Freeze drying

Maple syrup have a very small window of opportunity to tap the trees and extract the sap. There is an approximate 8 week gap between late winter and early spring when temperatures freeze at night and thaw during the day. It is believed that the window of opportunity has decreased five days in the last 50 years. Because of the earlier spring, the sap in the maple tree thins out more than usual. Because of this farmers have to tap and…

significantly decreasing your desire for sweets. It is safe for diabetics and hypoglycemic and has been used with great success in weight loss programs. HOW TO GROW STEVIA AT HOME Stevia is a tender perennial that loves the warm sun and dies back in a freeze. However, in zones 9 and warmer, the roots usually survive the winter and will come back in the spring. It can overwinter in zone 8, too, with protection. If you garden in containers, give your stevia plant at least a 12-inch pot with a…

water molecules. Scientist had discovered that those crystals originate because some dust particle, helped with the wind, goes to clouds and then water surround it. Because high in the atmosphere the temperatures are so low, those water molecules freeze giving a structure called ice crystals. Now we know that precipitation from the sky are much more that simple dust and water. They contain living organisms like bacteria. This mixture of different inorganic compounds and living beings is called…

Butcher Knife Creek Rushing water passes by as the aspen tree leaves drift this way and that. One lonely leaf rides the tiny rapids catching on a rock and drying in the morning sun. Many unfound observations lie underneath my eyes in the place I go to when I’m feeling lost and just need a break from the times when life gets in the way. Families and dog walkers are everywhere, but I am hidden behind a tree with roots as big as skyscrapers. It is my enchanted wonderland that no one can take away.…

The Incas were one of the first groups in the Andes mountains, of South America. Over several thousand years, the people before the Incas learned how to grow crops in the high altitudes. The Incas and the people before the Incas created beautiful objects out of a silver, and gold, and they also constructed massive buildings out of stones. The Incas was the last greatest Andean civilizations. Cuzco Valley was were the Incas were homed. Cuzco Valley, situated at 10,000 ft above sea level, which…

Because they can be prepared and served in so many ways, it is no wonder this root vegetable is included in so many meals that we eat. Mashed for Thanksgiving, cut and deep-fried alongside your favorite burger, boiled along with other vegetables and seafood, roasted with fresh herbs, or even baked, hot and fluffy and oozing with butter, the potato is delicious just about any way you prepare it. Although often taken for granted, there is no denying that the potato is a mainstay in cuisines…

perishable foods such as meats, fish, fruits, and vegetables can be extended by several days by cooling, and by several weeks or months by freezing. For example, fruits and vegetables continue to respire and generate heat during storage; most foods freeze over a range of temperatures instead of a single temperature; the quality of frozen foods is greatly affected by the rate of freezing; the velocity of refrigerated air affects the rate of moisture loss from the products addition to the rate of…

me to need it even more, since Icees were my favorite. My first drink was very cold and it crackled as it went down my throat. The way it rushed against my mouth made me addicted to it, but I couldn't hog it down or I would get an unpleasant brain freeze. I could tell there was more banana than strawberry and I was okay with that since it still tasted refreshing and…

in 1776 by Edward Jenner and from there was safely improved through the addition of glycerol as a preservative.[7] The overall effectiveness of the vaccine should have been incentive enough to inoculate entire nations but without the advent of freeze-drying technology, the vaccines were not able to be transported long distances and thus had to be administered in research organization in large rural cities. Impoverished individuals who were incapable of traveling long distances were unable to get…

Life and death seem so different, so distinct; only, after what happened tonight, I can’t tell the difference anymore. Keflavík, Iceland is my safe haven, my home. It is where my great grandfather learned how to herd sheep, where my mother fell in love with my father, where I was born. Every day of Winter, after the sun has set, I slip out into the silence of the night to sit alongside my Secret Lake. It is my way to escape reality, to just be. The water is frozen, the ice glistening in the soft…