Rice paper

determine if the brining meat reaction in the meat causes a richer flavor and keep it moist and if blanching method enhances the texture of rice noodles rather than plainly boiling them. My two questions for this experiment are “ Does brining the 16/20 shrimp before grilling it enhance the richness of the flavor and moisture ?” and “ Does blanching the rice noodle instead of plainly boiling enhance the texture of noodles?’ With the first question, I have learned that brining is a technique…

menu, which contained vast amounts of edible options. I chose to start with the basics and selected three appetizers, steamed beef dumplings, shrimp rolls, and crab ragoons. In addition, I decided to order sweet and sour chicken with steamed white rice as an entrée. The waiter took my order and proceeded towards the kitchen. Within 10 short minutes she returned with the hot steaming appetizers in hand. The appetizers were served on three separate plates accompanied by their own specific dipping…

The topic of Week nine is the foodways of Japanese-Americans, and how they differ from Japanese traditions. To learn more about this, we were assigned four readings. The first one, “Japan: Japanese Food”, by Ayako Yoshimura explains the diffusion of Japanese foodways into America. She starts by describing how Japanese people entered the United States, which occurred when the Edo seclusion policy was nullified, allowing people to migrate in order to find work. A large percentage flocked to…

Music and dance in Madagascar is more impromptu and it is not uncommon to see someone express themselves emotionally through song and dance, or for a group of villagers to get together and play. As this is more of a jam scenario there is more concern among the musicians about keeping rhythm than exploring linear chord progressions or melodic patterns (Koskoff). Finally, modern Malagasy music does incorporate the traditional instruments and techniques listed above. But a band composed of modern…

Basmati rice is long grained aromatic rice which is traditionally grown and cultivated in India and Pakistan. The aroma of basmati rice is typical and is due to the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1 pyrroline. Basmati rice contains about 0.99 ppm of this aromatic chemical compound naturally which is about 12 times more than the content of this compound in other non - basmati varieties of rice. There are several varieties of basmati rice that are produced in India as well as Pakistan. Cooking basmati…

are busy. There are many cereals that have good nutrients and proteins that give you a “boost” throughout the day. In addition to that, a healthy grain cereal can help cure digestive problems. Not all cereals are nutritious but many are. Brands like “Rice Chex” cereal is gluten free, sugar free and low calorie! That is always a good choice for a healthy…

In The Landlady, Roald Dahl, the author, used five unusually words that consist of, brisk, congenial, conjured, rapacious, and compulsion. Brisk has an origin of French and English. The meaning of brisk is the same as, active, fast, and/or energetic. In the story Roald had said “He walked briskly down the street,” so he was saying that Billy was walking quickly or fast down the street. The next word that he used was congenial, which means, pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or…

Among the most common grains include: corn, wheat, barley, rice, and oats (Brown, 2015). While shredded wheat, hot cereals, and oatmeal, contain no further ingredients, most breakfast cereals contain added ingredients such as sugar, sweeteners, vitamins, coloring agents, and minerals. Types of breakfast sweeteners…

Florida referred to as Geechee. The word “Gullah” is short for the “Gola” people of Angola, and “Geechie” refers to the “Gidzi” people of Sierra Leone. The Gullah/Geechees ' are comprised of many ethnic groups, in Africa that included those from the Rice Coast - the Wolof, Mandinka, Fula, Kissi, Baga, Mende, and Limba; and those from the Gold Coast - Angola, Calabar, and Congo. The influx of these specific tribal groups on the southeastern seaboard and Sea Island plantations and their linkage…

Competition in India for the cereal market comes mainly from Kellogg’s. They were the first major brand who introduced cereal to India and have several established product lines there including Kellogg’s Special K, Kellogg’s Chocos, and Kellogg’s Muesli. They currently hold control of the market. There are also other brands in India in the cereal market which include Gaia, Saffolalife, and Bagrrys. While Kellogg’s is the main competition in terms of known US/Canadian brands, the other 3 were…