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301) How to Choose Between Selling Shave Ice or Snow Cones
Author:
Dominic Lee
Category:
Food and Drink
Shave ice or snow cones? Making the decision can be very difficult, as both of these products target the same clientele - and they are dually appealing, especially during the warmer seasons. In order to make the best decision for your concession stand, you must evaluate the differences between both of these products.A snow cone is a timeless ice-cold treat that has been around for decades. A vintage snow cone cart brings one back to a different era. Each of us has a fond memory of e...
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302) The Farmers' Market in Austin
Author:
Ki Gray
Category:
Food and Drink
As many Austinites relish living a healthy lifestyle, it's no surprise that Farmers' Markets are a hit in the city. The markets bring fresh foods from locally grown areas to those looking for an alternative to the goods found in the neighborhood grocery store.Though many cities don't have a farmers' market, Austin has had up to five at one time, with the Austin Farmers' Market being one of the most popular. Located both in the center of town, at 4th and Guadalupe, and also north-cen...
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303) Keeping Kosher - How a Kosher Home Stays Kosher
Author:
Leslie Rosenberg
Category:
Food and Drink
Kosher food is defined as food permitted to the Jewish people by Biblical law.
This is the third of three articles on keeping kosher. We have previously described:
1) Permitted species 2) kosher slaughter 3) Forbidden foods 4) Forbidden mixtures.The next step is to use this knowledge to make sure that you keep your home kosher.
This step has two parts:
1) Purchase only kosher food and
2) Avoid combining foods which are not meant to be eaten together.<B...
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304) Kosher Food - Avoiding Forbidden Substances and Combinations
Author:
Leslie Rosenberg
Category:
Food and Drink
Keeping kosher means that one follows the Biblical law regarding foods permitted
to the Jewish people. An earlier article listed which species of living things are
permitted. It also described the slaughtering method, shechita, the only way flesh
of acceptable animals and birds is ever allowed.This article is about two more aspects of keeping kosher:
1) Forbidden parts and 2) forbidden mixtures (of otherwise permitted foods).Forbidden Parts - a)...
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305) To Tip Or Not To Tip - Tipping Practices Globally
Author:
Celeste Yates
Category:
Food and Drink
Tipping is a different concept in all countries. There are places where tipping is considered impolite or rude, and other places where if you don't tip your behaviour is considered unacceptable. The first thing to be aware of is what you are tipping for and what is expected of you.Waitrons are generally in the worst position, as they are the middlemen between the customer and the kitchen, with the manager somewhere in between. If your food is of bad quality, technically you can't blam...
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306) How To Define What Is Kosher
Author:
Leslie Rosenberg
Category:
Food and Drink
Kosher food is very easy to define. It's food that is permitted to
the Jewish people by Biblical law. Here is what causes the
confusion: First, the Jewish Bible is more extensive than most
people realize. Second, food is usually considered in terms of its
taste, quality or nutrition, factors not central to kosher status.Therefore to fully understand what is and is not kosher you'll
need a list of the factors that make food kosher. Here is that list:1) In their origin...
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307) Fun Facts On Water For Children
Author:
Steven Magill
Category:
Food and Drink
Teaching kids about water can be very fun. There are a lot of simple scientific experiments you can do that centre around water and children love to learn about how something as common as water is so important and so interesting. There are plenty of lessons on water for children.Here are a few fun facts on water for children:The human brain in two thirds waterTrees are two thirds waterThe water that is on the Earth now is made up of the same minerals and elements...
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308) What Are Goji Berries?
Author:
Matty Byloos
Category:
Food and Drink
A Brief Introduction to the Goji Berry You've been drinking the juice already, haven't you? That Tibetan or Himalayan Goji Berry juice that you find at Whole Foods, Wild Oats, Trader Joe's or your favorite "I'll be healthier if I eat stuff from here" store. Let's go for a little historical Goji journey before I crush your spirit of sustainability and living the green life. OK, no, there will be no spirit crushing. In fact, Goji berries do possess everything that marke...
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309) Interesting Facts About Nuts
Author:
Rebecca Collins
Category:
Food and Drink
A daily dose of a handful of nuts brings about immense health benefits. Eating 25-50 grams nuts a day may reduce the risk or diabetes and heart disease. Besides, studies have shown that those who included nuts as part of their diets were slimmer than those who did not. Thus it is a common myth that consuming nuts will cause weight gain. The key is to eat them in moderation.What is a nut exactly? According to Macquarie Dictionary, 'nut' is a type of dry fruit that consists of a nutriti...
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310) Dessert Recipes - With Vegetables Please
Author:
Jill Stewart
Category:
Food and Drink
In our effort to get healthier, eat better, and watch our waistline, we often take drastic measures like cutting all sweets out of our diet. And those diets rarely last because we feel deprived. So rather than going completely drastic, here is a question I ask you to consider: Why not try small changes that you can live with? So instead of cutting all sweets out of your diet, why not replace the typical sweets you eat with a dessert that is healthier and that you can feel good about? And wha...
