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芋头耶奶西米露 ~ Taro Coconut Milk

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My favorite three ingredients make this wonderful dessert that I cannot resist!  INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup Tapioca Pearls 3 cup water 8 taros 4 cup water 1 can coconut milk 1/3 cup of sugar DIRECTIONS: Add 1/2 cup tapioca pearls to 3 cups of boiling water, cook medium high for 5 minutes; remove from heat, and let it simmer for 20 minutes; Peel and cut 8 taros into small chunks, add to a medium pot; Add about 4 cups of water to cover the taros in pot, adjust as needed; bring to boil and cook for additional 5 minutes or until taro is soft and fully cooked; Add coconut milk, cooked tapioca pearls, and sugar. Bring it to boil. Enjoy it hot! Or let it cool down and store in the refrigerator. It is still delicious when it is cold.

A quick guide to renew a US visitor's VISA (B1/B2)

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Just completed the process for my three seniors, who all had US Vistor VISA before. I really wish there is a renew process, but no. You need to go through the same steps as a new applicant. The good news is everything went smoothly and they have gotten their passports back with the VISA attached. Step 1. Complete Form DS-160 online https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visitor.html#overview Read from top to bottom before you attempt to fill the application form. Then before you start, gather the following: Current valid passport Expired US VISA Last 5 visits to US, go through your custom stamps and write down the date and duration of each visit (If you don't remember exactly, make a reasonable estimate of the time. For us, long weekend visit ~ 3 days, visit families ~ 7 days) Your seniors' parents' names and birthdays (birthdays can be ignored) Pictures (they accept digital copy, there is also a tool to crop your pictures to their standard. Howev

How to change a bake element

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Grandma's Frigidaire Gallery range is over 10 years old, the bake element finally broke down. Option 1 : Buy a new range. After using my sleek smooth touch control panel LG range, grandma hugged her old Frigidaire even tighter. "Touch panel is terrible! I will not give up on those knobs!" LOL Besides, all 5 elements on the glass top work perfectly fine. Option 2 : Repair the old by replacing the broken bake element. YouTube comes to the rescue. Great! Looks straight forward. Let's get working. 1. Turn off the break or unplug the old range.  2. The broken part of the bake element 3. Take off the square fan cover, unscrew 3 long screws. 4. Follow the YouTube video above, take off the bake element, unscrew and pull out the bake element gently. Use the clothes pins to hold the wires in place. Disconnect the two terminals. 5. The most important points are the terminal type and the screw hole position on the plate.   6. Finding a replacement