What Food Is In The Cupboard? Part 2 Of 5
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What I keep in my cupboard will be different to what is in yours. But there are certain items that most of us will keep. Come and discover new ingredients to store.
This article brushes on the basics of two ingredients that interest me the most – Oils and Vinegars.
OILS
Using a good quality oil is essential in the kitchen. Oil can be used as an ingredient in cakes, muffins, marinades and salad dressings as well as being important for frying, brushing foods before grilling, and simply drizzling over food to flavour and garnish it.
Oils kept in a cool, dark place will keep for 10-12 months. Buy specialist oils in small quantities as once open they will deteriorate more quickly..
Olive oil
If you like salads, it is worth buying olive oil because dressings made with it are far superior due to the wonderful flavour. You can also cook with olive.
Extra-virgin olive oil
This is the most used oil in our household. It varies in colour from pale yellow to a rich green, often depending on its country of origin. Use it for salad dressings and pasta, and for drizzling over grilled vegetables.
Sunflower oil
This ia an all-purpose oil, which can be used for all cooking methods. It is a light oil with very little flavour so it can also be used to make dressings.
Corn oil
A cheaper oil with quite a strong flavour, which some people find unpleasant. It is suitable for deep-fat frying, so if you often cook fried foods this is a good buy.
Soya oil
This oil is cheap and has a high smoke point (smokes at a very high temperature), so it is suitable for deep-frying. However, it has quite a strong flavour, which some people do not like.
Groundnut oil
A light oil, which is suitable for all types of cooking. It has a very mild flavour and is good for mayonnaise and dressings.
Sesame oil
Go very easy on this one – only use a very small amount. This is a dark, nutty oil that is often used in Chinese and Thai cooking. It has a strong flavour and aroma, sweet and very pungent. It will burn easily. It makes a delicious dressing for oriental salads -just mix it with a little lemon juice and soy sauce.
Nut oils
Walnut oil, hazelnut oil, macadamia nut oil – they all have delightful flavours for dressings. They work well drizzled over vegetables and pasta and are particularly good when served with a salad containing a few similar nuts.
VINEGARS
There are many different types of vinegars and there are many uses for them. Keep vinegars in a dark, cool place for up to 6-12 months. Buy small bottles so that you can use them up at their best.
Balsamic vinegar
Originating in Modena, Italy, this vinegar has become very popular of late. It is the richest of all the vinegars, with a deep brown colour and a fruity sweet flavour. It is worth spoiling yourself and buying a little bottle of balsamic vinegar that has been aged in oak barrels for 25 years. Be warned it can be expensive but is worth the cost. Use it in salad dressings and sprinkle it over simple fish dishes, pasta and roast vegetables.
Cider vinegar
A light vinegar with a slightly fruity flavour. Often used in recipes with apples. Also called for in pickling fruit and making salad dressings.
Malt vinegar
This comes in a colorless variety and is used for pickling onions. The other is a brown color and good for fish and chips. Don’t use malt vinegar for anything else, it’s strictly for pickling or fish and chips.
Sherry vinegar
I must admit this is not one I have used. It has a smooth flavour and is often used in Spanish recipes and salad dressings.
Red wine vinegar
A good, all-round vinegar with a robust flavor. Often used in salad dressings.
White wine vinegar
A good, all-round vinegar with a mild flavor. Often used in salad dressings.
Flavoured vinegars
There are many flavored vinegars available – raspberry vinegar – walnut vinegar. However, it has been my experience that these are bought on a whim and then left in the cupboard.
Happy Cooking
Francis Chang
Francis Chang
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how can i make a wine from its main continents ?
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all i have is grape & i can get dates. now how can i make wine, beer, or any alcoholic beverage without using any professional tool ??
please no proffessional tools requierd cuz i don’t have them, the think is my damin aunt wouldn’t pay my studying fees if she knew i had a drink, and ihave to live with her for the next two months. i seriously need the steps clearly of how making an alcohol beverage.
Make prison wine. Steps to follow:
Step #1: Make a strong bag by double or triple-bagging plastic trash bags.
Step #2: Pour warm water, your choice of fruit or fruit juice, raisons, tomatoes, yeast, and as much sugar as you can get. If sugar is not on hand, powdered drink mix will work also (kool-aid).
