Add a pinch of salt to a gallon of milk and it will make it last a bit longer. Store bought or fresh, it does not matter. Something about the salt preserves the milk and keeps it from spoiling as quickly.
Aug 22, 2020
Cold vs. Warm Milk
In the United States, milk is sold and stored cold, but America is a bit of an outlier.
It
comes down to different pasteurization methods. In the US and
Canada, milk manufacturers make use of high-temperature
short-time pasteurization, or HTST. Able to kill bacteria in
large batches, HTST is efficient, but results in milk that
expires relatively quickly - about seven to 10 days after
opening. That is because the temperature used (about 161°F for
15 seconds) is enough to kill most bacteria, but some will
proliferate if the milk hangs around long enough.
In Europe and other parts of the world, another technique
called ultra-heat-treated pasteurization, or UHT, is used.
Milk is exposed to higher temperatures of 284°F for three
seconds, decimating virtually all the bacteria and making it
shelf-stable for about six months if left unopened. Once
opened, it has to be refrigerated. Because it is “cooked” at
high heat and burns off some of the sugar, UHT milk also has a
slightly different flavor.
Pasteurization is named after Louis Pasteur, a French
scientist in the 1860s who realized heating beer could kill
bacteria. Decades later, German agricultural chemist Franz von
Soxhlet applied the principle of high heat to milk, since
dairy products had a nasty habit of harboring contaminants
that could cause diphtheria or tuberculosis. HTST and UHT
methods followed, and Europe picked up on the promise of UHT
producing milk that would not spoil quickly.
The idea of purchasing milk in the middle of a grocery store,
unrefrigerated, is something that does not fit with US food
storage habits. While UHT milk is still sold in the US, it is
primarily for portable cartons thrown in lunchboxes or for
people who want to have milk on hand for a backpack.
Trip Insurance
Clean out the fridge,
Refrigerate produce,
Take out the trash,
Wipe down surfaces,
Make the bed and change the sheets,
Water plants and move them to cool areas, or setup a self watering system,
Stock up on ready made meals and coffee,
Hold your mail or ask a neighbor to get it,
Raise, lower, or turn off thermostats,
Toss fresh flowers.
Labyrinth vs. Maze
A maze is a complex branching puzzle that includes choices of path and direction, may have multiple entrances and exits, and dead ends. Mazes can be constructed with varying levels of difficulty and complexity.
A labyrinth has only a single non-branching path, which leads to the center then back out the same way, with only one entry/exit point.
Aug 1, 2020
Happy Friday
Dress well, especially on a Royal Happy Friday!
Good Egg vs. Bad Egg
Wordology, Lake vs. Pond
Rats and Monkeys Laugh
Robert Levinson, psychology professor at the University of California Berkeley, invited couples into his lab and asked each partner to discuss something that irritated him or her about the other partner. The couples who tackled the stressful situation with laughter not only felt better in the moment, but had higher levels of relationship satisfaction and stayed together longer than couples who did not crack a smile.
When you see people laughing, you just can't help but smile. That is because your brain makes it nearly impossible not to. That is the result of research from the lab of Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist at University College London. When she monitored subjects' brains while she played laughing sounds, she found that the premotor cortical region of the brain, which prepares the muscles in the face to move, was activated.
Incidentally, 10 to 15 minutes of laughing a day can burn up to 40 calories, according to a Vanderbilt University study. Researchers determined that the increase in heart rate and oxygen consumption during these funny moments boosted the burn.
Pardon my Tartle
There happens to be a Scottish term for this awkward hesitation. So if you (unfortunately) ever find yourself in that situation you can say, "Pardon my tartle!"
Free Photos
That is what makes Unsplash different. Unlike competitors, Unsplash’s library is made up of 100% community contributions.
While Reddit still does not attract the same amount of traffic as Google or YouTube, the good news for the site is that users spend more time browsing the site, averaging 15 minutes and 10 seconds every day, The Next Web reported. Reddit also outranks the top five sites on the list with more daily page views per visitors. Rounding out the top 10 sites are Wikipedia, Yahoo, Twitter, eBay, and Netflix.
Man Made Fruit
To add to the confusion, there are different varieties of tangelos and all are not necessarily created from tangerines and pomelos. One common variant, the Minneola tangelo, is a hybrid of the tangerine and Duncan grapefruit. Another variant was created by crossing a mandarin with a pomelo, which technically makes it an orange.
The tangelo is believed to have first appeared in the forests of Southeast Asia 3,500 years ago when insects cross-pollinated the mandarin with a fruit that is closely related to the grapefruit. However, today’s tangelos are the result of a selective breeding program that started in the 1800s.
At the forefront of the tangelo project was the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which created the popular Minneola tangelo sold across the United States. The USDA released the seeds of the Minneola tangelo in 1931. It is named after the city of Minneola, Florida.
Unclaimed Luggage
Unclaimed Baggage buys orphaned bags and gives them a second life by selling, donating, and recycling their contents.
Unclaimed Baggage has purchasing agreements for unclaimed items with all domestic airlines and other travel and transportation companies. With five decades of experience processing large volumes of one-of-a-kind items, we maximize each item’s potential for a second life.
Fun and unusual finds, including amazing jewelry at good prices LINK.
Sealioning
The troll feigns ignorance and politeness, so that if the target is provoked into making an angry response, the troll can then act as the aggrieved party.