The poem, 鈥淢y country鈥�, by Dorothea MacKellar, is recited by every preschooler in Australia. One line is of particular relevance:聽
鈥淎 land of droughts and flooding rains鈥�.聽
Let鈥檚 start at the very beginning. As pure water is cooled to 0oC, it begins to form ice. This simply means that the H2O molecules which were randomly scurrying about in the liquid state now assume...
Salt was the first seasoning used by our ancestors. They got it by evaporating seawater, or by mining it. The origin of salt deposits in the ground can also be traced back to oceans which no longer...
Kosher salt should really be called 鈥渒oshering salt鈥� because it is used to draw blood out of meat based on the biblical reference that consuming blood should be avoided. It is not blessed by a...
Time Magazine, usually a reliable source of information, got this story wrong. 鈥淭he U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned that products labeled 鈥�100% Parmesan鈥� might actually contain cheese...
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