Timeless Household Wisdom

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drink, Home & Garden on February 6, 2009 at 2:56 pm

There’s a line in one of the Robocop movies, "Don’t forget what you already know," or something like that. I may be remembering that wrong BUT check out these very useful kitchen tips from the pages of history, as compiled by Tipnut. For example:

To keep cheese from getting hard, cut off enough for immediate use and spread the remaining portion with a thin film of butter or margarine. Put it in a cool place. This keeps out the air and prevents the cheese from drying out.

Sprinkle pantry shelves, window sills, and door sills with a mixture of red pepper and sage to rid them of ants.

A smooth shiny egg shell is a sign of old age. Fresh eggs have a chalky rough shell

To make peeling hard-cooked eggs easier, butter your thumbs.

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by JKirchartz.

 
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Women Smell Like Onions; Men Smell Like Cheese

Posted by Stacy in Everything Else, Food & Drink, Science & Tech on February 3, 2009 at 12:20 pm

And together, we smell like a quesadilla? OK, maybe not. But a company in Geneva that researches flavors and smells for the food and perfume industry did find that men and women smell like those respective foods when they sweat. Women release a compound containing sulphur that smells like onion when mixed with bacteria like that found in armpits, and men release high levels of a fatty acid that smells like cheese when mixed with the same bacteria.

Weird.

Link via Slashfood

 
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What is Cheese Without the Maggots?

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drink on January 22, 2009 at 4:55 pm


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Casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese with the singularity to be pre-digested by cheese flies’ maggots.

Wait! it gets better : "Casu marzu is considered toxic when the maggots in the cheese have died. Because of this, only cheese in which the maggots are still alive is eaten" (from Wikipedia)

This documentary in German brings us closer to this old and tasty tradition.

 
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Bacon Cheese Roll

Posted by Alex in Food & Drink on December 23, 2008 at 3:31 pm

This could very well be the most dangerous breakfast food you’ll ever want to try. Behold the Bacon Cheese Roll, made with a "weave" of
about a dozen bacon strips and cheese.

My arteries are clogging just looking at it!

Link – via The Worley Gig

 
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