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How Do You Salt Food the Right Way

Can you imagine food without salt? Salt gives your food its delicious taste. It reveals the truest flavor of the different ingredients that produce a good blend of taste.  When salt is added in the various stages of the cooking process, it intensifies the natural flavors and aromas of food making it quicker to combine with other ingredients. But be careful, while a pinch of salt is enough to enhance flavors, double it and you're making a mistake. Salt can either make or break a dish.  If you know how to salt food the right way can make it work magic from how your dishes smell to the way they taste.  ➖➖➖➖➖ How Do You Salt Food the Right Way?  Vegetables  Salt helps preserve the green color in cooked vegetables.  When boiling and blanching, salt the water first before cooking. To poach vegetables, add salt to the water and simmer for a few minutes. Steamed veggies   should be salted right after cooking, while r oa...
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Who First Used Herbs & Spices for Food?

Written records show Ancient Egypt, India, and China first used herbs to enhance flavor and keep food fresh. Historically, herbs and spices have been around millions of years ago as these flowering plants co-evolved with all the living things around. Ancient Egypt wrapped meat using the leaves of bush and discovered how the process has enhanced the flavor of the meat. Uncovering this, spices and herbs became an effective way in masking unpleasant tastes and odors of food, until eventually unearthing the wonderful zest and aroma of some herbs in improving the flavor of food. Over the years, people began to distinguish the herbs used as flavor enhancers from those used for medicinal purposes through their pleasant or agreeable odor.  Early on, ancient India have black pepper, turmeric, and cinnamon as among the spices used for culinary and health purposes. Turmeric and cardamom are spices indigenous to the region and have been cultivated in the gardens of Babylon as early as the 8th ...
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8 Gluten-Free Flour to Replace Gluten in Your Recipes

Gluten is a compound of proteins commonly found in wheat and other related grains that work as a binder in food. It is the reason for that "stretchy" effect that's so appetizing to look in your pizza dough. To cut it short, gluten is responsible for the chewiness of baked goods. You've probably spotted organic flours or that which says "gluten-free" while shopping for grocery items, but you may not have given attention. As it turns out, you should have been using this flour option not only as a great flour substitute but also for health reasons.  Choosing gluten-free flour doesn't mean staying away from your flour-filled goodies. Rather, it is a matter of figuring out what best replaces gluten in your recipes. This is ideal for people who are allergic to gluten. Alternative flours, also have high amounts of protein, vitamins, minerals, and fiber than white and wheat flours. This increases the food's nutritional value in the flour while adding new...
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