Learning Spanish from Household Products - 20 words for you to recognize

 I looked at a tube of metal polish and learned some new words in Spanish.

Spanish - English

aplicar - apply

bronce - bronze

como - such as

crema - cream

cristal - crystal

de - of

del - of the

esta - this

excelente - excellent

excepto - except

fibrar de cristal

frotar - rub

instructionnes - instructions

las (feminine)/los - the (plural as in the US place name Los Angeles which means the angels)

metal - metal

Miracle - miracle

no - do not/don't

para - for

protege - protects

seco - dry

todo - all

un - a/an

y - and

English - Spanish

all - todo (plural todos)

a/an - un

and - y

apply - aplicar

cream - crema

crystal - cristal

dry - seco

excellent - excelente

except - excepto

for - para

instructions - instructionnes

of - de

of the - del 

metal - metal

Miracle - miracle

protects - protege

rub - frotar

such as - como

the - el, los, las (feminine plural)

this - esta

Useful Websites

duolingo.com

facebook polyglots group to ask questions and discuss

https://www.facebook.com/groups/polygotcommunity/

memrise.com

translate google

WORDS WRITTEN THE SAME IN BOTH LANGUAGES (Pronunciation and meaning could be different)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English%E2%80%93Spanish_interlingual_homographs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ing#-ing_words_in_other_languages

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Manuka Honey: how I eat it with pills

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In Singapore I started taking pills using a mortar and pestle and Manuka honey from New Zealand.

On my travels when I am out I pop into shops to see local brands and check prices of everyday items and everyday luxury items such as the thick manuka honey I now need for help in taking calcium pills.

Back home on the computer I carefully research every product I eat or buy. You never know what you will find out. It could be amusing, money saving or life saving.

Plastic spoon picture by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Metal or Plastic Spoons
Take manuka honey.

First, you need a strong spoon or a mortar and pestle to crush the large calcium and Vitamin D pill. A spoon is awkward. The contents go everywhere, unless you have a large bowl which won't break. A mortar and pestle is better.

Mortar and Pestle. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

The results are good. And contained in the container.

This works well for me.

Crushed pill.

Now add a spoonful of honey.

The latest I read was that you should not use metal spoons to eat it. I was using a metal spoon. The metal contaminates, as the honey is like an acid. I think of it like leaving a spoon overnight in bleach or lemon juice or vinegar. It could change the taste of the honey or damage the spoon.

Then I read that it's ok to use a metal spoon just for a moment, to eat a mouthful, but not to leave it in the jar overnight. but am I likely to walk away and forget the honey and come back and find it hours later? In Singapore's heat.

One thing you learn in the tropics is to put the food away right away.

Otherwise your milk goes off, sour or lumpy, and the crumbs on the floor attract a black wobbling line of ants.

Temperature of Rooms and Fridges
The manuka honey, keep in a dark place under 25C.

Useful Websites
Australian Manuka Honey
https://www.comvita.com.au/purest-source/manuka-honey/rangeAU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81nuka_honey
Singaporeair.com

About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. See earlier post on manuka honey. Please share links to your favourite posts.