Pickling

The Jungle defines and breeds the definition of the sheer, brutality, hard work and dedication just to only have enough to provide for your family. The states of the living and workplace in the stockyards and factors. The novel "The Jungle", is a mixture of a multitude of aspects such as history, socialism, and promulgation. In the year 1906 Upton Sinclair, composed a historic story to bring attention to the trial and tribulations individuals had to face just to survive. While reading this story…

Snacking can be a diet downfall for even the best healthy eaters. But it doesn't have to be that way. With a little knowledge, forethought and occasionally advanced preparation, you can reach for healthy snacks instead of those things that will undo much of your good behavior in short order. Here are some potential substitutions: Instead of Greasy Chips If you go for chips because of the crunch, you could try eating dry roasted nuts or rice cakes instead. They can still provide you with all the…

celery seed and last but not least, two tablespoons of mustard seeds. I move this bowl of ingredients to the end of the cupboard and wait to add it to the mix. Ding! Ding! Ding! Now that the three hours have passed and I am able to continue the pickling process, I need to strain any liquid from the cucumber, onion, green pepper and garlic mixture. I will then take the stainless steel bowl full of ingredients as well as the cucumber mixture and pour them into a large pot together on the stove…

Small Business - Pickled Green Beans. The small business I decided to research and would like to run is one that I have helped with. My neighbor has her own small business that is seasonal of pickling green beans. Every fall my neighbor will stock up on quart size canning jars, lids and rings. These supplies go on clearance every late fall. She is able to acquire more supplies for less money purchasing them this time of year even though she does not need them until the next summer. I would do…

In recent discussions of animals being killed in the fashion industry, a controversial issue has been whether it’s morally correct or not. On one hand, some argue that there are so many animals and we use them for meat so why not use them for fashion. On the other hand, however, others argue that animals should still have rights and killing them is an inhumane thing to do. In summary, the issue is whether to use animal skin in the fashion world to please the consumers. Americans spent…

Seward fungus: mushrooms among us Seward Alaska is a temperate rainforest, and since my return from the east coast I have noticed quite a few crazy looking mushrooms lurking in the moss. Most are very poisonous, but some are not. It’s safe to say that I am definitely not a mycologist, and am extremely under qualified to give any sort of advice to aspiring mushroom hunters; however I am authorized to say that Seward a prime fungus foraging area. Our average rainfall is about 75 inches a year,…

Smoked Sea Bass Fish Ingredients required: 1. Sea bass – 4-5 lbs, skin-on fillets 2. Water – 1 quarter 3. Salt – 1 cup 4. White granulated sugar – 1 cup 5. Paprika – as per taste Instructions to follow: 1. Dissolve salt and sugar in the brine over a low heat. 2. Let the mixture set to cool. 3. Take Sea Bass, remove fillets and rinse under running water properly. 4. After rinsing, let the fish rest in brine and kept in fridge for at least 6-10 hours. 5. Preheat the smoker and add the wood…

around 6-7 being highly susceptible to bacterial growth. The current accepted lowest pH any bacteria can grow at all at is 4. This knowledge is used to help preserve certain foods that would otherwise be susceptible to microorganisms. The concept of pickling is founded on lowering the pH of the substance being pickled through submerging it in vinegar or other acidic substances for an extended period of time. In cases where substance can’t be or aren’t desired to be pickled, they can be canned,…

Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker (Νικόλαος ὁ Θαυματουργός, Nikolaos ho Thaumaturgos). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, a practice celebrated on his feast day―St Nicholas Day (6 December Nicholas was born in Asia Minor (Greek Anatolia) in the Roman Empire, to a Greek Family, during the third century in the city of Patara (Lycia et Pamphylia)…

exclamations of “O I cannot understand what happened to them” accentuates the overwhelming despair and frustration felt both when giving birth to a lifeless child, as to write an unsuccessful and imperfect poem. Symbolic imagery of the lifeless children in “pickling fluid” affirmed by the repetition of “and smile” expresses the haunting of Plath’s own writing process and failures that can be kept but will never thrive. The metaphor of a stillborn pregnancy as a portrayal of the deterioration of…