Mercury Calculator

We don't cook fish for a long time because concerning the mercury contamination.

Here I found a good and useful mercury calculator, maybe a good reference for the future use.

I read an article saying that there are 4 types of fish that should be on the list to avoid due to mercury levels. These include: shark, king mackerel, swordfish and tilefish. And FDA has released guideline that no more than 12 oz of low mercury fish should be consumed weekly.
Ummm, they are good references too.

Potato Leek Soup for Christmas Dinner

Ha, it's my 4th Christmas after coming to USA.

And this year I decided to cook potato leek soup for our Christmas Dinner.

I knew this soup when we visited Williamsburg second time. We tried to have lunch at one of the taverns but can't make it because we didn't want to wait for 40 minutes in cold weather.

I always like leek base soup, so I was very happy to find this wonderful recipe on line.

I've got to say, this is the soup that may needs a lot of technology. I used my food processor for slicing potatoes and then later the hand blender to puree a bit the soup.

And the result was wonderful. Hubby kept praising it every minute when eating it. I'm happy that we had a warm and creamy holiday soup for this Christmas.

And at night finally finally I finished watching the masterpiece movie of Christmas: It's a wonderful life. I fell asleep every time while watching it in the previous years.