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FOOD HISTORY: The Origin of Blueberries
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Food History is a resource for anybody interested in food history. Articles exploring various issues of food history will be featured regularly. Learning food history means that cultural study which involves multidisciplinary approaches from economics, sociology and demography, and even literature. Friday, June 03, 2011. The Origin of Blueberries. This berry has several names – whortleberry, bilberry, hurtleberry and cousins – saskatoons and huckleberry. Indian have gathered the fruit for centuries an st...
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FOOD HISTORY: History of Falafel
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Food History is a resource for anybody interested in food history. Articles exploring various issues of food history will be featured regularly. Learning food history means that cultural study which involves multidisciplinary approaches from economics, sociology and demography, and even literature. Monday, March 10, 2014. Falafel is an ancient dish that has been popular in Egypt and now the rest of the Middle East. Beginning in the 1950s, Yemenite immigrants in Israel took up making falafel to earn a liv...
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FOOD HISTORY: History of Appetizers and Hors d’oeuvre
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Food History is a resource for anybody interested in food history. Articles exploring various issues of food history will be featured regularly. Learning food history means that cultural study which involves multidisciplinary approaches from economics, sociology and demography, and even literature. Wednesday, April 14, 2010. History of Appetizers and Hors d’oeuvre. History of Appetizers and Hors d’oeuvre. Wealthy Frenchmen picked at hors d’oeuvre throughout fancy meals from the late seventeenth thr...
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FOOD HISTORY: History of High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Food History is a resource for anybody interested in food history. Articles exploring various issues of food history will be featured regularly. Learning food history means that cultural study which involves multidisciplinary approaches from economics, sociology and demography, and even literature. Monday, April 18, 2011. History of High Fructose Corn Syrup. In 1744, German chemist found that the sugar isolated from sugar beets was identical to the sugar from sugar cane. The first corn syrup in the Unite...
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Meningitis
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Infectious diseases are responsible for a quarter of all human deaths. Human infectious diseases are caused by a wide variety of organisms. Infectious disease can be defined as any of the many diseases or illness caused by bacteria or viruses that can be transmitted from person to person, from animal to animal, or from organism to organism by directs or indirect contact. Friday, June 15, 2012. Attacks on the nervous system from bacteria and viruses can cause permanent central nervous system damage or dea...
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Malaria in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Infectious diseases are responsible for a quarter of all human deaths. Human infectious diseases are caused by a wide variety of organisms. Infectious disease can be defined as any of the many diseases or illness caused by bacteria or viruses that can be transmitted from person to person, from animal to animal, or from organism to organism by directs or indirect contact. Wednesday, March 04, 2009. Malaria in Ancient Greece and Rome. Malaria in Ancient Greece and Rome. Three emperors, Hadrian, Vespasian a...
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World of Fruit: Lemon fruit (Citrus limon Linnaeus)
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Lemon fruit (Citrus limon Linnaeus). Lemon is an evergreen citrus tree native to Asia. The fruit is less knobbed at the extremities, is rather longer and more irregular and the skin is thinner than in the citron (citrus medica Linnaeus). The origin of lemon has been a mystery, although there exists some indication that it is a native of southeastern China, where it was known and cultivated before the Sung dynasty. Fruit pulp is an excellent source of vitamin. Commercially, lemo...
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World of Fruit: Tamarind fruit
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Monday, June 18, 2012. Botanically name Tamarindus indica L. It is a subtropical, multipurpose fruit tree. The name tamarind is derived from the Arabic tamar-u’l-Hind because of the resemble of the fruit pulp to dried dates. Mature fruits should have a brown shell, while immature pods have a green skin. The fruit is a pod containing a sticky brown to reddish-brown pulp which tastes both sweet and sour and contains the richest natural source of tartaric acid. English Guava in herbal medicine. This is a sh...
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World of Fruit: Vitamin content in mangosteen
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Vitamin content in mangosteen. Mangosteen is a low growing tropical evergreen tree that grows anywhere from 20 to 80 feet tall. The fruit contains 79% water 0.5% protein, 20% carbohydrates, 0.63 % acidity, 0.3% fiber, 11 mg% calcium, 17 mg% phosphorus, 0.09 mg% vitamin B, 0.06mg% vitamin B2, 0.1 mg % vitamin B5, 66 mg% vitamin C. The fruit is a good a source of vitamin C and can supply nearly 12% of the daily requirements per 100 g. Vitamin content in mangosteen. The grapefruit, o...
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World of Fruit: The cherimoya Fruit
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Monday, December 2, 2013. The cherimoya (Annona cherimola) an aggregate fruit belong0gn to the Annonaceae family, is native to the subtropical region of South America. In most area, it is grown as a backyard tree or as part of a subsistence farming system as appropriate elevations. Universally regarded as a premium fruit, the cherimoya has been called the ‘pearl of the Andes’ and the ‘queen of subtropical fruits’. English Guava in herbal medicine. Different types of grapefruits. The grapefruit, one of th...