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Asian Food Taste Test

November 25, 2012 in Education, Grub, Photographs, Radical Unschooling, Unschlog with 0 Comments

Apparently, food is a focus around here at the moment. A little over a week ago we were inspired to try out Nugget in a Biscuit and recently we were inspired to go on a spur of the moment Asian snack food run. The closest Asian grocery store to us that is open late is Oriental Market. We were inspired by some Smosh videos where Ian (and some times Anthony and Mari) try weird and random foods from all over the world. Each food gets tried and rated — uniquely rated I might add ;-)

We gathered up various snack foods and decided to have a very, um, scientific taste test of our very own. The following is our results from our experiment (lovingly collected and annotated by William).

Hello Kitty Marukawa Marble Gum (japan)
Elijah:  15,000,000/10     [orange flavor]
William: 8.25/10    [lemon flavor]
Mum:     9/10        [green grape]
notes: super delicious fruit smelling. really sweet. doesn’t stick to teeth makes your tongue numb(!?!)

Top Gum (Pokemon Hanging Model) (japan)
Elijah:  pokemon rules/10 [oshawott]
William: it tastes like my childhood/10 [tepig]
Mum:     4.5/10    [snivy]
notes: Topp baseball card gum. but not entirely dried out and stale. oddly enough still brittle as all hell

Pei Tien Energy 99 Sticks (pumpkin flavor) (taiwan)
Elijah:  not sure/???
William: 4/10
Mum:     7/10
notes: tastes a bit like spoiled oil to me

New York 101 Grain Rolls (taiwan)
Elijah:  9/10
William: 7/10
Mum:     6.5/10
notes: saltier than the Pei Tien, tastes less like oil

Ginbis Dream Animals Butter Flavored Biscuits (japan)
Elijah:  -40/10
William: 10.5/10
Mum:     9/10
notes: cutest most educational box ever. E: “they taste how butter smells!” solid fucking butter. Best. Cracker. Ever.

Khong Guan Assorted Biscuits (singapore)
Elijah:  10/10 (K.G.B. creamy chocolate) 9.5/10 (‘jesus oreo’) 10/10(K.G.B. Delicious biscuit)
William: 9/10 (nice) 8.75/10 (vanilla lunch) 10/10 (puff) 5/10 (K)
Mum:     7/10 (puff) meh./10 (K)
notes: Hallal. super chocolate smell from the box. conveniently each cookie is labeled in the cookie mold. Best tea time cookie assortment ever.

Hello Panda Milk Cream Biscuits (singapore)
Elijah:  1,000,000/10
William: meh./10
Mum:     meh./10
notes: I like that they aren’t very sweet. I won’t get a stomach ache from them. but they don’t have much flavor

Kasugai Fruits Mix Gummy Candy Mix (japan)
Elijah:  10/10 (apple) 10/10 (muscat)
William: 8/10 (muscat) 7/10 (grape)
Mum:     4/10 (grape) 9/10 (muscat)
notes: muscat is very delicious.

YamaMotoYama Teriyaki Nori (japan kinda; USA via Japan)
Elijah:  100/10
William: Best Snack Food Ever Made/Ever
Mum:     10/10
notes: who doesn’t like roasted and spicy nori?

Kuang Chuan Frozen Green Tea (taiwan)
Elijah:  abstained
William: 10/10
Mum:     10/10
notes: not actually frozen. its just cold. fun translation issues there. (Note from M: after watching the ad, I believe frozen is the correct word.)

Vitasoy Mango Juice Drink Box (japan)
Elijah: 9/10
William: abstained
Mum: 8/10
notes: it’s alright for a sugary box drink.

We had fun and got to eat lots of stuff! Huzzah! Have you done something similar? Have you been inspired to go raid your local Asian or ethnic grocery store? Leave me a link to your blog post or YouTube video after you have a food tasting party of your own. If you are reading this and you happen to live in or very near to Oklahoma City, OK, I suggest you visit my favourite ethnic grocery store of all time: Super Cao Nguyen (every time you refresh the link you get new pictures!) and read this blog post about them!

 

Nugget In A Biscuit

November 16, 2012 in Education, Grub, Photographs, Radical Unschooling, Unschlog with 5 Comments

Unschooling is hard to explain to some people. I have several angles that I try to come at it from, but depending on who my audience is, somehow, people (who don’t want to get it) just don’t ‘get it’. So, I think I’m going to stop trying to explain with logical arguments and just start posting about random cool things from our lives, because that’s what our life is — our life is unschooling. We’re learning all the time and having fun while we’re doing it.

I’m sure that most unschoolers are familiar with Let’s Plays found on YouTube. They range from the most foul-mouthed and unhelpful gaming videos to quite informative (complete with history lessons) and fun. Some people use fancy screen-capturing software and other people use cameras and tripods. No matter the style of the YouTube user, you’ll start to find your favourites before too long.

