Why Can’t We Drink Salt Water?
Your cells have a fairly low salt content. If you drink a significant amount of salt water, which has a lot of salt in it, your cells try to even out the salt level of your body. It is a natural process but unfortunately one that can kill you. Your cells have a limited amount [...]
How long does minced garlic keep in the refrigerator?
You could take a clove of garlic and mince it yourself; this type of minced garlic will not last very long. Garlic cloves will last for a few weeks in the refrigerator, but that’s because the outside layers will protect the inside layers from exposure to the air. Once the garlic is mined it’s all [...]
Where Do Peanuts Come From?
Peanuts are not actually nuts. They are legumes. The plant produces flowers above ground like most other flowering plants. However, after blooming and being pollinated the flower then turns downward and burrows into the ground where the seed pod and seeds develop. Peanuts do not grow within a tuber. Tubers are swollen roots. Potatoes are [...]
Is Coconut Milk a Safe Alternative to Dairy Milk?
An interesting question, one without a real answer. For one thing coconut milk is just called milk, it actually does not relate to dairy milk in any way. Coconut milk is white, just like dairy milk, but other than that nothing else is similar. Coconut milk is not the liquid inside of a coconut, but [...]
How Do They Get the Caramel into the Caramilk Bar?
There are many answers to this question, ideas of using frozen pieces or adding enzymes to hollowed out chocolate shells, these are all bogus, here’s the real method. They begin with a mold of a Caramilk bar which they place upside down, they pour some chocolate into it, enough to create a layer but still [...]
How is Beer Made?
Interestingly enough most beers are made out of the same few ingredients. The manner in which they are made dictates what the beer will taste like, from dark ales to light beers. Water, yeast, malt and hops are the main four ingredients, but rice, other cereals are also needed, even some fruits have been added [...]
Why Does Gin Make You Cry?
Gin in particular does not make people cry. To the best of my knowledge it does not contain chemicals that cause tear ducts to begin they’re dutiful work of lubricating the eyeball. Nor does drinking gin cause pain that would result in tears, at least not for most of us. Some people claim it makes [...]
What is White Vinegar Made From?
Most commercially available white vinegars are made from a 5% acetic acid solution, which is derived from grains, and mixed with water. It can also be manufactured by oxidizing a distilled alcohol. There are several other types of vinegars such as: Apple Cider Vinegar, Balsamic Vinegar, Beer Vinegar, Cane Vinegar, Coconut Vinegar, Date Vinegar, East Asian black [...]
How Come the Day After I Drink Red Wine My Stool is Dark Green?
Red wine will darken your stool, some more than others. It is nothing to be alarmed about, it’s just natural coloring. Most foods have color that get digested, while red wine, and green food coloring if you’re been out for St Patrick’s Day, have color in them that don’t get digested. The fact that yours [...]
What are the Most Acidic Beverages?
The most acidic beverages in general are fruit juices, but cola’s such as Coca-Cola are right up there too. The pH scale measures acidity, a pH level of 7 is neutral while 0 is the most acidic and 14 is a base, also dangerous. Water is right at the middle with a pH of 7 [...]
