block of the side walk near where I live, I saw two grownups sharing a bag of licorice allsorts by the handfuls.
But I had never acquired the taste of the licorice candy until recently.
Last year, after the bout of stomach ulcers and many dosages of potent antibiotics, I started to chew slices of licorice root now and then to soothe my scratchy throat and tender tummy. But after a while the mild woody taste of this popular ingredient of cough drops lost its appeals to my taste buds. Now I resort to the sweeter version of the chewy goodies that are made of licorice, sugar, starch, coconuts, chocolates in all sorts of colors. Enjoy! - Ayee
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Flea Control
Recently I discovered that my favorite health foods store also sell flea control products for pets. The one I saw is made from the leaves of neem trees*. Two of the staffs there had already used this product on their pets. Both of them found the products worked well for their four-legged families.
To all pet owners, flea, besides being a carrier of tape worms, is a very itchy problem. At present, our family keeps our kitty indoor. So we have not had any flea infestation yet. In the past, to get rid of the blood sucking insects off our cats, we had used all kinds of pesticides bought from the pet supplies stores and the vets’ offices. Some of them were very effective. But most of these pesticides were very toxic to both the animals and their people.
Later on we resorted to a simple and organic way that I read from somewhere, possibly “The Vinegar Book.”* It said adding a few drops of vinegar in your pet’s drinking water will keep fleas away. I do not know if it would work on dogs. Our cats would not near the fortified water. So instead of spiking their drinking water with this common condiment, now and then I rubbed a couple of drops of apple cider vinegars on the back of their necks. And Voila! It worked. - Ayee
*Neem powder a common ingredient in curry, see Encarta on curry.
*By Emily Thacker
To all pet owners, flea, besides being a carrier of tape worms, is a very itchy problem. At present, our family keeps our kitty indoor. So we have not had any flea infestation yet. In the past, to get rid of the blood sucking insects off our cats, we had used all kinds of pesticides bought from the pet supplies stores and the vets’ offices. Some of them were very effective. But most of these pesticides were very toxic to both the animals and their people.
Later on we resorted to a simple and organic way that I read from somewhere, possibly “The Vinegar Book.”* It said adding a few drops of vinegar in your pet’s drinking water will keep fleas away. I do not know if it would work on dogs. Our cats would not near the fortified water. So instead of spiking their drinking water with this common condiment, now and then I rubbed a couple of drops of apple cider vinegars on the back of their necks. And Voila! It worked. - Ayee
*Neem powder a common ingredient in curry, see Encarta on curry.
*By Emily Thacker
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