Brining the Turkey
To properly brine a turkey you need to start the night before you plan to cook. You will need at least 10 to 12 hours (plan on 1 hour …
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Timing on Thanksgiving Day
If you choose to stuff your turkey, stuff loosely. The stuffing should be moist, not dry, since heat destroys bacteria more rapidly in a moist environment. Place stuffed turkey in …
Timing on Thanksgiving Day Read MoreMilk and Melamine
The U.S. FDA is blocking the import of all milk products from China. Not just milk, but “milk-derived ingredients and finished food products containing milk from China due to the …
Milk and Melamine Read MoreSmelling Flavor
Unilever Food and Health Research Institute wants to put chemical odorants in your food, so you will perceive it as a healthy food option. Here’s the article.Their researchers picked commercially …
Smelling Flavor Read MoreSchedule troubles
I was teaching a group on the Path program a couple of nights ago. One of the participants, who is really doing well, nevertheless has a wicked schedule. She’s always …
Schedule troubles Read MoreGenetically Modified ANIMALS for Food
You’re never going to believe this (here’s the article). You know how genetic engineers can take recombinant DNA of one plant, and splice it into another, and give us GMO …
Genetically Modified ANIMALS for Food Read MoreDiet and Fat
We have to confront one of our must cherished notions about weight and health — regarding the dietary demon of fat. This article, published in the American Journal of Clinical …
Diet and Fat Read MoreDose-up the Children
Our culture of health seems to adopt a “give pills first, ask questions later” mentality. In other words, treat with a product (drugs), rather than with a process (behavioral therapy). …
Dose-up the Children Read MoreConcert Waif
I'm at the idina Menzel concert. The person selling the T-shirts for the warmup act is a waif. Nice girl, but a complete bird, with wrists like pencils. you just …
Concert Waif Read MoreFoods To Help Lower Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is not just about the sodium anymore. The factor you can increase … to decrease … your blood pressure, turns out to be foods with Potassium. Blood …
Foods To Help Lower Blood Pressure Read MoreRum-Glazed Sweet Potato Pudding
This is a jazzed up sweet potato dish. A fun and yummy complement to the holiday meal. You’ll Need: 1/3 cup sweet or dry sherry or Madeira 2/3 cup raisins …
Rum-Glazed Sweet Potato Pudding Read MoreFaking it
The Dow Chemical company wants to sell you a new fat blocker as a way to allow you to eat unhealthy foods. Forget that the last fat blocker on the …
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