Everyday Systems

Yesterday... success. I had two menthol cough sweets (does that count as an s?) and I ate three pieces of pasta when cooking. :shock: I am sure that can't count right? That's a big one for me, too - tasting a little bit of sauce to make sure it's seasoned right is one thing, "tasting" whole spoonfu...

The best advice I've ever seen on making bread at home was in Elizabeth David's book, where she says something along the lines of "you should make the bread fit your schedule, not the other way around", and this looks like a nifty way of doing that. Do you heat the dish in the oven before dropping t...

I first came across No-S back last year sometime, followed it for a few months, and then drifted away. Some of the habit held - I still don't snack, and I haven't gone back to putting sugar in my tea, but I've definitely fallen off in terms of sweets. I've lost some weight over this past year - my f...

Hi everyone! Putting on my food-geek hat for a moment.... I could be wrong about this, but I think that all buttermilk is fairly low fat, becuase it started off as what's left over when butter is churned.. most of what you get now is cultured milk, but I think the low-fatness is traditional. Like I ...