Let's face it, chocolate is toxic to many animals.

Many foods are healthy for animals, though.

Never let it be said that everyone should eat bamboo instead of chocolate

Over in Asia, bamboo shoots are a popular vegetable!

Popular they may be, but they have very little nutritional value.

Quinoa is as exotic as bamboo shoots but is used in cooking more often.

Reportedly, quinoa has great nutritional value and has become somewhat of a popular ingredient in food in the US recently.

Somehow I still prefer lovely fried rice, with bits of hard-boiled egg, little prawns, green peas and other bits and pieces.

That sounds yummy!

Using leftover rice, meat and vegetables is how I learned to make fried rice from my Japanese-American sister-in-law.

Various ways of using still edible leftovers include a dish called Bubble and Squeak, or just putting them in a jaffle.

What are those?

Xenophobic people, who said Chop Suey was made of leftover Chinese food, would put leftover meat and vegetables in a jaffle, another name for an enclosed toasted sandwich, made in a jaffle iron.

Yum, that sounds like a tasty treat!

Zounds, now I feel hungry!