Green Tomato Pickle Recipe

GREEN TOMATO PICKLE RECIPE. Cut 7 1b. of tomatoes into thin slices. Put to soak for 24 hours in brine (one cupful of salt to each gallon of water). Then rinse in fresh water and drain. Put in pan with two quarts of vinegar (a little less will do), 1/2 lb. of sugar to every …
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Bokashi

How to Bokashi Step 1: Place a 3-4 centimeter layer organic waste into the top bucket and then cover the waste evenly with approximately one handful of bokashi activator. Step 2: Squash down to exclude air (potato mashers are handy for this) Step 3: Replace the Bokashi bucket lid, ensuring the lid of the bokashi …
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Preserving And Pickling

At this time of the year many housewives wish that fruit trees would bear little and often throughout the year rather than a lot in a comparatively short space of time. We preserve fruits to try to spread this short period, and to have them on hand to vary menus when fruit is out of …
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Plain Pickles

Recipe from: WHAT MRS. FISHER KNOWS ABOUT Old Southern Cooking, SOUPS, PICKLES, PRESERVES, ETC. Awarded Two Medals at the San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute Fair, 1880, for best Pickles and Sauces and best assortment of Jellies and Preserves. DIPLOMA AWARDED AT SACRAMENTO STATE FAIR, 1879. By MRS. ABBY FISHER, Plain Pickles Any vegetable you want to …
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Kimchi Fried Rice

Kimchi Fried Rice Equipment Cutting board and knife Measuring cups and spoons Spatula Frying pan Ingredients 1 cup uncooked rice 1 small brown onion 1 cup chopped kimchi ¼ cup kimchi juice ¼ cup water 2 tsp sesame oil 1 tsp vegetable oil 1 spring onion, chopped 1 tbsp roasted sesame seeds 1 sheet of …
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Microbiological Food Safety Of Raw Vegetables Intended For Human Consumption

Introduction 1. For the purpose of this brief, raw vegetables intended for human consumption refer to those vegetables which have not been cooked and will not undergo cooking before consumption. In Hong Kong such vegetables are mainly available in two forms: (1) fresh vegetables (e.g. used as ingredients of salads or coleslaw); and (2) preserved vegetables (e.g. …
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Indian Spiced Kimchi

Indian Spiced Kimchi – Serves 6 INGREDIENTS ● 1-2 red cabbage ● 2 tbsp fine salt ● 5cm knob ginger, minced ● 1-2 red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped ● 4 cloves of garlic, crushed ● 1 tbsp soft brown sugar ● 2 tsp fenugreek seeds ● 2 tsp mustard seeds ● 8 tbsp water …
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Long Brined Pickles

See Farmers’ Bulletin 1438, “Making fermented pickles,” for detailed directions. Green peppers, green tomatoes, onions, cauliflower, and snap beans as well as cucumbers cured by the long-brining method may be used in many kinds of mixed pickles. To remove the salt from the brined vegetables ready for these mixtures, cover the sliced green tomatoes with …
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Baby Daikon Kimchi

Baby Daikon Kimchi Equipment Grater Cutting board and knife Measuring cups and spoons Mixing Bowl Spatula Clean Jar Ingredients 400g (baby) daikon 10g salt Kimchi paste 5g Korean chilli powder 40g chopped leek 1tbsp finely grated ginger ½ tsp fish sauce 1 tbsp raw sugar ½ tsp salt 50ml water What to do Task 1 …
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Fit Nourished And Resilient

Human performance optimization aims to take Soldiers to higher and higher peaks of physical and mental fitness. Let’s flash back to the U.S. military in 2006. The U.S. had been engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom for five and three years, respectively. In a post-9/11 environment with a higher operations tempo and …
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Super Foods: How They Help The Body

Why do Super Foods work?  Eating Super Foods can do four very important things in the body: they can decrease inflammation, can improve gut health, can increase antioxidants and could increase sulfur in the body.  Here are four quick summaries talking about chronic systemic inflammation, gut health, antioxidants and the importance of eating sulfur-rich food. …
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Effects Of MREs On Gut Health

Bacteria live all around us. They live in the soil, in our food and even inside our bodies, particularly in our digestive tracts. These trillions of bacteria that live in the human gut, better known as the gut microbiome, are not merely passengers. A growing amount of scientific evidence has shown that the gut microbiome …
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Dietary Fibre

