Pippin's Question Box

What food group do mushrooms fall under?

I think that mushrooms belong in the vegetable food group because they are high in water and low in fat. Peanuts and beans are classified as meat because they are high in fat, which mushrooms are not, therefore, they are vegetables. Also, mushrooms are sources of minerals and vitamins. They have a high density and are important sources of vitamin A, vitamin C, riboflavin, folate, iron, and magnesium, as do all vegetables. Therefore, I think that mushrooms fall under the vegetable food group. I got my information from these two sources:

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/jul2001/995573163.Gb.r.html

and

http://www.answers.com/topic/food-groups

Literature: Wooden Bowls

Wooden Bowls

In my opinion, the story, Wooden Bowls teaches an extremely important lesson. The theme, or moral, of the story is to respect your elders. In this story, the parents realize that they should have respected the grandfather, since he is their elder and elders should always be respected. They realized that they should have overlooked the grandfather's messy eating, since he is family, and you should enjoy life with your family. This is important because family time is quality time and the four-year-old's parents forgot that when they were small, their parents cared from them and didn't ban them from the dinner table, even when they made a mess while eating. They forgot that the grandfather cared for them so much, and it was their responsibility to care for him in his time of need, which is old age. This story related to CARES because as a child, it is your parents' responsibility to care for you. When you grow up and your parents and getting older and less able-bodied, it is your responsibility to help them, the way they helped you. Furthermore, the story also related to empathy, because the grandson felt bad that his parents were treating his grandfather so rudely, and shows his parents how unfair they're being to the grandfather. I can connect this story to my life because my grandparents live in India. My parents and I can only see them once a year. When we visit them, we try to make them happy, by making their favorite foods, helping them out in the house, and most of all, spending time with them. To sum up, family is very important, and should care for family as much as possible, especially for your elders because your elders should receive your utmost respect.

Pippin's Question Box

Can you "bake" a pie in a microwave- or will it just explode?

I think that you can "bake" a pie in a microwave because the pie gets warmer when the heat from the microwave transfers to the pie. But, you need to microwave the pie in a metal container, otherwise the plate gets burnt. However, the pie won't be cooked well, so it is better to bake it in the oven.

I got my information from http://home.att.net/~mrmicrowave/docs/youcanusemetal.html