Many of us have cooked with
alcohol, whether wine or straight alcohol for flaming dishes.
There is a persistent myth that cooking removes the alcohol
making it safe for alcoholics and children.
However, it is
difficult to remove alcohol from food by cooking. Setting fire
to alcohol in the pan actually reduces the total alcohol
percentage by only 25%. In other words, when you add a cup of
brandy to a pan and set it alight, once the flames go out you
still have the equivalent of 3/4 of cup of brandy left behind
with the alcohol intact. If you want to reduce the alcohol to
five percent you need to cook for 2.5 hours.
Information comes from the
'Modernist Cuisine Book 1 History and Fundamentals'. The full six
volume set contains 2,438 pages, which detail the history of
cuisine and explain the science of cooking. The team comprises
scientists, research, and development chefs.
Most people believe that Walt Disney
drew Mickey Mouse. He did not draw his most famous creation.
Mickey Mouse was his idea, and he provided the voice, but the
pancake ears, the red shorts, etc., are the creation of Ub Iwerks,
Disney’s favorite animator.
Most light beers contain
about 100 calories, while regular only contains about 145
calories. Budweiser regular has 143 calories and Bud Light has
110, not much difference. According to Wikipedia,
Budweiser Light has 3.5% ABV per 12 US fl oz (355 mL) and
Budweiser regular is 5.0% ABV. It is made with up to 30% rice in
addition to hops and barley malt.
Light beer has been
brewed to be lower in alcohol, lower in calories, or lower in
both, depending on the brand. Low-carb beer has only been brewed
to remove carbohydrates, but can have the same alcohol content.
Most light beers are made from a process made possible in 1964
with the commercial introduction of amyloglucosidase. This
enzyme makes all the dextrins fermentable. Brewers generally add
water to adjust the alcohol content to slightly below that of a
regular beer.
Bottom line, with less alcohol, many tend to drink more light
beer, negating any calorie reduction benefits, and
costing more money in addition to consuming amyloglucosidase.
Many libraries around the US now give
out plant, herb, and vegetable seeds for free. Seeds change by
region to accommodate local climate. For instance, a seed
lending library is available at the Dallas library. Library
card holders may check out seeds donated by commercials
growers and Dallas gardeners. Users are encouraged to replace
seeds in the fall with those from their own harvest, but it is
not a requirement.
Among the seed available in Dallas, are vegetables, such as
round baby carrots, leaf lettuces, French mesclun, yellow
squash, pole beans and pumpkins. Available flowers included
nasturtiums, zinnias, cleome, amaranth, white bishop's lace,
purple coneflower, poppies, cosmos, foxgloves, moonflowers and
morning glory.
According to the Urban Dictionary,
fomo is "fear of missing out". The fear that if you miss a
party or event you will miss out on something great. Anxiety
that an exciting or interesting event may currently be
happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on a social
media website.
Happiness
cannot hide from a broad smile.
Wake up with a smile every day, especially on a Happy Friday!
In telecommunications, broadband is wide
bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals
and data traffic types. The medium can be coaxial cable, optical
fiber, radio or twisted pair. In the context of internet access,
broadband is used to mean any high-speed internet access that is
always on and faster than dial-up access. In other words,
broadband is cable and internet.
According to a recent
study, the five leading countries for broadband communications
infrastructure are South Korea, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, and
the Netherlands. The U.S. is #18.
In addition, US is #18
for broadband access and affordability. The top five are South
Korea, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, and Norway.
The US is #13 for
average fixed broadband connection speed. The top five are South
Korea, Norway, Sweden, China and Switzerland.
Over 100 billion bananas are consumed worldwide
each year. India, China, Brazil, and Indonesia account for half
of that consumption.
Bananas make up
approximately 75% of the annual tropical fruit trade. In fact,
they are the world's most exported fruit. The world's top banana
exporter is Ecuador, while the United States imports the most
bananas.
Bananas grow in
tropical and subtropical areas around the world. Classified
botanically as a berry, bananas grow on large plants that look
like big bushes. The name "banana" comes from the Arabic word
"banan," which means finger.
Although the terms cement and
concrete often are used interchangeably, cement is actually an
ingredient of concrete. Concrete is basically a mixture of
aggregates and paste. The aggregates are sand and gravel or
crushed stone; the paste is water and Portland cement.
Cement is a fine binding powder, which is never used alone. It
is made most commonly of limestone, clay, shells, and silica
sand. These materials are crushed and then combined with other
ingredients (including iron ore), and then heated to about 2,700
F. This material, called Clinker, is ground into a fine powder.
It is used to make both concrete and mortar.
Both mortar and concrete are widely used building materials. They
cannot be substituted for each other without compromising the
integrity of a build.
