Honey! "Bee"careful or "Bee"cheated

Can't tell if your honey is real or fake? Here are some tips that you can do at home to figure it out!

1. Take half a teaspoon of honey and leave it your mouth for 20-30 seconds without swallowing. If you feel a burning sensation in your mouth, it's real!

2. Dip a spoon into the honey and lift it up. If the honey feels like it is being pulled, it's real!

Can't visualize what it looks like? Here's an example:

3. Dip a piece of bread in the honey for 8-10 minutes. If it hardens, it's real! If it becomes softer, you just got cheated.

And that's all!

Take these tips into consideration and figure out the type of honey you have today!

Brendan

How to ensure freshness of fruits and vegetables

Having problems to keep fruits and vegetables fresh? Throwing away wilted greens, bruised furies and moldy berries? No worries! There are few ways to keep your fruits and vegetables fresh.

1) Due to hot weather in Singapore, we always have to finish the berries within one and two days. In order to store your berries longer, before you store your berries in refrigeration , give your berries a hot bath. 

2) Freeze the vegetables and fruits.  You can just simply blanch them in hot water to de-froze before using them.

3) You can also wrap your unwashed vegetables in paper towel. Store them into plastic bags and store in refrigeration . This will keep the freshness there.

Differentiating between the good and bad fruits

Always unintentionally buying fruits that are not ripe or have gone bad? Well, today I'll be sharing with you some knowledge on how to check the ripeness of fruits and also whether they have gone bad.

Firstly, here are how to check for the ripeness of some common fruits:

Bananas:

• Their skin changes color from green to yellow
• The skin will be more soft and tender.

Watermelon:

• Ripe melons have a hallow sound when you tap the outside
• The field spot (patch where the melon would have been on the ground) should be yellow instead of white.

Apple: 

• When it is ripe, it should have a tight hard skin. 
• Different types of apples varies in terms of color, so general knowledge of what that specific apple should be like is important.

Not only does a spoiled fruit have an awful taste, it will also endanger your health. So here are some tips on how to tell if a fruits has gone bad.

Banana:

• Usually bad bananas have a bad scent and will feel very soft and mushy.
• Avoid bananas with extensive browning or molds on its skins as it is most likely to be rotten inside.

Watermelon:

• A watermelon with mold or dark brown/black spots indicates that it is rotten.
• Cut the watermelon to check for any slime or discoloration. If there is a sour or foul odor.

Apple: 

• If the apple had mold, it should be thrown out immediately. 
• If the apple has holes from insects, the exposed flesh inside of the apple is likely to have molded.
•  Check for dehydration, it should not be hard like a rock.
•  A decomposing apple will be soft and squishy.

Recipe of the day

Today, we are going to present to you a simple recipe with ingredients that are available on our webpage with the lowest price needed:

Chicken Stew

We know that you may not have much time to cook all day, hence, this recipe will help you cook with ease.

All you will need is 

• 1 can of condense cream of chicken (Chicken Soup Brand, 350g)
• 1 cup water
• Half-pound boneless chicken breast meat, cubed (Ayam Chick Chick Brand)
• 1 Large potato, peeled and cubed
• 3 medium carrots sliced
• Half-cup sliced mushroom (Mush Mush Brand, 100g)
• One-Quarter cup chopped onion
• One-Quarter teaspoon of poultry seasoning

Next put all the ingredients in a pot and slow cook for 6 to 7 hours.

And that's all!

This chicken stew is healthy and delicious at the same time.

Don't missed out our daily recipe of the day!

Teng Ying Swam

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