Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Jiggly with Agar- agar


Agar-agar, a vegetarian gelatin a various species of alga or seaweed. 'Agar' is word come from Malay word 'agar-agar' meaning jelly. Had a craving for something cool, soft and jiggly, that's when we decided to test out the few brands instant jelly available in market. Only managed to find some different types on the shelf powder or China glass (dry ocean vegetable), I found out that these jellies don't set too well in plastic moulds with grooved designs, they tend to break when unmoulded.

This is a loll to prepare and it doesn't even need refrigeration to set, although the jelly crystals take a little longer than the rest to dissolve. Just stir contents in hot water and pour into moulds and watch it set as it cools. But, I prefer jellies to be served chilled so I popped it into the fridge and it tasted lovely.

Also very easy to prepare and sets well too. Flavour is pleasant with a soft as silk texture. Good eaten on its own, made into a trifle or any other dessert that strikes your fancy.

you're probably heard or seen it on TV show and movies, Jell-O has been around for yonks. It's just as easy to make as the rest, stir and pour to set. the texture has more bite to it and the flavouring, I found to be quite strong. And it tends to dissolve faster than the other brand when left at room temperature. Other than, it is pretty good.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Agar-agar to assist health

Do not think of fiber is trivial. Fiber is actually needed by the body to facilitate digestion. Digestive problems not only make your body feel uncomfortable, can cause various diseases. One of colon cancer.

To maintain digestive health, we need at least 20-30 grams of fiber. Fiber can be obtained from vegetables and fruits, wheat and jelly(agar-agar). Why jelly is said to have good fiber content? This is because jelly made of seaweed.

Fiber function in order-to not only launch the digestion, but also help reduce the rate of sugar, cholesterol, fiber and neutralize stomach acid. To you who are dieting as well and want to control food intake, eat jelly for fiber found in so-fast to be able to make us feel full.

Taking into jelly every day is not boring as jelly can be treated with a variety of variations. The important thing is how very easily treated.

Monday, July 26, 2010

How far as the truth about Margarine?


Margarine was originally produced material for fattening turkey. When they cause death to animals involved, the invest their money in the study wanted their money back and beat one's brains to find ways of what he wanted done with the goods to recover their investments.

It is a white compound that is not so tasty they added the yellow coloring and sold to the public in lieu of butter. Like it? They and their cunning has produced margarine with a variety of new flavors.

YOU KNOW .... the difference between margarine and butter?
Read until the end of the course you are interested! Both have the same amount of calories. Slightly higher butter fat content t at 8 grams compared to 5 grams of the margarine. Consumption of margarines can increase heart disease in women by 53% compared to eat the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study. Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits than margarine because it is a value-added food!

More delicious than butter and margarine can increase the taste of food other. Butter has existed for centuries where as margarine produced less than 100 years.
And now we are talking about margarines. It is a very high acid content Trans fat. Increase the risk of coronary heart disease by three times. It increases total cholesterol and LDL (cholesterol dangerous) and lower HDL (good cholesterol). Margarine increased the risk of cancer by five times. It reduces the amount of breast milk. It also lowers immune response and the effectiveness of insulin natural body.

And this is the most disturbing facts. THIS IS PART OF VERY INTERESTING!
Margarine is one molecule to a lack of PLASTIC. Perhaps this fact alone is enough to make a person avoid eating margarine for life and each of goods through the process of hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of materials).

You can try to do this experiment:
Buy a bowl of margarine and leave them in the garage or place shade ..

In two days you will find two of the following:

1-no flies that are interested, not even fruit flies will approach (it should tell something to you)

2- it will not rot or smell changes as it has no value
nutrition, will not have anything growing on it. Even a single microorganism will not reproduce it. Why? Because it is very close to plastic.

Would you melt Tupperware and apply it to the bread you?

This is just a info only. As far as the truth i do not know .....

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Legendary Of Pizza




Original pizza comes from Italy that it is very tasty, can be found in pizza restaurant where every dish size diameter of about 30cm or more, but was pulled adunanya thin. One of the secrets of Italian pizza taste is baked in the oven using a traditional coal fire. This is because if the electric oven baked with a thin pizza like dough will be hard.

Pizza has been known by people in ancient times is certainly a different shape with the modern pizza. Food comes from poor food made with simple materials and tools available such as flour, oil, salt and yeast.

Pizza that we know today, became known around the year 1600 which at that time, pizza is no tomato sauce on top. Then, in the 1800s, pizza with tomato sauce brought by Italian immigrants who often come from Napoli to New York, United States. At that time also, in Naples, Italy appear a 'Historical Marriage' in which the pizza is sprinkled mozzarella. A pizza maker, Raffaele Esposito and his wife prepare a pizza to be presented to Queen Margherita Savoia, wife of Kaiser Italian Umberto 1. At the request of a noble, a pizza the Italian flag represent: Red of tomato sauce, white mozzarella and green of the basil leaves.

As queen, she's like a mild taste of this pizza, the pizza was named Pizza Margherita.

Pizza is the most famous Italian food after the spaghetti. Ostensibly, pizza is a legend that spread from mouth to mouth and made legendary generations.

Another is the statement that called pizza Margherita pizza. The name is taken in conjunction with the name of Queen Margherita of Italy. Now pizza is a favorite food of almost the whole world.