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Are Mushrooms the Least Complex Organism That We Consume?
. Organisms range in size and complexity from microorganisms to multicellular plants and animals. Modern biologists classify Earth’s organisms into five kingdoms on the basis of common patterns of the design of life, that...
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Is my pea soup going to kill me?
Throw it out. Not worth it. Yes it won’t always hurt you, but it can, why take the chance? Making sure it’s nice and hot won’t help. Some microorganisms survive reheating and other organisms produce a toxin that...
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What kind of fermented vegetable is this? (Sauerkraut-like)
of top-fermenting microorganism. So I carefully removed those colonies, trying not to disturb the rest of the brine. When I had all the scum removed, I added quite a bit of water to the bucket, to dilute the solution. I then...
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Best Food Neighborhood In The City
Jeez, you gave me away. Heb Caen once said "The best thing about Los Angeles is that it gives Angelenos a place to live." Anyway, it’s not fog, it’s extra virgin smog. But it makes the sourdough microorganisms happy....
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Simple Syrup
concentrations inhibits growth of microorganisms and acts as a preservative. At lesser concentrations however it will go bad.
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forbidden szechuan peppercorns
chemically fumigated or irradiated to destroy microorganisms, so I am wondering why this is not also possible for the Sichuan peppercorn. The only thing that I can think of is that if there is a disease causing virus, such...
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baking bread - what happens when you add sugar?
microorganisms, including yeast. There was a cookbook some years ago that contained some info about what herbs and spices could actually enhance yeast growth, but I don’t clearly recall the title or name of the...
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poor seed germination
business. Most people don’t have the room to rotate and mostly people don’t have a problem. Peas and beans even build up beneficial microorganisms in the soil and like to be planted in the same spots. Good luck!
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Organic or not organic meats - which one?
A major reason for less contamination from grass/pasture/range fed cattle is because the rumen remain failrly free of some of the worst disease bearing micro-organisms. Grain consumption changes the conditions in the rumen,...
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Made sourdough starter...now what?
the microorganisms dormant so they don’t need to be eating all the time. Loosely cover the container to keep it from drying out, and make sure it doesn’t freeze. It’s recommended that you take it out and feed it...
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Re-using Canning snap lids
Sealing jams and jellies with wax has been strongly NOT RECOMMENDED for years. The seals are prone to failure with molds and other microorganisms growing under the wax.
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Miso vs. Daengjang
microorganisms are left? i have a jar of miso that is unpasteurized, made by a good american company, but the doenjang is imported from korea. i can read the label but i don’t know what it’s saying.
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Does ANYONE else like kombucha?
it, but I have enough microorganisms being nurtured in other beverages around the house.
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Bourdain's take on the Cheftestants (Top Chef)
that spared him having to cook with poi — actual food. Xanthan gum is made from the outer coating of a laboratory-grown micro-organism called Xanthonomonas campestris. How is that keeping it “all about the food”...
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Best readily-available goat cheese?
Cheeses contains all sorts of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi) that converted the milk into cheese — they’re still alive in the cheese and continue that conversion process, “digesting” the milk products...
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