One of E’s (UrielFury) favourites is Toby Turner aka Tobuscus. He does Let’s Plays, sings cooky songs, and a variety of other, at times, annoying performances. One of E’s favourite songs is “Nugget in a Biscuit”, which can only be described by… well, just listen and watch:

The idea came to us, after hearing this song for weeks, that we should actually eat a nugget in a biscuit, dipped in mashed potatoes, and then dipped in barbeque sauce. I mean, why not?

Nugget in a Biscuit plate

And let me tell you, we had one happy boy today! Nugget in a Biscuit, might just be a go-to dinner added to the favourite dinners list (except that E says he just wants the vegan nuggets and bbq sauce, which is fine, because his mother will eat all. the. mashed. potatoes.).

E about to put his NIAB together

So, that was part of today in the life of an unschooling family: making a boy very happy, trying new foods, stretching out of comfort zones, singing, dancing, watching a favourite video, and living life!

And last, I’ll close out this blog post with an adaptation of Toby’s video sign-off: bless your face and if you sneezed while reading this post, bless you!

 

 A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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Check out SouleMama‘s Friday posts to follow other’s who are sharing their moments. Leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.

 

{this moment}

link April 27, 2012 in Life, Photographs, Radical Unschooling with 0 Comments

Unschooling: No Curriculum?

April 22, 2012 in Education, Radical Unschooling with 4 Comments

Most people who are unfamiliar with or new to Unschooling usually ask what curriculum unschoolers use. When they’re told that unschoolers don’t use a pre-packaged or pieced-together curriculum, they try to wrap their heads around what exactly it is that we all do. “If you don’t use a curriculum, then what do you use or do?” Somehow, just saying, “we live life”, doesn’t quite satisfy the question of what exactly we use and do.

Over at Ordinary Life Magic, Stephanie has been answering these questions beautifully with her recent blog post series titled: Unschooling Tools. There are six posts in the series thus far and another five planned for. Go have a look!

Unschooling Tools : Games
Unschooling Tools : Math Play
Unschooling Tools : Television
Unschooling Tools : For Creativity
Unschooling Tools : For Reading
Unschooling Tools: Around Town
Future Posts will include: Software and Video Games, History, Science Love, Social Studies, and The Heart’s Desire

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Some other links concerning unschoolers not using a curriculum:

What do you do if you *have to* translate your unschooling life into something that looks like a curriculum, for state regulations? Here’s a few ideas and here’s yet another approach.

Do unschoolers use books?

The Fabric of Unschooling. How does it play out? Typical, for us?

You probably already have lots of cool stuff around your house that would be considered ‘Unschooling Tools’, but in case you don’t, think about making your house more like a museum.

What do you do with all your cool stuff and ‘Unschooling Tools’? “I just strew their paths with interesting things.” ~ Sandra Dodd

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Currently, our unschooling looks like:

Minecraft. YouTube videos about Minecraft. Reading forums about Minecraft. Legos. Eating lots of popcorn. Sgt. Frog. Shows about the paranormal. Netflix. Carcassonne. Angry Birds. NatGeo Kids Magazine. Little Big Planet 2. Designing levels for Little Big Planet 2. Rory’s Story Cubes. Scrabble. Words With Friends. Making new friends. Trying new foods. Tangrams. Farkle. Coffee shops. Hair cuts. Nerf gun fights. Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Physicsgames.com. Counting down days on a calendar. Writing instructions for games. Writing words to songs. Writing E-mails. Pinterest. Wishlisting. Making potions. Hangman.

What’s your unschooling looking like right now?

 

bloggy & spring

March 22, 2011 in Education, Life, Radical Unschooling with 0 Comments

i’ve spent the last two days working on a slight overhaul of E’s blog; checking for broken links & making some small changes that he asked for. i think we’re both reasonably happy with it for the time being. go check it out if you want to.

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i don’t think i will be posting a picture for Wordless Wednesday tomorrow, because i don’t have any pictures that are just screaming to be posted… but, something might change at the last minute.

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i’m so happy that Spring is finally here. i’ve been able to open doors & windows to let in fresh air & sunshine — glorious. i have seeds that i need to start sprouting soon. i can’t believe that it will be time to get back to the garden soon! i don’t have my raised beds like i was hoping for, but things will be alright. *must remember to put a pot of catnip on the balcony for the kitties.*

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2009 Called

 

unattended minors

March 17, 2011 in Life, Parental, Radical Unschooling with 5 Comments

Was I the only child who refused to go into a store when they were young? Was I the only child whose mum let me stay in the car from a very early age onward so I could avoid places like the grocery store, the post office & the bank? Was my mum the only mum who didn’t have the police called on her or have nebby people with nothing better to do than to wait by the car and then yell at her when she came back? I can’t imagine that I was the only one or that my mum was the only one…

Apparently, it’s just not okay to leave children unattended EVER – much less, in a car, in front of the house or post office. I’d really like to discuss my experiences with my own child being unattended at home and in the car, but I’m afraid that a ‘well-meaning’ friend or reader might decide to turn me in. What has this world come to?

End rant.

 
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