SuZir
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difficult child is currently in USA and while he has been across the pond few times before, this time is the first he has ended up inside American supermarket. And now poor boy needs some advices (and mom too.)
I want him to bring me that milk thingy that has most of water taken away and which is rather common ingredient in many American baking recipes. Do I want condensed or evaporated milk and what is the difference? husband wants him to bring some extremely American wing sauce, what would be like that? easy child wants to know, what is a brand of those red liquorice looking candies that in movies and tv series they always sell in movie theatres right next to cashier.
difficult child also experienced traditional breakfast cereal aisle shock, and he wants to know how you know which brand you want to eat, when no one can never have time to taste even small part of selection. Though what I think he really wants to know is, how he can know which cereals are the worst garbage, most full of sugar, saturated fat, sodium and all kinds of artificial ingredients and least anything that could be good for human being? I have always been somewhat health concious and not too impressed on nutritional values of most breakfast cereals, and certainly not the ones my kids would like to eat. So breakfast choice in our house has always been (mostly oat) porridge, natural yoghurt and wide selection of berries and fruits. Cereal has been Sunday morning treat and kids have taken turns to choose the brand. And darn they have always been good at picking the most unhealthiest option. One of my very few triumphs in parenting is that difficult child has continued that habit (eating healthy breakfast 6 mornings a week and garbage at one) after he moved out. Now he is planning on bringing a packet or two of American cereals for himself and easy child, but is shell shocked because of the selection. I advised him to go with the same instincts as before, most colourful package is a good start, but apparently they are all colourful and have 'that kind' of pictures in them. So how can he find the most junk cereal there is?
He also wonders why there are so many different baking mixes. Why not to bake from scratch or buy ready? What is the point in buying the dough mix? (I have to admit that I don't really get that one either.)
I want him to bring me that milk thingy that has most of water taken away and which is rather common ingredient in many American baking recipes. Do I want condensed or evaporated milk and what is the difference? husband wants him to bring some extremely American wing sauce, what would be like that? easy child wants to know, what is a brand of those red liquorice looking candies that in movies and tv series they always sell in movie theatres right next to cashier.
difficult child also experienced traditional breakfast cereal aisle shock, and he wants to know how you know which brand you want to eat, when no one can never have time to taste even small part of selection. Though what I think he really wants to know is, how he can know which cereals are the worst garbage, most full of sugar, saturated fat, sodium and all kinds of artificial ingredients and least anything that could be good for human being? I have always been somewhat health concious and not too impressed on nutritional values of most breakfast cereals, and certainly not the ones my kids would like to eat. So breakfast choice in our house has always been (mostly oat) porridge, natural yoghurt and wide selection of berries and fruits. Cereal has been Sunday morning treat and kids have taken turns to choose the brand. And darn they have always been good at picking the most unhealthiest option. One of my very few triumphs in parenting is that difficult child has continued that habit (eating healthy breakfast 6 mornings a week and garbage at one) after he moved out. Now he is planning on bringing a packet or two of American cereals for himself and easy child, but is shell shocked because of the selection. I advised him to go with the same instincts as before, most colourful package is a good start, but apparently they are all colourful and have 'that kind' of pictures in them. So how can he find the most junk cereal there is?
He also wonders why there are so many different baking mixes. Why not to bake from scratch or buy ready? What is the point in buying the dough mix? (I have to admit that I don't really get that one either.)
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