Cassava

My brother-in-law who is often in Costa Rica sent this photo of fried yucca stuffed with cheese from a McDonald's restaurant in Costa Rica. I would try these for sure. Yucca is another name for cassava.

A lot of cheese

One of my brother-in-laws visits Costa Rica often and sent a photo of this Pizza Hut cheesy bites pizza. That is a lot of cheese. It is interesting to know that they have Pizza Hut restaurants in Costa Rica.

There is a full eclipse of the moon Jan 20 visible from North America from 11.41pm to 12.43 am Jan 21.  It is also a super blood wolf moon, large and red.  We are having an intensely cold weekend with some snow.

A nice snack

Daughter L made me try these roasted salted almonds and they are so good. I like the flavour of almonds but I didn't think I liked snacking on them but I must have tried the unroasted raw ones before.  Do you like almonds?

It was very cold last Sunday (-11C or 12F) so my friend S and I decided not to meet for a walk as we usually do.

Paint Party Friday - Beach Scene

Welcome to Paint Party Friday! I did a beach scene with an ocean quote for you today. It is a greeting card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") in permanent marker.

Texting language

Son K was telling me about this new (to me) texting language that is evolving rapidly among the younger people.  I thought I would share some of these with you.  Let's hope proper English is not dying out!  I understand that with texting you need to be faster and quicker since you are typing everything out in order to communicate, saying more with less maybe.

wym -what do you mean
wyd -what are you doing
hmu -hit me up meaning 'text me something!'
dhmu-don't hit me up 'I don't want to text'
frr - 'for real or are you serious or no kidding'
deadass - seriously
oof - ooh fun
ily -I love You
ilysm - I love you so much
bsf - boy best friend
bae- boyfriend or girlfriend

Good news for Pork Fat lovers

Here is an article that says pork fat is nutritious.  This is a BBC Futures news article so it seems reliable.  It is good news for us pork fat lovers.  I could hardly believe it!

'Scientists studied more than 1,000 foods, assigning each a nutritional score. The higher the score, the more likely each food would meet, but not exceed your daily nutritional needs, when eaten in combination with others.'  Pork fat was ranked number 8 of 100 most nutritious foods!

8. PORK FAT

632kcal, $0.95, per 100g

A good source of B vitamins and minerals. Pork fat is more unsaturated and healthier than lamb or beef fat.

NUTRITIONAL SCORE: 73

Treats

Daughter L and her boyfriend brought these delicious treats home from a popular bakery up north in Gravenhurst when they were in the area. She had said she was bringing treats but I had no idea what she had planned. She knows I love cream filled doughnuts but that I have trouble finding them these days, mostly the ones I find are filled with custard.  The challah bread was so delicious with just butter. 

challah bread

apple fritters

chelsea buns, bacon topped doughnut, sprinkle and m&m  doughnuts

cream filled doughnuts

my favourite