My dishwasher recently broke and I haven’t bothered replacing it. I don’t mind washing dishes. In fact, I like it. It’s therapeutic. But that darn cheese grater! Whether you have a box grater of a flat grater, it’s such a pain to clean! Since most of us use the large or medium holes of a […]
Basic Home Canning Supplies
Water Bath Home Canning Supplies Basic home canning supplies are cheap. You do not need to spend a lot of money on equipment to get started on home canning right away. In fact, for around $95 or less you can buy all the supplies you need, including the jars and a recipe/instruction book, to do […]
Can You Re-Use Classico Pasta Sauce Jars?
Classico pasta sauce is one of the most popular jarred Italian sauces on the market and for good reason. However, it’s not just the taste that attracts people to this brand, it’s the jar. Classico uses mason jars, famed for home canning. Thus, Classico pasta sauce jars seem perfect for re-use. So, can you reuse […]
Why Does Eating Chile Peppers Make You Feel Warm?
Have you ever eaten a spicy dish, laden with hot chile peppers, and experienced an all-over warming sensation in your body? Perhaps you even felt over-heated and begin to sweat. Maybe, this happens to you any time you eat hot peppers, or only when you eat an extremely hot variety or a large amount. What […]
Measuring Calories from Food: Protein, Fats, and Carbohydrates
The term we use to describe the energy derived from foods is Calorie. In other words, the terms energy and Calorie, when applied to foods, are synonymous. One calorie is defined as the quantity of heat necessary to raise one kg (1 liter) of water 1°C. What we call a calorie, therefore, is actually a kilogram calorie or kilocalorie, which is abbreviated kcal. […]
What is Food Texture?
Do you often crave something crispy such as potato chips? You want a certain texture. Crispiness is just one of the many familiar textures of food, and texture is just as important to our food enjoyment as appearance, taste, and aroma. Texture, therefore, refers to the aspects of a food that we can feel with […]