Archive for January, 2010

How is whole grain corn identified in ingredient listings?

In foods that contain corn, labels sometimes list "corn", "whole corn", "enriched corn meal", "stone ground corn", "corn flour", or "corn treated with lime".
Which of these are whole grain and which are not?
I’m pretty sure that the lime in "corn treated with lime" is the mineral (clacium hydroxide) not the fruit.
Whole "grain" in referring to [...]

How do nut growers remove nuts from their shells?

By hand, nut shells — especially those of walnuts, brazil nuts etc — are tricky to crack open. How to farms crack nut shells on a large scale?
Most are done by machine which are manually operated for whole nuts.
It has just occured to me that more and more often that nuts we now get are [...]

How to train a horse to stop chasing cattle?

I have recently bought a 3 year old Paint Mare that continues to chase our young cattle. We have never had any horses do this over and over like she continues to do. Does anyone have any ideas on what we can do?
I would suggest moving her and keeping her seperated from the [...]

What is the purpose of a U-shaped glass rod in the Petri dish when doing a mold cultivation?

This is apart of the slide culture technique. Thanks for the help!
It spreads the mold across the entire surface of the plate.

How is life in the city different from rural areas?

Many Polish people left farms to move to cities like Warsaw in order to earn a better living. How was life in a city different from life in rural are? Help me out here if I don’t have an answer I will have silent lunch for a month. Please please help me out.
A greater abundance [...]

What horse breed is best for first time horse owners?

I have been working with horses for a few years and now I really want one of my own. I know all of the work and expenses that are included. I have been researching Friesians, I know expensive right, but I believe they are worth the money. Please any Friesian owners out [...]

What exactly is an international bank check?

I need to pay the fees of an application for visa to Australia, I am being asked to send an "international bank check" and they also say they do not accept personal checks. I am currently in South America, the check must be issued by a bank with representation in the USA and I have [...]

What’s the difference between Wheat bran and wheat germ, and can I substitute one for the other?

Baking muffins and the recipe calls for wheat bran, however after searching 3 stores the closest I could find was wheat germ. Can I sub the germ for the bran, and if so, at what ratio? Thanks in advance
They are not interchangable. The bran is probably being used to add bulk [...]

How do you make seven grain salad?

Description of the salad: I think it has curry lemon vinaigrette in it. I can see lentils, barley, couscous, long-grain rice, and yellow beans, but I don’t know what the other 2 grains are called. It’s a bit sour and spicy. I can see white and green onion in it. [...]

Is it really government subsidies to corn growers and a tariff on sugar that causes Ethanol to be nonviable in?

the United States?
http://mises.org/daily/3934
Could you also argue that it is the reason Americans are fat if you take personal responsibility out of the equation?
Ethanol is the reason food prices are out of control, and it is inefficient according to the article!! Yes our choices have been the causes of the effects we now have. I [...]