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Dehydrating Frozen Vegetables
Whether you are just getting started or a pro at dehydrating
foods, one of the easiest things to dehydate is frozen
vegetables. It's always preferable to have home grown
or fresh organic vegetables, but sometimes you just need
something different, or maybe you are building a pantry and
need a head start. Check the frozen vegetable aisle of
your local grocery stores and see what you can find that
will add to your well stocked pantry.
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BPA Can Lining - the "New" Version
You've heard of BPA lining in cans - and know it's a bad
thing. But what's the big deal? Bisphenol A
(BPA) is a chemical used primarily in the production of
polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins (i.e can
lining).
Because BPA is used to line food and beverage cans, such
containers are considered a major source of human exposure
to the chemical. One study found that just five days of
eating canned soup led to a 1,000 percent increase in BPA
levels in urine, compared with eating soup made from fresh
ingredients.
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Drink Your Vitamin C
Lemon (or lime) juice flavonoids have well known antiobiotic
benefits. They have antibacterial and antiviral
properties, lots of Vitamin C which helps your body make
white blood cells and some magnesium and potassium so your
body can use all the vitamin C efficiently.
When researching the nutrients in lemons/limes, I found that
every lab had different amounts for all the nutrients -
which obviously depended on the exact size of the fruit they
used - but a side by side comparison is:
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Covid19 vs Past Years
In the 2017-18 flu season, over 80,000 people died from flu
and it's complications, with over 900,000 hospitalizations
related to the flu. (source) -- remember this is 2 years
ago - before Covid19. As of May 11, 2020 deaths in the
US from Covid19 are at 80,653 - but even that number is
suspect due to the fact that doctors were told to assign Covid19 as the reason for death
in cases that the doctors did not feel were Covid
related. The same is strongly true in Italy where ANY
death in a facility that had at least 1 patient with Covid
was deemed to be a Covid related death. This
should give you 'cause to pause' and think.
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Sunshine or Antibiotics?
The DHS - Department of Homeland Security - has been working
15 hours a day, seven days a week since the onset of Covid19
to discover the secret to preventing/curing Covid19.
They needed to know how long it lasts on surfaces - and
under what conditions - how long does it linger in the air -
how can we best kill the virus? They have worked
diligently and tirelessly . . .. and what did they discover
caused the virus to die the quickest ? Sunlight - outside - fresh air - humidity.
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Granny's Fruit Compote
It really doesn't get any quicker or easier than this
recipe.
Adjust the quantities for how large a bowl of fruit you
want.
Will keep in the refrigerator for at least a week.
Ingredients
A glass or ceramic bowl is best, stainless will work in
pinch.
Fill the bowl half way with as many types and quantities of
dried fruits as you would like.
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Canning and Dehydrating Avoiding Commercial Additives .
. . and Mold
Why take the time to can or dehydrate your own food? I
mean really - it's time consuming - and going for a hike by
the lake just sounds so much more inviting.
One reason for preserving your own food is to avoid a food
or food group that you are sensitive to. Another big
reason is to avoid those pesky additives that the FDA has
deemed 'allowable' - even in 'organic' foods - things like
citric acid and distilled vinegar. Natural ferment
vinegars are safe - in fact very good for you - but regular
white, wine, rice, etc. vinegar, not so much.
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Comparison of Canning Seals
In the early phases of the Covid19 lockdown experience, I
realized I would have extra time and thought I would can
some dried beans - always nice to have on hand. I had
been thinking about changing brands of canning seals for
some time and since I was down to only a few boxes of
regular size seals, thought this would be a great time to
order some from Lehmans. They have been around forever
and I knew they carried the seals in bulk packaging at a
better price than the local stores around town with the
Kerr/Ball brands in the small boxes.
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Cell Phone Tracking Apps for Covid19
In a rare joint effort, Google and Apple are teaming up
to implement a contact-tracking app to their phone
systems - while at least theoretically - protecting our
privacy. The apps will use the bluetooth-based technology
and will work across both the iOS and Android phones.
Rollout of this new feature (Phase 1) is estimated for
mid-May. The basics are that when you are within 30 feet of
another human (with a cell phone) and you spend more than a
few minutes in that proximity, each phone will exchange with
the other phone a unique identifier number. The identifier
number will be stored for 2 weeks.
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Salt - for Health, Table and Canning
Depending on what article you are reading (and who funded
the article) you can be convinced that salt is very bad for
your health -- or very good for your health. If you
are confused, you're not alone - science has been debating
the risks vs benefits of salt intake on human health for
decades. One of the challenges of all the research is
that most of the research is based on regular table salt
NaCl which is 97% Sodium Chloride and which is over
processed and devoid of any of the trace minerals that might
have originally been available -- not to mention the
additives like anti-caking agents and the like.
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In the Beginning - First Blog -
Why Do This?
There has to a "first" for everything - a bigger question
might be "Why?"
I'm retired - I should be going for walks with my dogs and
having lunch with my friends. I tried that for a
while, but I don't do the "retired" thing very well -
actually I don't do it well at all. I need to be
constructive - a part of the world - do what I can to make
the world better. For me, a life motto has always been
the words of Henry David Thoreau . . . on Pursuing Life .
. in a letter to H.G.O. Blake, March 27, 1848:
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