Do you guys know that melamine has other uses other than poisoning little children? I didn’t know that. I had thought that those people in China often use melamine to poison their kids but apparently it has other uses too. Just yesterday I was at Watson’s and I was surprised to see Melamine Sponge, made by some Roman guy. From the photo below, you can see that it is supposed to be a good cleaner. Something like the scrub pad we use to clean our kitchens and other kitchen utensils, but this is a sponge like material. Apparently it can remove tough stains, dirt, grime, grease, ink and scuffs as well. There are reviews of Melamine sponge online and they seemed to be very positive about this sponge for cleaning.
Stain fighter! A big hit in Japan it seems but it is probably marketed as something else. In the US, they call it magic eraser. The concept is that when you wet this sponge, it sorts of sticks (adheres) to the surface and this way, it lifts solids and stuff off the surface. After a few times, it will disintegrate and you will have to get a new one. Yes, the term eraser is correct as it acts exactly like an eraser.
Another picture of the Melamine Sponge. I think it is rather stupid for them to advertise their product with the word Melamine as we all know has negative implications right now. Won’t it make more sense to name it “Super Cleaner Sponge” or “Power Eraser Sponge” or something like that? I mean how many household would be willing to buy this Melamine Sponge after they spent a few weeks getting rid of China milk and dairy products from their home? Sometimes you would wonder how they spent money on advertisements. Oh, again, I would apologize for the poor quality photos. I taken them using my mobile’s camera.
We all know that Malamine is added to milk to kill of kids like what those China guys are doing but please understand that melamine has other uses too. So don’t go off and demand your government to ban Melamine. Your kitchen will look horrible without it!
Well, taking my doctor’s advise, I decided to eat healthy. I guess the years of eating unhealthy fried stuff everyday has taken it’s toll on me and thus the result was the last 2 weeks of high fever, sore throat, flu, cough and tons of other illness. Sad. Never felt so sick in my life! Spent the entire week in bed like a bed bug and doing nothing but coughing, sneezing and puking. Yes, so I decided not to go through another round of illness and start eating healthy. So I got myself Yoghurt!
I got this Meiji Yoghurt from Sheng Siong. It is yoghurt with mixed berry and it comes with a very attractive packaging. I don’t normally eat yoghurt. The only yoghurt I ever eaten was some chewy candy made from yoghurt and it was sour. But this is surprisingly not sour at all. Perhaps due to the fact that it has a lot of fruit pieces in it. Good for those who don’t really like sour stuff.
Ha, low fat, low cholesterol and with live cultures. I think the live cultures is the yoghurt”bacteria” which is supposed to be good bacteria. It comes with Japanese wordings but of course, it is not made in Japan or made for the Japanese market. Just marketing gimmick.
Looking at the ingredients - it contains fresh milk, strawberry, raspberry and blueberry, sugar, starch, natural flavouring, sodium benzoate and yoghurt culture. The sodium benzoate should be the presevative for the yoghurt. I find it weird that they use preservatives and live cultures as well. Won’t the sodium benzoate kill off any live yoghurt cultures? I would expect that is what preservatives do right? Oh, sorry for the blurred pictures.
This is the photo showing the actual yoghurt. Don’t worry, there are big pieces of berries in the yoghurt. Just that the photo doesn’t show it. If I am not wrong, I believe it contains about 30-40% of fruit pieces. The price is very reasonable as well. About S$1.60 for 2 bottles and you can mix different flavours as well. However, the yoghurt is a bit watery. Unlike the yoghurt we find in stores which are usually rather lumpy, this one looks and feels very watery. I am not saying that it is watered down or anything, but it doesn’t have the “fluffiness” that yoghurt is supposed to be.
Anyway, this dessert taste quite delicious. Not too sweet and definitely not sour. I don’t mind the sourness of yoghurt but others do. So if you are worried about the yoghurt being sour, this dessert will surely surprise you. I am sure that it is also very healthy for you. It works very well as an after meal dessert too. So why not try a dessert that is both healthy and taste great? Furthermore, it won’t burn a hole in your pocket.
