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I was told, as a kid, to make sure no eggshell gets into food because eggshell is bad for you. Is it, really?
Apparently, eggshell isn’t bad for you, according to sources I’ve consulted. Eggshell in food is unattractive, yes, but not inherently poisonous.
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Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.Back in my October 11 post I mention research that suggests tomato leaves are edible, at least in small to moderate amounts.
Well, I ate a large tomato leaf yesterday straight from the garden. It was bitter, scratchy, and tingly on the tongue – I wondered if I’d made a mistake.
I never felt any ill effects, however.
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.Bagel and cream cheese is a classic, of course. Yet, nutella® is definitely part of our culture now. What about a comparison between them? The cream cheese I’m using for reference is a common dairy brand.
No doubt, other varieties of cream cheese, with different fat content, are available. For the comparison, I’m using the one I always buy.
Interesting, eh?
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.As a kid, I was told tomato leaves are poisonous. Yet, are they?
I’ve found three sources, this morning, that mention tomato leaves being consumed. One tells of using them in tomato sauce, while another considers them a garden green. Perhaps, in small-to-moderate doses, tomato leaves might be safe to eat, for most people.
Apparently, tomato leaves do contain compounds that are toxic in large doses: eating a lot of them at once might lead to toxic overload.
I plan to experiment by eating a few tomato leaves from the garden. I’ll let you know what happens, if I don’t die:)
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Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.As a kid I ate dishes prepared from rhubarb stalks – strawberry-rhubarb pie, for instance, as well as stewed rhubarb. Nowadays I seldom eat rhubarb, and never buy it. However, my wife brought some home last week: what to do?
Rhubarb leaves are poisonous. I’ve also heard people say you need to peel the stalks.
At first I set out to discover if peeling the stalks is necessary. Apparently, it isn’t, so I didn’t. My wife and I have both eaten helpings of what I made, with no effects. Therefore, from my own experience, the rhubarb stalk needn’t be peeled.
I found this this recipe for rhubarb upside-down cake, and made it. My wife loves it; I find it delivers everything you might hope from an easy rhubarb dessert.
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Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.Two sources indicate that wax paper can be used for baking, but only under the following two conditions:
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Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
A typical banana has around 100 calories, with 2.6g of fibre.
Suggested fibre intake might be 14g per 1000 calories, or 1.4g per 100 calories. The banana offers nearly twice that amount of fibre: I’d call it a good source fibre.
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Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
When I type fibre, the screen cautions me I might have it wrong. Really?
Merriam-Webster: British of fiber
Oxford Canadian: dietary fibre
Oxford Canadian doesn’t list fiber. Merriam-Webster does: from their point of view, one of its meanings is dietary fibre.
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Mish, Frederick C. (ed). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.
Barber, Katherine et al. Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
Talking about raisins produced in California, dark raisins and golden ones commonly begin as green grapes (typically, Thompson Seedless).
If the grapes are dried in the sun, they brown – hence, dark raisins.
If the grapes are dehydrated out of the sun, in managed humidity, golden raisins can result.
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Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.