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311) Tell Me About Salted Fish
Author:
Joseph Parish
Category:
Food and Drink
During the 15th and 16th century, there was no such thing as refrigeration or canning so the professional fishermen of the Mediterranean had to preserve their daily catch by means of salting. Although salting was judged the most widespread method, the anglers also preserved their catch with oil or brine, air-drying and smoking. The most common fish used for salting was anchovies, sardines, tuna, eels, herring plus bottarga, which is Italian for tuna eggs.The business of salting ocean...
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312) Cooking Class - Knife Skills
Author:
Tom Lingle
Category:
Food and Drink
Taking a knife skills class will dramatically change the way you cook and bring more enjoyment in the kitchen. Learning how to choose knives for purchase, how to choose knives for specific tasks, how to care for your knives, and applying proper cutting techniques will open up a whole new world of culinary possibilities. Learning to properly prepare ingredients and save time in the kitchen will result in better-finished dishes. Cook the dishes you have never dared to prepare, and dazzle your...
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313) Cooking Without Sugar
Author:
Lisa Gambino
Category:
Food and Drink
Natural Sugar Substitutes: Stevia and Luo Han GuoCooking without sugar, whether by choice or due to Diabetes, leads to a myriad of artificial and natural sweetener choices. Two natural sweeteners are Stevia and Luo Han Guo. Stevia is an herb from the Chrysanthemum family that includes 300 species of plants. Stevia has been grown as a scrub and consumed all over the world since 1887 without any safety issues. Since it is 200-300 times sweeter than table sugar, the Japanese use S...
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314) If You Love Lebanese Food, You'll Love the Cook
Author:
Alissa Haddad
Category:
Food and Drink
Watch out for the invasion of the Lebanese food. Rich pastries, milk cakes, ground mutton in rice with lots of tomatoes, and tabbouleh are among the local favorites of the locals in the US, miles away from the Lebanese soil. The health conscious troop to restaurants with these specialties and the number of satisfied patrons are increasing.Spaghetti Aside, There's Hot Stuff CookingIn a Lebanese restaurant, discover people milling for vegetarian specials. For meat lovers,...
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315) Mexican Food - Brief Introduction to Mexican Food
Author:
Ray Lam
Category:
Food and Drink
Mexican Food is one of the most sought after cuisines and around the globe. Everywhere you go, you are bound to find Mexican food as the gastronomic demand for this cuisine is increasing. Mexican food is famous for its flavours, exciting flavours and its enticing spicy taste.Mexican food goes way back to the pre-Hispanic era. The Aztecs and the Spanish colonists contributed to the evolution of this type of food. Among the non-vegetarian ingredients used in Mexican cuisine are Pork, Be...
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316) The Many Benefits Of Apple Cider Vinegar
Author:
Adam Taylor
Category:
Food and Drink
Apple cider vinegar is made by crushing apples and squeezing out the liquid. Apple Cider Vinegar is cheap, easy to use and it really benefits our health in numerous ways.HealthTwo daily tablets of vinegar tablets is all the vinegar you need to add a healthy supply to your daily diet. It also might help prevent other serious health problems, such as heart disease, that often go hand-in-hand with diabetes. As long as you use it carefully and for recognized, he...
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317) Trouble With Digesting Nuts
Author:
Matty Byloos
Category:
Food and Drink
How to Digest Nuts Better: Behind the ScenesSalting, roasting, toasting, soaking - what helps, what hinders and why do so many people have problems with eating nuts? Here is a step by step breakdown of the digestive process, and how nuts are impacted by one's digestive system.How Digestion Breaks Down Nuts in StagesRoughly a three-stage process, digestion begins in the mouth, when as you are chewing, enzymes in the saliva begin to break...
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318) How to Make Delicious Nail Soup
Author:
Donald A. Miller
Category:
Food and Drink
My father was raised during the Great Depression, becoming an orphan in his pre teens. His oldest sibling took over the family to keep them all together. Scarcity of food affected his personality so strongly that he later insisted that my family live on a farm and learn how to supply our own table. For years he had a problem of over eating, until he finally convinced himself he was not going to starve.One of the stories he brought with him combined hunger with cleverness, the tale of...
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319) Why Pay A Fortune For Bottled Water
Author:
Paul Rodgers
Category:
Food and Drink
Bottle Water is a great example of a highly sophisticated propaganda apparatus that is able to convince millions of people to buy into the sham and transforming water into a fashion statement. It is very expensive over the long term whereas my machine initial cost is only the equivalent of about two hundred gallon of water and the machine will last, as it has, for many years to come.Water filters are devices that can improve the overall taste, smell and appearance of drinking water an...
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320) Wild Game Meats - The New Health Conscious Choice
Author:
Jim Hofman
Category:
Food and Drink
Over the last few years, more and more people are adding healthier alternatives to their diets. As a society, we're becoming much more knowledgeable about healthy choices, fat content, and artificial ingredients. There has been a growing trend away from some of the traditional high fat and high cholesterol meat choices, while seeking out healthier, easy-to-prepare alternatives. Certain types of wild game meats, previously largely unavailable in the marketplace, are turning up more and more f...
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