Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Monday, July 14th, 2008
There are an overwhelming amount of websites dedicated to harmful additives in food; but many are totally obscured by an obvious bias, making it difficult to make an informed decision about foods to avoid. I am making a list here of additives or ingredients used in the preparation of the ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
A person will probably die without water after 5 days, but will suffer serious, adverse effects after 3 days. There are a number of dependent factors that will determine how long it would take. First, the weather conditions; obviously if you are in a desert, water is evaporating away from ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
When talking about Chemistry, organic refers primarily to the study of carbon and hydrogen with some phosphorus, silicon and sulfur, chlorine, flourine, bromine and iodine. Organic chemistry is somewhat misnamed because the term organic was meant to imply all things associated with living matter, but there are many "inorganic" compounds ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
It definitely does not take 7 years to digest gum. Some enterprising mother must have come up with that story to scare their children away from swallowing this sticky treat, or maybe, moms themselves cut their teeth on this myth as children. Gum, although classified as indigestible, will still pass ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
A fruit is a ripened ovary containing seeds; actually quite similar to the human ovary in comparison. In the case of the pomegranate for example, the whole thing is the ovary of the plant and the seeds within are the equivalent of eggs. This is an incredibly encompassing definition, and ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate; pure and simple. Baking powder is a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and acid salts. The exact mixture depends on whether the baking powder is single acting or double acting. I have actually never used single acting baking powder, but it is traditionally composed of sodium ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
It takes 2 to 3 minutes to cook a soft boiled egg; the kind good for dipping toast in. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to make a hardboiled egg; the kind good for making into sandwiches.
First, place an egg in a saucepan and fill the saucepan with enough water ...
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