Sri Lankans desperate for a tipple have been mixing everything from beets to pineapple with sugar, water and yeast, and leaving the cocktail to ferment
2020年5月14日 星期四
2020年3月21日 星期六
唐魯孫記憶菜色:
唐魯孫只想了想,就寫下:南通清湯魚翅、揚州獅子頭、江陰鳳凰包雞、南京冬筍炒菊花腦、無錫富貴雞和肉骨頭、太倉酥炒肉鬆、鎮江清蒸鰣魚、常熟醬雞醬排骨。
以上菜色僅九牛一毛,也只江蘇一省,二三線城市。今日還有無人記得,大成疑問。
到了那些地方,還是否吃得如此講究的地道菜?食材的清潔、廚工的藝術,是否還能與一百年前相比?
還有鹹點甜品:揚州蜂糖糕、淮城湯包、蘇州棗泥餅、常州菜餅。即江蘇半省,出名的點心也有 2、30 種。
當然還未算廣東飲茶的蝦餃燒賣,叉燒包鳳爪蘿蔔糕。
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2020年3月18日 星期三
Visualizing Taste: How Business Changed the Look of What You Eat, Ai Hisano
We take for granted the color of our food as natural—as natural as the sky is blue. But in Visualizing Taste: How Business Changed the Look of What You Eat, Ai Hisano exposes how corporations, the American government, and consumers shaped the colors of what we eat and even the colors of what we consider “natural,” “fresh,” and “wholesome.” Here she discusses some of the colors we have come to expect our food to be.
2020年2月5日 星期三
sachertorte 薩赫蛋糕
When sachertorte was invented, in 1832, chocolate cakes were much rarer than they are now. 1843 tells the story of how it became the subject of a seven-year legal battle
sachertorte 薩赫蛋糕
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Sachertorte (German pronunciation: [ˈzaxɐˌtɔʁtə] (
listen)) is a chocolate cake, or torte of Austrian origin,[1][2] invented by Franz Sacher[3] in 1832 for Prince Metternich in Vienna.[4] It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties.[5] December 5 is National Sachertorte Day in the United States.[6]
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History[edit]
Sachertorte was invented by Franz Sacher, who was a pastry chef chancellor Metternich. Sachertorte remains popular in Austria and worldwide.
Composition[edit]
The cake consists of a dense chocolate cake with a thin layer of apricot jam on top, coated in dark chocolate icing on the top and sides. It is traditionally served with unsweetened whipped cream.[7][8]
Variations[edit]
The "Original" Sacher Torte has two layers of apricot jam between the outer layer of chocolate icing and the sponge base, while Demel's "Eduard-Sacher-Torte" has only one. Demel's cake is denser and smoother.[citation needed]
Some of the various recipes for cakes similar to the "Original" are listed below. For example, at "Graz-Kulturhauptstadt 2003", a festival marking the city of Graz being declared cultural capital that year, "Sacher-Masoch-Torte" was presented (its name alluding to Leopold von Sacher-Masoch), using redcurrant jam and marzipan.[citation needed]
Production and sale of the "Original Sacher Torte"[edit]
Hotel Sacher's "Original Sacher Torte" is sold at the Vienna and Salzburg locations of the Hotel Sacher, at Cafe Sacher branches in Innsbruck and Graz, at the Sacher Shop in Bolzano, in the Duty Free area of Vienna airport, and via the Hotel Sacher's online shop.[citation needed]
The recipe of the Hotel Sacher's version of the cake is a closely guarded secret. Those privy to it claim that the secret to the Sacher Torte's desirability lies not in the ingredients of the cake itself, but rather those of the chocolate icing.[citation needed] According to widely available information,[citation needed] the icing consists of three special types of chocolate, which are produced exclusively by different manufacturers for this sole purpose. The hotel obtains these products from Lübeck in Germany and from Belgium.[citation needed]
The Hotel Sacher has gone to great lengths to distinguish the Original Sacher Torte from other variations. This includes four golden corners on the wooden box, the wood engraving of the Hotel Sacher Wien as well as “Das Original” and “Hotel Sacher Wien” in writing in the inside of the lid, and bordeaux red wrapping paper with a Biedermeier motif.[9]
Legal dispute with Demel's[edit]
In 1934, the Demel pastry shop started selling "Eduard Sacher-Torte", while the Sacher Hotel sold the "Original Sacher-Torte". The hotel's owners sued Demel for trademark infringement, and won in 1938. The lawsuit was appealed after the war, and the hotel was eventually given the exclusive right to call its version "the original".[10]
2020年1月8日 星期三
Food 'made from air' could compete with soya
"We will soon be able to feed the world without devouring it.”

BBC.COM
Food 'made from air' could compete with soya
2020年1月2日 星期四
25-30克的纖維攝入量:
如果你有意進行「低碳飲食」,這篇文章或許能給你更多發現。
......哪些食物含有更高纖維?