Note: (Many prisons make yeast illegal on the premises. In this case moldy bread does just fine. Slices should be moist and can be put in a sock to strain any stray elements.)
Step #3: Tie off the bag with a knot. Penetrate the bag with a straw, or some other type of tube to allow carbon dioxide to release.
Step #4: Hide the bag where your prison guard can’t see it. Three days is enough, if you really can’t wait. A week is a more reasonable time. Normal wine takes around a month to brew.
How do you make a wine glass candle?
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I am wanting to make a candle using a merlot candle scent and put it in a wine glass, using paraffin wax, not gel wax. I have the basic candle making stuff, is there anything special I need to know or do though?
Depending on how big of a glass you use you could double glass it. IE put a votive or tealight holder in the wax that you can refill. People do this with gel candles a lot, but it works for paraffin too. Before you pour though, you will want to test your glass out to make sure that it won’t crack while your pouring. Some people put their glass items in the oven around 200 degrees (or just above the temp they plan on pouring at) on a cookie sheet to test them. Even if you don’t test in the oven heat up your glass before pouring. It will give you a better finish, but also reduces your chances of cracking the glass.
Use a votive, container, or glass fill wax with a lower melting point. The cooler you pour though, the more rustic the look will be. I’m assuming you want a more refined finished look. I generally find that my wax needs to be heated to around 180 F for a smooth finish.
You could also check some candle glass suppliers and see if they carry wine glasses suitable for candle making.
Good luck to you! I hope this helps a little.
Working Natural Antioxidants Into Your Diet
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As researchers continue to study the profound impact our diets can have on our overall health, they uncover more and more evidence regarding the positive role of antioxidants in preventing everything from heart disease to cancer. Antioxidants have also been shown to greatly hinder the aging process and vastly improve immunity. The best news of all, however, is that natural antioxidants can be found in the foods we eat; the process of increasing our natural antioxidants can be as simple as making appropriate choices when food shopping.
When looking for those foods high in natural antioxidants, head straight for the produce section of your supermarket or directly to a nearby farmers market. Particular fruits and vegetables have been shown to deliver the highest levels of natural antioxidants. But it’s not as simple as picking up the nearest apple. Do your research in order to learn what specific fruits and vegetable will give you what you need so that you can be mindful of you choices.
When it comes to picking vegetables high in natural antioxidants think green. Leafy, dark green vegetables tend to pack a punch when it comes to natural antioxidants. Veggies such as spinach and kale are terrific sources of natural antioxidants; as are carrots, cabbage, onions, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower.
When choosing fruits for their natural antioxidants, stick with citrus fruits with high levels of Vitamin C. Berries of any kind are also wonderful sources of natural antioxidants. Blueberries have recently received quite a bit of attention regarding their ability to fight cancer.
This is only a short sampling of those foods that contain healthy levels of natural antioxidants. Be your own advocate and learn about all the foods that will have the most positive impact on your health and get down to integrating them into your daily life. Learning new recipes and experimenting with different ways to prepare these important foods will help you adopt new habits. And if all those fruits and vegetables are difficult to get down, reward yourself with some red wine and dark chocolate – both of which deliver a significant amount of natural antioxidants!
Michelle Bery
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Are these all the ingredients I need to make my own home-made wine..?
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ingredients for my home-made wine: grape juice, sugar, yeast, and plastic container…if there is any thing i left out please feel free to add on more ingredients.
And I would also like to know how long will the fermentation take until it is ready to serve. Thanks!
OK
Lets start with the grape juice, if it has preservatives in it you will have problems, as they will kill the yeast
Now the container, I wouldn’t use plastic, unless you have a proper air lock, otherwise it will explode fairly quickly – use a glass container with an air lock (though this can be home made – a piece of tubing through a cork in the top of the fermenting vessel put into a container of water – you need to keep air out or the wine will go sour).
You also need something to sterilise the equipment you are using, sodium metabisulphide or similar).
And something to clear the wine at the end, isinglass, fullers earth, etc etc, very few home made wines clar by themselves.
Fermentation will depend on the temperature the wine is stored in, the strain of yeast, how much sugar added, alcohol level needed etc etc
Don’t count on less than 6 weeks, preferably more.