Concrete is much stronger and more durable than mortar.
Because it needs a low water to cement ratio, it is much thinner
when mixed, making it difficult to use as a bonding element.
Concrete is used in structural projects and is often reinforced
with steel rebar to maintain its structural integrity. It is
best used for support, such as beams, walls, or other building
foundations. Its unique characteristic is that it starts out as
a simple, dry mixture, becomes a liquid flexible material
capable of forming into any mold or shape, and ends up as a
hard-as-rock material.
Gunite is a very
durable mixture of cement, sand, and water that is sprayed on a
surface under pneumatic pressure. It is used for tunnels,
underground structures, slope stabilization, structural repairs,
and swimming pools. Gunite or shotcrete material is mortar or
small-aggregate concrete applied using a wet or dry process.
Mortar is used
to hold building materials such as brick or stone together. It
is composed of a thick mixture of water, sand, and cement. The
water is used to hydrate the cement and hold the mix together.
The water to cement ratio is higher in mortar than in concrete
in order to form its bonding element. When mixed, it is a much
thicker substance than concrete, making it ideal as a glue for
building materials like brick.
Bottom line, a hydrated cement mixture forms the base of all
three materials, the rock chipping in cement makes it much
stronger for use in structural projects, and mortar is thicker,
which makes it a better bonding element.
Incidentally, the name Portland cement comes from Joseph
Aspdin, who first produced cement during the 1800s in England.
He thought its color was like the color of stone from quarries
on the island of Portland off the coast of England.
To correct misspelled words, press the Ctrl key and hit
backspace to eliminate the whole word. Beats backspacing to
delete each letter individually.
Finding shiny objects. If you drop something shiny, like an
earring, or change, turn off the lights and use a flashlight. It
should shine and stand out from its surroundings.
Essential
oils are not essential to our lives, but they are essential.
The name means 'essential' in the sense of 'containing the
essence' or as in pure essence. Essential oils are made from
pure extracts of the plant, which makes them healthier to burn
in an oil burner and generally non-toxic as opposed to fragrance
oil which is only scented with the plant's essence.
Researchers presented their results at the 255th National
Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
The idea for the
project germinated on Crete, where Alexander Bismarck, Ph.D.,
noticed goats munching on summer-dry grass in the small village
where he was vacationing. "I realized what comes out in the end
is partially digested plant matter, so there must be cellulose
in there," he recalls.
After working with goat
manure, Bismarck, who is at the University of Vienna, Austria,
his postdoc Andreas Mautner, Ph.D., and graduate students Nurul
Ain Kamal and Kathrin Weiland moved on to dung from horses, cows
and eventually elephants.
The supply of raw
material is substantial: Parks in Africa that are home to
hundreds of elephants produce tons of dung every day, and
enormous cattle farms in the U.S. and Europe yield mountains of
manure, according to Mautner.
The researchers treat
the manure with a sodium hydroxide solution. This partially
removes lignin, which can be used later as a fertilizer or fuel,
as well as other impurities, including proteins and dead cells.
To fully remove lignin and to produce white pulp for making
paper, the material has to be bleached with sodium hypochlorite.
The purified cellulose requires little if any grinding to break
it down into nanofibers in preparation for use in paper, in
contrast to conventional methods.
"You need a lot of
energy to grind wood down to make nanocellulose," Mautner says.
But with manure as a starting material, "you can reduce the
number of steps you need to perform, simply because the animal
already chewed the plant and attacked it with acid and enzymes.
You inexpensively produce a nanocellulose that has the same or
even better properties than nanocellulose from wood, with lower
energy and chemical consumption," he says.
The dung-derived
nanopaper could be used in many applications, including as
reinforcement for polymer composites or filters that can clean
wastewater before it is discharged into the environment.
The Urban Dictionary's definition of shipping is a term used
to describe fan fictions that take previously created characters
and put them as a pair. It usually refers to romantic
relationships, but it can refer platonic ones as well. Think of
“shipping” as short for “relationSHIP”.
Have you noticed some pictures on i devices and in Windows 10
now have an extension of HEIF (High Efficiency Image File
Format), instead of JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)?
It is a new designation
for pictures and supports bonus features, such as it can
accommodate live photos, bursts of photos, 3D scene data useful
for special effects, audio, and more. As a container, HEIF can
actually accommodate multiple compression technologies. When
used with HEVC video compression, the resulting files are called
HEIC images.
It compresses the file size to roughly half the size of JPG
files to save space. The quality is reported to be identical.
Apple is using is also using it as a new standard, so you will
be seeing more of these picture file types. Incidentally, it is usually pronounced heef.
