Terminology walker = a four-legged device to assist a user with walking which has wheels only on the front two legs (and traditionally has tennis balls on the back two feet). Body weight is transferred to the walker through the user’s arms; the user holds onto to either end of the rail which wraps horizontally…
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Ethiopian Recipes
(Refer to the Nutriate Ethiopian Recipes page for Injera, Ata Kilt, and Niter Kibbeh recipes.) Kik Alicha (Spiced Yellow Peas) 1 cup dried split yellow peas (green work in a pinch, but yellow are better) 3 cup filtered water, plus more as needed 1 T olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, finely minced 2 cloves…
Spices
Grains of Paradise mixed with Love in a Mist (Nigella seed)? Background graveolens: Meaning: Heavy scented, unpleasant smell; Pronunciation: grav-ee-OH-lens Ethiopian Berbere = spice mix that includes korarima, allspice, garlic, ginger, rue, and chili. Korarima (or korerima or kewrerima) = Aframomum corrorima or Ethiopian cardamom. In the ginger family. ‘False cardamom’ or cardamom powder. Spice…
Heavy Metals
Heavy metals persist in the environment and in the human body (stored in fat tissues) and are tied to a number of nervous disorders. Lead A study discussed in the 2012 September 21 Living on Earth connected children’s exposure to lead and mercury to ADHD. Adolescents with elevated blood levels of lead were 4 to…
Diarrhea
From the 2012 September 19 Savage Love column: “Semen contains prostaglandins — “a group of lipid compounds that are derived enzymatically from fatty acids and have important functions in the animal body,” says Wiki — and some people experience explosive diarrhea shortly after ingesting the prostaglandins in semen.”
Recipe Notes
MLK Cafe in Oakland makes a gluten-free pizza crust with teff flour. Per article in the 2012 September 17 print edition of the Christian Science Monitor, selected locations of McDonald’s in India will go vegetarian with menu items such as the McAloo Tikki burger (a type of mashed potato sandwich), McCurry, and Pizza McPuff (a…
Thermochromic Dye
FoodEngineering September 2012. – page 22 Coors, Mountain Dew, and Hiball (energy drink manufacturer based in San Francisco) are using thermochromic dyes on their can labels. The dye changes color when the can temperature drops below 45 degrees F. The Coors and Hiball dye goes from clear to blue, and the Mountain Dew dye goes…
Coffee-infused cereals
Food Business News | New coffee-infused cereals debut in Hawaii. – 2012 Sept 13 Do we really need a breakfast cereal that provides 25% the caffeine of a cup of coffee? Is this cereal exclusively targeted at adults?
Pet Expenditures
From a summary of the 2012 US Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook at the August 2012 convention of the AVMA (American Veterinary Association) in a 2012 September 6 article in PetfoodIndustry.com: “This survey of nearly 50,000 US households found that US pet ownership decreased by 2.4 percent from 2006-11, while pet spending increased. The average expenditure…
AVMA approves policy discouraging raw petfood diets
AVMA approves policy discouraging raw petfood diets. – 2012 September 6 PetfoodIndustry.com I feel that if the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) were truly concerned over the potential hazards associated with the consumption of raw food by companion animals then they would emphasize keeping animals from unintended prey feeding. For example, cats allowed to catch…