Elyse Huang
New Mom Soups
Two recipes for break milk boosting broths
For thousands of years, Chinese people have believed in the benefits of using food as a medicinal substance, and for thousands of years, they’ve been sipping up medicinal soups. If you have a headache, the Chinese say, drink some soup; if you can’t fall asleep, drink some soup; if you want to enjoy a longer life, just drink some soup. Most of all, if you have recently had a baby and you want to promote lactation, drink some soup!
Lots of different foods are considered helpful for milk production, including fermented glutinous rice, octopus and fish tails. Two foods most widely believed to help with a quick recovery from childbirth, and, most importantly, to increase breast milk, are papaya and pig feet. Below are two popular recipes featuring these ingredients.
New Mom Soups
Two recipes for break milk boosting broths
For thousands of years, Chinese people have believed in the benefits of using food as a medicinal substance, and for thousands of years, they’ve been sipping up medicinal soups. If you have a headache, the Chinese say, drink some soup; if you can’t fall asleep, drink some soup; if you want to enjoy a longer life, just drink some soup. Most of all, if you have recently had a baby and you want to promote lactation, drink some soup!
Lots of different foods are considered helpful for milk production, including fermented glutinous rice, octopus and fish tails. Two foods most widely believed to help with a quick recovery from childbirth, and, most importantly, to increase breast milk, are papaya and pig feet. Below are two popular recipes featuring these ingredients.
What Will It Be?
Can you predict your baby’s gender?
Long before there were sonograms, expecting parents still placed bets on the gender of their unborn children. In China, there’s lots of folklore about how to predict a baby’s sex based on the nature of the mother’s pregnancy. Recently, a new mom (known as “Tiantian Mama”) gathered the most popular predicting traditions and posted a list of them on her blog.
Perhaps because Chinese doctors are not permitted to tell parents what gender their child will be, Tiantian Mama’s list gained instant popularity, quickly making its way on to a number of Chinese child-rearing websites and forums. The general consensus in the Chinese blogosphere is that some of the listed clues actually have predictive merit, while others are useless but amusing. Here’s our summary of the popular post.
What Will It Be?
Can you predict your baby’s gender?
Long before there were sonograms, expecting parents still placed bets on the gender of their unborn children. In China, there’s lots of folklore about how to predict a baby’s sex based on the nature of the mother’s pregnancy. Recently, a new mom (known as “Tiantian Mama”) gathered the most popular predicting traditions and posted a list of them on her blog.
Perhaps because Chinese doctors are not permitted to tell parents what gender their child will be, Tiantian Mama’s list gained instant popularity, quickly making its way on to a number of Chinese child-rearing websites and forums. The general consensus in the Chinese blogosphere is that some of the listed clues actually have predictive merit, while others are useless but amusing. Here’s our summary of the popular post.
I Want to Be an Industrial Designer
Greg Collins designs equipment for his sports heroes
When Canadian and ice hockey fanatic Greg Collins realized that he wasn’t going to make it as a pro hockey player, he decided to transform his passion for sports into a creative career designing sports equipment. Today, Greg’s products can be found in sporting goods stores all over the world, and he’s designed specialized equipment for sports like snowboarding, off-road skateboarding, and, of course, ice hockey. A talented Grade 8 art class at the Canadian International School faced off with Greg and quizzed him on his profession.
I Want to Be an Industrial Designer
Greg Collins designs equipment for his sports heroes
When Canadian and ice hockey fanatic Greg Collins realized that he wasn’t going to make it as a pro hockey player, he decided to transform his passion for sports into a creative career designing sports equipment. Today, Greg’s products can be found in sporting goods stores all over the world, and he’s designed specialized equipment for sports like snowboarding, off-road skateboarding, and, of course, ice hockey. A talented Grade 8 art class at the Canadian International School faced off with Greg and quizzed him on his profession.
