Aug
13
How to use scented geraniums?
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What are the most important product obtained from scented geraniums? Essential Geranium Oil – very expensive, very fragrant and intense used in perfumes industry to make perfumes, syntetic rose oil or fragrancing bath or body oils. Second usage is for decorative purposes: scented geraniums (aka scented pelargoniums) ennobles any garden with their exotic foliage, whether [...]
Aug
29
How to X-ray an egg?
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…without putting it in the x-ray machine. Well, you take a normal egg and hold it over an open flame so it forms ashes on its shell. When it is all covered by ashes (totally black), just drop it in a bowl of cold water. The ashes will dissolve and you will be able to [...]
Jul
3
What is the most popular beverage in the world?
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This one is a tosser. Some sources say it is tea, some say it is the soft drink in general, some say it is coffee and a recent survey even says that beer is the most popular beverage in the world. Now how would you measure a beverage popularity (by how many drink it or [...]
Jun
26
How to take care of your Meyer Lemon tree?
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Temperature: If you live in a colder zone (below 55 Fahrenheit or 12 Celsius) you might want to have your Meyer Lemon tree in a pot. That way you can carry it indoors when it starts to get colder outside when it gets below the temperature mentioned above. Usually you can safely leave it outside [...]
Jun
22
Where should you make your home vegetable garden?
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Are you considering creating a vegetable garden at home? If you have a yard you could start raising your own vegetables. So, when considering where to establish your home vegetable garden you should choose a place that has well drained soil and obviously convenient to the house. Make sure that garden area has full sunlight [...]
Jun
20
Why store garlic in the freezer?
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Storing garlic in the freezer is one of the best way of conserving garlic for a long period of time. Not only it stays fresh, but it also after it is frozen the quantities of the arsenic that is in it get diminished. So for example if garlic makes you nauseous, eating it after it [...]
Jun
4
Apparently not too many people could find the Espagnole or Velute sauce on store shelves so here is how you can prepare it at home. It is tastier anyways. Butter the bottom of a stewpan with at least two ounces of butter, and in it put slices of lean veal, ham, bacon, cuttings of beef, [...]
Jun
2
As you might know a while ago McDonalds started to compete with all the other coffee shops, such as Starbucks, Seattle’s Best, Tim Horton’s, etc. So how is McDonalds’ coffee? Well, we went and tried it ourselves. First of all the service was good, just like any other fast food place. Can’t say if it [...]
May
29
How to make a good Italian sauce?
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Do you want to impress your other half and make your own Italian sauce? Well, this is a tough recipe, but tasty. Fiirst of all here are the ingredients you need: chablis, mushrooms, leeks, herbs, peppercorns, Espagnole (or Velute) sauce, game gravy or stock and lemon. The Espagnole sauce is brown and the Velute is [...]
May
27
That is because most of these marinade sauces contain acids. These acids act on the proteins in meat, helping them break down and become more tender. As the proteins break down, they leave space within the meat for flavor and moisture to seep in. Some acids that are usually found in marinades include the following: [...]
Apr
15
The first one would be the scombroidae fish family. This includes tuna and mackerels. They contain a toxic histamine generated by bacterial degradation of substances in the muscle protein. Same applies to the bluefish and mahi-mahi. The strawberry is the fruit that has histamines as is the tomato for vegetables. Unfortunately chocolate may also contain [...]
Jan
18
What do we know about the carambola?
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The carambola is an oval to elliptical fruit with a thin, shiny, waxy surface and a greenish yellow skin. Its length ranges from 2 to 6 inches with four to six prominent vertical lobes (cells) that result in star-shaped slices when cut crosswise. The flesh is light to dark yellow, crunchy, juicy, and translucent. The [...]
Jan
5
What do we know about cherimoya?
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The cherimoya is a large compound fruit, about 4 to 8 inches long and weighing up to 6 pounds (around 3kg), with a conical or heart shape. Its relatively thin skin may be smooth with fingerprint-like markings or covered with scale-like overlapping lobes. The fruit can be green or bronze, turning almost black as it [...]
Sep
5
What is Swiss Cheese?
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I think that most of us knows that when we say swiss cheese we refer to the type of cheese with holes in it. What is swiss cheese really? It is obviously a type of cheese that is characterized by having holes in it. It also has a sharp tase, a gummy texture and a [...]
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