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Chef Posts Topic: History of Spice
Trinity
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:09 pm
Replies: 2 12
200 BC to 1200 The Romans control the trade. As their empire grew to dominance, Romans started sailing from Egypt to India to trade spices. It was a difficult two-year voyage across the Indian Ocean to get pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. By the first century, a Greek merchant sailor, H...
Chef Posts Topic: THE FOOD MAGAZINE
Trinity
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:04 pm
Replies: 0 5
SOME DIET MYTHS If you're so committed to losing weight that you refuse to eat a baked potato for fear of eating empty carbs, you might be missing out on important nutrients and backing your diet into a corner. Open your mind to the truth behind these diet and weight myths and learn how to enjoy so...
Chef Posts Topic: History of Spice
Trinity
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:06 am
Replies: 2 12
Spices and herbs have played a dramatic role in the development of Western civilization. Spices today are plentiful and are used mostly as flavorings. However, in ancient and medieval times, they were rare and precious products, used for medicine, perfume, incense, and flavoring. 3000 BC to 200 BC A...
Chef Posts Topic: INTERESTING, STRANGE, AND EXOTIC FOOD AND DRINK
Trinity
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:56 am
Replies: 6 363
Pizza Cone sold in Seoul, South Korea
Chef Posts Topic: VITAMINS AND MINERALS
Trinity
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:33 am
Replies: 4 17
VITAMIN A Vitamin A comes in several forms, and it is alternately known by the names beta-carotene, retinoic acid, retinol, retinol palmitate, carotenoids etretinare and isotretinon. Vitamin A plays an integral role in the human body in the formation of strong bones and normal growth patterns. It i...
Chef Posts Topic: VITAMINS AND MINERALS
Trinity
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:58 pm
Replies: 4 17
VITAMINS Vitamins are organic components in food that are needed in very small amounts for growth and for maintaining good health. The vitamins include vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin A, and vitamin K, or the fat-soluble vitamins, and folate (folic acid), vitamin B12, biotin, vitamin B6, niacin, thia...
Chef Posts Topic: EATING WITH CELIAC DISEASE
Trinity
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:30 pm
Replies: 0 4
Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley. Gluten is found mainly in foods but may also be found in everyday products such as...
Chef Posts Topic: INTERESTING, STRANGE, AND EXOTIC FOOD AND DRINK
Trinity
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:03 pm
Replies: 6 363
GLUTEN FREE CAKES AT CHERRY BLOSSOM I thought this was interesting. This mom started making gluten free cakes for her son that has celiac disease, and from that developed a business. All her cakes are gluten free and she makes them for all occasions. http://cherryblossomcakesdc.com/images/c...
Chef Posts Topic: INTERESTING, STRANGE, AND EXOTIC FOOD AND DRINK
Trinity
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:02 pm
Replies: 6 363
KOPI LUWAK Strange brew: Costly coffee made of cat poo You might be used to getting your morning cup of coffee from a machine. But you can now get it from a furry animal that climbs trees — the Indonesian civet cat, to be precise. Or to be even more precise, what the civet cat leaves behind in its ...
Chef Posts Topic: THE FOOD PYRAMID
Trinity
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:57 am
Replies: 4 18
LOL, but notice it says to eat sparingly
Mess Hall Discussions Topic: JUST FOR YOU MOLLY
Trinity
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:41 am
Replies: 0 4
Chef Posts Topic: THE FOOD PYRAMID
Trinity
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:25 pm
Replies: 4 18
Doctors Posts Topic: Your Body and How it Works???
Trinity
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:56 am
Replies: 28 241
Thanks for the info nurse Alysha. I never realized that high blood pressure was rising in children. One have to wonder if it also has to do with all the fast food places we have nowadays.
ORL,S Topic: Trinity's Request To the Captain
Trinity
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:51 pm
Replies: 1 15
Hello Captain, I know I'm not an officer but I thought I could give you a monthly report on items needed for the kitchen. Although the ship has replicating capabilities; fresh grown products taste best. I was going to try my hand at Thalian Chocolate Mousse and realized we have no Thalian cocoa bea...
Chef Posts Topic: INTERESTING, STRANGE, AND EXOTIC FOOD AND DRINK
Trinity
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:54 pm
Replies: 6 363
BALUT FROM THE PHILLIPINES This is also spelled Baloot, Baalut, Baluge, or Balute.) Half-hatched chicken egg. A baluge is a fifteen- or sixteen-day fertilized chicken egg. Open an egg and pop a sixteen-day-old incomplete chicken fetus into your mouth, complete with partially formed feathers, feet, ...
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