Home Made WIne I need help please some one?
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ok so im makeing home made wine in a milk jug i cleaned very good. so i mixed 2 cans of berry flav. juice an 8 cups of sugar and 2 pacs of yeast. i also have a balloon with pin holes in it on the opening of the milk jug. my question is am i doing it right?
Yes, But I feel 1 packet of yeast to 8 cups of sugar will be good enough
Take a big container and put sugar and water in it.
Put it on flame and bring to a boil
Keep stirring till sugar dissolves completely.
Set aside and let it cool.
Take a 5-gallons container and pour the juice in it.
Now, pour the sugar solution into the juice container.
Put the whole packet of yeast in the container. You can also activate the yeast beforehand, by dissolving it in warm water, and then put it in the container.
Take an airlock stopper and close the juice container with it.
Keep the container aside for 3 weeks and let the wine ferment. Monitor using the balloon Ok?
Siphon & Clear using filter paper.
Bottle the wine after another week.
Edgar
Choosing the Right Supplier for Your Event
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Experiential maybe the latest marketing buzzword, but behind every great experience lies a great supplier. They may not grab as many headlines as the agencies or brands organising the events, buy they are every bit as important to a successful outcome. Whether itâs lighting, sound, audio visual, construction, cleaning, waste management or catering companies, it pays to make sure youâve got the best suppliers behind you.
âWe have a specific roster of preferred suppliers that we use for events and this gives us a certain level of service that enables us to deliver high-quality events,â says Chris Richards, technical director at global events agency Jack Morton Worldwide. âWe know that the equipment supplied will be reliable, a very high standard and well maintained and in some cases state of the art. We generally select suppliers on suitability for a particular project as they have different skills and we try to accommodate these in the selection procedureâ
Despite this quest for value, unlike many industries, the criteria for
supplier selection in the world of live marketing is not simply judged by cost. Indeed, for Duncan Beale, managing director of Line Up, supplier selection comes down to one word: trust. âThis is the single most important factor,â he says. âSaving an extra few pounds can come back to haunt you on the day. You only get one shot at a live event â you canât go back and do it again. We deal with high-profile individuals and senior management who canât afford to be embarrassed by an event â weâre playing with other peopleâs reputations.â
Another issue that is becoming increasingly important is green credentials. âSustainable eventing is very high on our priority list,â explains Out of the Blueâs head of partnerships Colin Hampden. âIt is an important part of our business offering. It is not easy to produce sustainable events and often there are considerable time and cost implications. However, we look to our suppliers to adopt best possible practises and to constantly review and update
their production solutions.â
Jack Morton also carefully assesses its suppliersâ green credentials. âWe look at the type of materials they use, what kind of recycling processes they have and if they follow the three Râs principle of reduce, recycle, reuse, or follow any other recycling programmes,â says Richards. âThis does vary due to the service offered, of course, and the impact it has. For instance, does the sound company recycle its batteries rather than throw them away? We also look
at what measures suppliers have in place with respect to environmentally sustainable processes and the reduction of carbon emissions.â
Suppliers, too, have spotted a shift in client thinking. âI have noticed a change in the events briefs we have been getting over the past two years. They are becoming far more concerned about being environmentally friendly,â says Carly Mitchell, marketing director at event caterer Tapenade.
The company recently won the contract to provide the catering for a launch event to mark the start of a weeklong âsustainable exhibitionâ designed to highlight ways of making London greener. Hosted by Londonâs Mayor, Ken Livingstone, the event was held at the Truman Brewery in London. Tapenade had to take part in a competitive pitch for the business by showing how
environmentally friendly its catering would be.
