I am taking all the advice as given - and re reading daily to instill everything inside my brain. 

Funny story insertion.

Last night, after I came home from work a little tired, husband and I had our daily conversation about "what are we doing for dinner".

I had purchased pork ribs on sale, and we have our normal convo. He quips "and powersulk can do it tonight!" 

I got quiet and said nothing, smiled blankly and nodded vaguely.

He sait there grinning as he got on the phone and called Powersulk, "hey guess what? You get to make the nilaga for tonights dinner!" (recipe to follow)

her: "aaaaaw...ok"

So the night goes on, and Im cleaning and they are in the kitchen, with him giving instructions on how to make this particular soup. She does all as instructed, minus the powersulking. They are bonding over cooking. How NICE! For them. We sit down and eat, my comments "this is delicious!" and husband "hmmmmm" and powersulk "hehehe". It was on the surface a perfect evening! Ok, yes Im doing the set up. Us all together in a happy household, everyone in a good mood...kiddo helping out in the kitchen...husband cleaning...Im watering plants, and organizing my room.

As we are eating powersulk-turned-simperson makes the comment "this is so good! And easy to make! And its my first time doing this!"

Jaw drop. All I could do at first was just look. Said nothing. Then quietly "you dont remember?"

PS-Simperson: ,,,"uhhhhhmmmm noooo?" in little girly voice.

CLove: "you dont remember when I took you to the grocery store, showed you where the ingredients were, bought them, and showed you how to prepare this exact soup?

PS-simperson: "noooooo I forgot???"

CLove: "yes, we did it twice I believe, with this particular soup...." 

PS-Simperson: "ohhhhhh".

Folks, Ive always been amazed at the clean slate syndrome Ive seen with this group of nuts. No matter what happens, its like it never happened...its crazy making. But I know the game. Sweeten up because dont want Clove sour on her being there on extra time.

Nilaga

Nilaga (also written as nilagà) is a traditional meat stew or soup from the Philippines, made with boiled beef (nilagang baka) or pork (nilagang baboy) mixed with various vegetables. It is typically eaten with white rice and is served with soy sauce, patis (fish sauce), labuyo chilis, and calamansi on the side. 

1. Boil water in soup pan.

2. Add chopped ginger, garlic, leaves of dried bay.

3. Add beef ribs or pork ribes, sliced. Cook aprox 1-1.5 hours.

4. Add peeled potatoes, chopped in half. Add chopped onions. Cook aprox 8 minutes until soft.

5. Add salt, pepper and lemon. Turn off boiling water.

6. Add cabbage - either napa or regular.

7. Serve over rice, add a capful of patis.