Medical Matters

When someone in my family got sick, my grandmother would make her "voodoo tea" and make us drink it. Amazingly, it could cure just about anything and didn't taste too bad!
Here's the recipe:

2 cloves of garlic
one thumb-sized piece of ginger
1/2 teaspoon red pepper
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1 tablespoon of honey
1 tablespoon of lemon juice

Chop the garlic and ginger and boil in water with the red & black pepper for 20 minutes. Pour into a mug and add the honey and lemon. Drink slowly.

What traditional ways do you know about for getting/staying healthy? Please write them in the comments!

Street Food

Street food is eating at cafes or food stalls outside, usually on the side of a road. First, please watch this VIDEO about street food in Istanbul, Turkey. Second, write your reaction to the video in the comments. Third, choose ONE question and answer in the comments.

1. Do you ever eat street food in Japan? What is your favorite?

2. Have you ever tried street food in another country? What was it like?

3. Do you not like street food? Why not?

4. Have you never tried street food? What would you like to try?