Dietary fibre: the unsung health hero Did you know the process of digesting food (getting its goodness) begins the second we start chewing it? That is, for everything except fibre. Dietary fibre, also known as ‘roughage’ is more than a superfood, it’s a superhero. You know, quiet, unassuming day clothes yet potent and always delivers …
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Fighting Weeds

Always a problem when maintaining your own garden. But, if one wants fresh vegetables, one must do battle with weeds. 1. Mulching Covering the soil with an extra layer of organic matter can smother and inhibit weeds, as well as prevent new seeds from germinating. You can mulch with compost, bark, wood chips, newspaper, cardboard, …
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Cucumbers In Sri Lanka

CUCUMBER Cucumber : Cucumis sativus Introduction The cucumber (cucumis sativus) is one of the most important market vegetables in the tropics and it is also the basis of an extensive pickling industry. It is assumed to be a native of the Northern India. In Sri Lanka, cucumber is best eaten sliced as a salad or as an …
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Dietary Fibre And Your Body

Dietary fibre is the portion of food that cannot be digested by our bodies. Therefore, there is a misconception that dietary fibre is just food remains which provides no nutritional value. Actually, dietary fibre can be divided into two types: soluble and insoluble fibre. Both serve different functions in the body and can be obtained from …
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Turkey And Cucumber Sandwich

Turkey And Cucumber Sandwich These sandwiches, flavored with herbs and spices, are sure to hit the spot. With whole grains, lean protein, and dairy, this well-rounded, MyPlate meal will keep you satisfied all afternoon. Ingredients 4 slices whole wheat bread 4 slices enriched white bread 1/2 cup plain fat free yogurt 2 fresh dill sprigs (chopped) …
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Food And Mood

Did you know that what you eat can have an effect on your psychological well being? Some meals include nutritional vitamins and vitamins that help mind well being and assist enhance temper, vitality and focus ranges. Fruits and greens Carbohydrates are the sugars, starches and fibre present in meals. They are the primary supply of …
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Health Tips

There is a lot of confusion when it comes to health and nutrition. People, even qualified experts, often seem to have the exact opposite opinions. However, despite all the disagreements, there are a few things that are well supported by research. Don’t Fear Coffee Coffee has been unfairly demonized. The truth is that it’s actually …
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Which Foods Help Make You Happy?

There is a relationship between what you eat, your gut, and your mental health and wellbeing. So how exactly does food affect your mood and how can you feed your happiness? The gut is now known as a key driver of health, including mental health, so what you eat will affect how you feel. VicHealth …
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The Link Between Exercise And Healthy Food Is More Than A Gut Feeling

The ever-changing world of gut health can be a complex area to understand. Food and nutrition have a huge role to play in keeping the good bacteria in our gut healthy, but what about exercise? Today we will talk about how food and exercise go hand-in-hand when it comes to keeping the little bugs in …
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Cool As A Cucumber

“Cool as a cucumber” isn’t just a catchy phrase. The inner temperature of a cucumber can be up to 20 degrees cooler than the outside air temperature due to the cucumber’s high water content. Did You Know? Cucumbers are very low in calories. Half a cup of sliced cucumbers contains fewer than 10 calories. Cucumbers are …
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Gut Health Will Spark Mental Health

Modern research findings link some mental health issues to digestive problems that start early in life. Teaching your child early in life about good nutrition could prevent several diet-related diseases later in life. Maintaining a healthy diet can help children feel a sense of control and build their confidence. Notice symptoms of an unhealthy gut …
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Pickled Ginger

Ingredients 1 cup shaved baby ginger 1/4 cup rice vinegar 1 tablespoon Ume Plum Seasoning 1 tablespoon Rice Mirin 1 tablespoons honey or agave nectar ½ teaspoon sea salt Preparation To shave the ginger, use a spoon to peel off the skin, then slice it very thinly with a knife, vegetable peeler or mandoline. Bring …
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Perfect Pickles

Pickling is a process of food preservation using vinegar and salt. Pickles are eaten the world over and can be salty, bitter, sour, sweet or fiery hot. Dill pickles are the most common pickle in North America. Although most of the ingredients used in pickles qualify as low acid foods, pickling recipes add enough acid …
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Cucumber Fact Sheet