âWe sourced local and organic ingredients,â says Mitchell, âbut as with any brief of this kind, there are always going to be compromises. While sourcing local ingredients cuts down the food miles, the client wanted Champagne and, of course, that has to come from France, so we tracked down an organic variety. But we also sourced all the wine from a producer in the South of
England.â
As one of the largest venue-finders in the UK, Zibrant is also finding that more clients are looking for ethical and responsible business partnerships, which the company warmly welcomes. âIn my experience environmental factors are the current âbuzzâ issue in the conference industry, which is really great,â says sales and marketing director Fay Sharpe. âItâs high time that business
took itâs environmental responsibilities seriously. I donât think that all clients use environmental responses from suppliers as key decision-making data, but this is changing and I am convinced that an environmentally conscious organisation will be more favourably viewed than one that isnât, all other considerations being equal.â
As is clear from the comments above, suppliers are increasingly going to be assessed for their green credentials, alongside the more traditional criteria. This means sustainability is a going to become a huge issue for them, particularly if and when the standard for sustainable events, BS8901, comes into force. So if they are not thinking about it already, suppliers need to get their green credentials in order as soon as possible if they are to weather the coming environmental storm.
Look out for a feature on how BS8901 will affect event suppliers in the New Year.
Craig
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Does having a glass of wine every day make you an alcoholic?
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And how would it affect your health in a long run? Also, would it make a difference if it was red wine or white?
an alcoholic ? if that’s all you indulge in, then no,,, it does make you a sensible person with good taste
consider the countries where wine is a staple at every meal except breakfast,,, those folks have no more health problems than anyone else
truth here,,, my cardiologist has told me several times to have a glass of wine with dinner if I choose to as the benefits with blood pressure more than out weigh any possible hurt to me
Unique Wedding Ceremony and Reception Venues
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Everyone wants a special wedding day. So why get married at a church like everyone else? Why lunch or dine at a banquet hall or restaurant like every other wedding? For those who want something contemporary to impress the guests, here are some venue location ideas that are tasteful.
Museums and Art Galleries
Many museums and art galleries host events. Some may have a special hall specifically for events and dinner receptions. Such venues are extremely classy and show good taste. Whatâs more, there is little need to decorate the venue as guests will be surrounded by priceless works of art and artifacts. Most museums and galleries have a sales person who looks after event bookings and more details can be had by contacting this person.
Performance Halls and Theaters
How about getting married on a great stage? The ceremony will be a performance like no other. Live music will sound excellent with the siteâs acoustics. Grace the stage that has been home to fabulous performances and wonderful performers. Depending on the city you are in, there can be a variety of theaters and halls to choose from with varying styles from old to modern. Pick something that reflects your style. The architecture provides for wonderful photos.
Golf and Country Clubs
You do not necessarily need to be a member to hold your wedding at golf and country clubs. The scenic backdrop is ideal for photography. Many country clubs host weddings and will have menus for your choice. Consider an outdoor ceremony. If weather calls for rain, things can easily be moved indoors. There is also the convenience of having both the ceremony and reception take place at the same site. Less travel, more time for fun.
Marinas and Yacht Clubs
Whatâs more romantic than overlooking the water at sunset during dinner?.
Boat Cruise Wedding
Take the water idea one step further and try a boat cruise. Set sail and have your ceremony on the upper deck. Then for dinner, go downstairs to the dining gallery of the ship. When it is time for dancing, move things back upstairs and dance under the night sky. This is the closest thing to a destination wedding without leaving the country.
Rooftop Patios
Some restaurants, night clubs, lounges, or special event venues will have a nice rooftop patio. You can have an outdoor ceremony without getting too close to nature if that is your preference. Then dine under the sky as the sun sets while the elevated height from the rooftop offers guests a wonderful view.
Mansions or Estates
Depending where you are located, there can be mansions and estates specifically for special events. In many cases, the upstairs rooms are reserved for the bridal party to use as the staging area to get ready. Instead of walking down the aisle, consider walking down the grand spiral staircase for a grand entrance.
Cottage Property
A large cottage property or cottage resort by the lake can be rented. Such a site is an escape from the busy world. Depending on the cottage, there can be many options on where to stage the ceremony. Each cottage is unique in style and some modern cottages rival mansions in size. Explore the many cottages available.
Vineyards
If you are lucky enough to live in a region with vineyards, there are vineyards that host events like weddings. The beautiful landscape and the wine making equipment all make for more interesting photos than the standard garden visit. No worries about running out of wine!
Bailey Parker Lee
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Can you simply make peach wine if you have a peach tree?
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I just found that i have a peach tree in my back yard, and i remember that peach wine tastes amazing when its nice and cold… is it possible to make it at home just from the peaches from the tree and things from the grocery store?
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