Cooking For Engineers - Step by Step Recipes and Food for the Analytically Minded Cooks.com - Recipe Search and More Foods for Joint Health The joints of your hands, hips, knees, shoulders, elbows and back are used in everyday movement and degenerative disease can produce pain in these areas. When the cartilage in joints begins to break down, you may experience symptoms of pain and tenderness of the affected joint as well as difficulty with stiffness and decreased mobility. While the cartilage in joints breaks down over time, certain foods may improve joint health. Water is needed for every body function and constitutes more than 60 percent of an adult body, according to the University of Michigan Integrative Medicine. As discussed by the National Institutes of Health, glucosamine is a substance that is naturally found in the cells of joint cartilage. Omega-3 fatty acids are fatty acids that are critical for health but must be obtained from food, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Sous Vide Cooking Although cooking in a water bath has been a technique that’s been around since medieval times, it wasn’t until the 1970’s that sous vide, a method of cooking food under vacuum in precisely temperature-controlled water baths, was invented in France. It would not be adopted in the US until 2000, when Daniel Boulud learned this fascinating technique from French chef Gerard Bertholon. With the recent popularity of food shows and celebrity chefs, this method has taken the cooking world by a storm. Despite its popularity in restaurants, it has not really caught on at home. "Sous vide" literally means "under vacuum" in French. Sous vide cooking has a lot of interesting benefits. Finally, sous vide cooking, in many instances, allows you to reduce significantly the amount of cooking liquid you use. You can rig your own sous-vide system with a magic cooker, beer cooler, or a cast iron pot. My general thoughts? Scallops come out great via sous vide, and salmon is delicious as well. Sous Vide Posts
The Best Foods to Eat for Bone & Joint Health Bones and joints are responsible for keeping the human body strong and moving, but they can deteriorate over time and with heavy physical activity. Whether you are growing, aging or regularly active, it is essential to maintain your bone and joint health in order to stay fit and prevent the onset of degenerative conditions such as osteoporosis. Eating foods rich in calcium, vitamin D, vitamin C and selenium will help keep your bones and joints healthy. Calcium is important because of its role in building and maintaining strong bones, thereby promoting healthy joint function, and milk is one of the best sources of calcium available. One cup of milk, skim or whole, contains more than 300 milligrams of calcium, about 30 percent of your recommended daily intake. Some milk producers fortify milk with added vitamin D, which is important because it promotes calcium absorption. Yogurt, like milk, is rich in calcium, and certain brands contain essential vitamin D to promote absorption.
Kielbasa The post holiday sausage wrap-up. Recipes for Kielbasa and Venison Sausage. Nothing says Merry Christmas like sausage. Kielbasa. Predika's book has ten different Polish recipes. One nice thing about winter is that you can put stuff outside to keep it cold. Venison. The book has thirteen venison recipes. The venison was already ground, so we ground our pork then mixed all the meats with the seasonings. The next day I fired up the smoker. I hot smoked a few to a internal temperature of 150F. I took my batch to share in Columbus. The day after Christmas the smoked sausages made a good hiking snack in the Hocking Hills. Here's the ingredients we used: Polish Kielbasa 13lb Beef2lb Pork40 g salt1-1/2T 15 g pepper1-1/2t 2g dried marjoram½ t 2 g allspice6 large cloves of garlic2T 18 g paprika This one was really spicy compare to the others, a few tasters said it was too strong. PK 23lb Beef2lb Pork40g salt10g Pepper3 g dried marjoram6 large cloves of garlic½ t 2g cayenne This one we just made up. Cheers.
8 Best Foods for Healthy Joints By Fran Smith, Special to Lifescript Experts used to believe joint problems were inevitable with age. And it’s true that years of wear and tear take a toll. “Aging is just a lifetime of inactivity and poor nutrition,’’ says Nancy Clark, a registered dietitian and author of Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook (Human Kinetics). Imagine your joints as gears on a bicycle. So what are the right foods to keep you cruising along? Click the arrow below for your 8 best bets. By 30, we’ve all had microscopic tears in our cartilage, the thin, rubbery tissue that covers joints and protects bones from rubbing together. Salmon is a great source of one of nature’s best anti-inflammatory compounds: omega-3 fatty acids. Canned salmon typically comes from wild fish, so it’s a good low-cost option. In the short-term, inflammation isn’t bad. Your weapon? Almonds are one of the best vitamin E sources, which protects the outer membrane of joint cells. Which fruit has the most vitamin C?
Pressure Cooker Eggs Pressure cooked eggs. Photo by Laura Pazzaglia This guest post is thanks to twitter, when someone asked me about pressure cooking eggs. I had never done them, but Laura Pazzaglia had. Laura is a pressure-cooker maniac living in Italy and blogging at hippressurecooking.com. Pressure Cooking Eggs by Laura Pazzaglia Pressure cookers are famous for their cozy stocks, stews and beans, or infamous, thanks to a chef-testant not being able to open, close or operate a one. There are a few more tricks up your pressure cooker’s sleeve! Most cookbooks advise using your “oldest” eggs to make them easier to peel. HOW: With steamer basket, olive-oil cap egg stand, low pressure and exact cooking times. Soft, Medium & Hard Cooked Eggs 1 fresh egg, chilled (from the refrigerator) Equipment Steamer BasketHeat proof egg stand (optional)TimerFill the cold pressure cooker with one cup of water. Eggs en Cocotte HOW: With steamer basket and low pressure. Eggs en cocotte. Oeufs En Cocotte Accessories: Steamer & Ramekin