富含纖維的食物包括水果、蔬菜,其中一些使用全麥的穀類早餐、麵包和意粉,扁豆或鷹嘴豆等豆類,以及各種堅果和種子等等。
30克到底是多少?
奧克蘭科技大學(Auckland University of Technology)的營養學教授艾琳·拉什(Elaine Rush)舉出以下例子,說明如何能夠達到25-30克的纖維攝入量:
- 半杯燕麥片=9克纖維|兩塊維多麥(Weetabix)=3克纖維|一塊厚的棕色麵包=2克纖維|一杯煮熟的扁豆=4克纖維|一個連皮煮熟的土豆=2克纖維|半杯莙薘菜=1克纖維|一根胡蘿蔔=3克纖維|一個連皮的蘋果=4克纖維
不過,她表示:「在飲食中增加纖維的攝入並不容易。」

庫明斯教授對此表示同意。「這對人們來說是一個大改變,」他說,「這是有難度的。」
有沒有簡單快捷的竅門?
英國國民保健署(National Health Service)有一整個頁面在介紹這些方法。
當中包括:
- 土豆要連皮煮|麵包、意粉和米都選擇全麥的類別|選擇高纖維的穀物早餐,比如燕麥粥|在咖喱或者沙拉里加點鷹嘴豆、大豆或者扁豆|用堅果或者新鮮水果做甜品|每天至少吃五份水果或者蔬菜
纖維的好處有哪些?
在分析了185項研究和58次臨牀試驗之後,研究結果發表在了醫學期刊《刺絡針》(Lancet,另譯《柳葉刀》)上。
報告顯示,如果將1000人從低纖飲食(少於15克/日)轉向高纖飲食(25-29克),這一千人當中將會少13宗死亡和6次心臟病。
那還只是計算了這些研究進行期間的數據,即在跟蹤這些對象的十至二十年內。
研究還顯示,2型糖尿病和腸癌的風險也會減少,而體重、血壓和膽固醇也會更低。
而且,纖維吃得越多,健康就會越好。
纖維在身體裏的作用是什麼?
曾經有一種觀點認為,纖維根本沒有太大作用——即以為人體不能消化纖維,於是它只不過是在身體裏走一轉就直接排洩出來。
但事實上,纖維能令我們感覺吃飽了,也能影響脂肪在小腸裏的吸收——而在大腸裏,當你身體裏的腸菌「開飯」的時候,事情就更加奇妙了。
大腸裏存在著數以十億計的細菌,而纖維就是它們的「食物」。
腸道裏就好像是一個釀造廠,細菌在裏面將纖維分解,製造大量的化合物。當然,這個釀造廠裏的東西不像啤酒那麼香,但是卻作用重大。
其中的物質包括短鏈脂肪酸,它能被身體吸收,並在整個身體裏發揮作用。
「我們有這樣一個內臟,專為消化纖維而設,而很多人卻不經常使用它,」庫明斯教授說。
為什麼現在它應該引起注意?
纖維、全麥食品、水果和蔬菜有益健康,這本身並不應該令人感到驚訝。
但是,隨著所謂「低碳飲食」的流行,有人擔心或許人們會因此遠離纖維。
劍橋大學的妮塔·佛魯希教授(Prof Nita Forouhi)說:「我們需要嚴肅地看待這項研究。」
「這當中的發現是顯示,推崇低碳水化合物飲食的營養哲學雖然在社會當中越來越流行,但是它令人減少了攝入全麥纖維的機會,這當中所帶來的代價是值得考慮的。」
「研究結論顯示,纖維和全麥攝入對於長遠健康來說無疑是重要的。」
這項研究的目的是幫助世界衛生組織(WHO)制定官方指南,建議人們應該攝入多少纖維,以促進健康。有關指南預計將會在明年發佈。
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分析-BBC事實核查(BBC Reality Check)
要想提升你飲食當中的纖維攝入量,其中一種值得推薦的方式就是將白麵包換成棕麵包或者全麥。
下圖是英國此類產品在過去幾十年裏的銷量變化,數據來自1974年以來政府一系列關於家庭消費的調查。
從70年代中期到80年代中期,白麵包的消費下跌,而棕麵包和全麥麵包則是上升。
在那之後,白麵包的銷量繼續下跌,而棕麵包和全麥麵包在大多數時間也在下跌,只不過幅度小一些。
於是,看起來是對麵包的總體需求都在下跌,但是按比例算的話,高纖維的麵包所佔的消費比例是上升的。
全麥意大利面對銷售的衝擊並不如高纖麵包那麼大。《英國營養學雜誌》(British Journal of Nutrition)的調查發現,在人們攝入的全麥食品當中,意大利面所佔的比例不足1%。
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