merlieortile

@merlieortile (15)

Philippines • Age 70

Joined myLot 15 years ago

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Is There a Way to Lessen the Bitterness of an Ampalaya or Bitter Gourd?

Muelitz @Muelitz (1592) • Canada 5 Aug 08

For those who have cooking experiences, I would like to get your experiences when using Ampalaya or Bitter Gourd or Bitter Melon on your dishes. Is there any secret at all that you do to make the aforementioned ingredient taste a...

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merlieortile Once you have sliced the amplaya, put some salt (a tablespoon or so) and lightly stir in the salt to the sliced veggie with your hands. When salt is mixed, rinse with water. Cooking it with eggs as omelet will be a good dish. Or simply saute in garlic, onions,...

11 Apr 09

Where were you born?

rev1wendy @rev1wendy (611) • United States 14 Apr 08

I was born and raised in northern Wisconsin. I gave birth to my three children there then moved to Michigan to be better able to afford raising them. Where were you born? Did you grow up in the same place? Did you stay there as an...

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merlieortile I was not born in Wisconcin but I was able to visit the country where you were born. I got to visit Racine, Wisconcin. Is this place, by any chance, near the place where you were born. Had a chance to do a project related to work in a company in Racine. I like...

11 Apr 09

Do you have lots of containers for keeping bits and pieces in?

katsalot1 @katsalot1 (1618) 11 Apr 09

In every room of my house I have all sorts of random containers for keeping things that I can't find a good place for. I have little baskets, old mugs, paper mache boxes, bowls and empty containers of various types. These have...

bits and pieces

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merlieortile You are not alone with this my friend. I have an array of baskets (mostly wicker) which are handy in keeping all sorts of things. I keep several up my cabinets which are used for all purposes - filing of papers, depository for books and magazines, keeper of...

11 Apr 09

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Fruit juice

bignik @bignik (272) • Italy 25 Feb 09

Hi to all , one of my favourite is fresh carrot juice because it contains so many vitamins and healthy minerals , i also add some fresh lemon juice , i always make it in the morning , and it does make a difference , if you have...

lemon carrots cucumber apples

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merlieortile Try juicing carrots, green apple, celery. You can also put in turmeric (yellow ginger) and jicama (in the Philippines we call it singkamas). This is antioxidant drink for cancer patients like me. They say turmeric is the kng of herbs and the best antioxidant...

11 Apr 09

I need a vitamin C tablet that will not cause acid reflux

moneymommy @moneymommy (3418) • United States 11 Feb 09

What vitamin C brand should I get? I have a problem with acid reflux so I dont need to aggravate it. But I would like to take a supplement of vitamin c. Any recommendations?

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merlieortile I take Ester-C, a natural vitamin C manufactured by Now Foods (Bloomingdale, Il, USA). It is a vegetarian formula containing Calcium ascorbate, bioflavonoids, acerola, rose hips and rutin. I have taken this for 5 years now. It has not caused me acidity...

11 Apr 09