History Cucumbers were originally grown in India. They were thought to be poisonous and people would scrape the skin off to let the poison out. Despite this belief, cucumbers spread across Asia. Cucumbers were also cultivated by ancient Egyptians. They helped travelers cross deserts due to their high water content. After the flesh of the …
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Broadbean Chinese Chutney

Ingredients Broadbeans, 1 kg Spicy Marinated Tofu, 1 packet (3 sheets), cut into strips. Chinese Pickled Cabbage, 1 tablespoon, chopped finely Hot Birdseye Chilli, 1 (or 2 if you are brave), chopped Garlic, 3 cloves, crushed Method Heat a small amount of Peanut Oil in a Wok. Add garlic and cook until it’s dark brown …
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Cucumber Health Problems

Plant Health Problems Cucumber is the most common member of the Cucurbit family. Diseases caused by Bacteria: Bacterial wilt, Erwinia tracheiphila. Plants with this disease wilt quickly and may dry up so fast that the leaves remain green. When the stem is cut across, a sticky, white ooze may be seen. Bacterial wilt is not seedborne. …
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Moroccan Style Pickled Vegetable Salad

Ingredients (serves 4-6) 1 carrot, peeled 1-2 kohlrabi, peeled 2 fennel bulbs 1 spring onion ½ hot green pepper 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 1/3-1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice salt Cut the carrot and kohlrabi into very thin strips (julienne). Quarter the fennel bulbs and cut each quarter into very thin strips (julienne). Slice the …
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Sanlin Crackable Melon And Pickled Vegetable

Sanlin crackable melon is a strange cuisine name for its crunchy texture. It was originally planted in the Qiao’s Garden and Kwan-yin Temple areas, becoming famous in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Difficulties in production and transportation made the melon quite expensive, causing the species to diminish in 1976. Fortunately, the Shanghai Agricultural Institute later retrieved …
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How To Pickle Your Own Olives

The increased number of people who now have their own olive trees and also the increased availability of good pickling olives on the local market has produced a rising interest in pickling olives. However, if you intend planting trees for pickling purposes you will need to know that the varieties Verdale, Verdalian, Cucco, Oblitza and …
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Gajar-Gobhi-Shalgam ka Achaar

Gajar-Gobhi-Shalgam ka Achaar is a winter specialty of Punjab. As the name suggests, it is a pickle prepared out of cauliflower, carrots and turnip.It is enjoyed with various kinds of stuffed paranthas. Cuisine: Punjabi Total time: 30 mins Preparation time: 20 mins Cooking time: 10 mins Ingredients 500gm: Cauliflower 500gm: Turnip 500gm: Carrot 1 ¾ …
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Sliced Cucumber Pickles

This recipe is a $10 winner in the Australian Women’s Weekly Newspaper under the heading – CUCUMBER PICKLE RECIPE WINS PRIZE A recipe for crisp bread-and-butter pickles wins this week’s prize of $10. Serve them with cold meats, in salads, or to top savory biscuits. Level spoon measurements and the eight liquid-ounce cup measure are …
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Pakistani Pickled Mango

ABOUT THE DISH Pickled fruit and vegetables are a common, simple and flavoursome accompaniment to meals in Pakistan. POSTHARVEST MANAGEMENT OF MANGOES IN PAKISTAN Pakistan is one of the world’s largest mango producers, with more than 300,000 smallholder growers. Its mango varieties are attractive to consumers worldwide, but the industry has struggled to reliably deliver …
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Green Tomato Pickle Recipe

The following recipe appeared in the Queenscliff Sentinel 10 March 1917. Green Tomato Pickle Recipe Cut 7 1b. of tomatoes into thin slices. Put to soak for 24 hours in brine (one cupful of salt to each gallon of water). Then rinse in fresh water and drain. Put in pan with two quarts of vinegar …
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Sauerkraut Recipe

Sauerkraut Recipe Ingredients 1 medium head white/green cabbage 1 1/2 tablespoons sea salt 1 tablespoons caraway seeds (optional, for flavour) Preparation Clean everything: When fermenting anything, it’s best to give the good, beneficial bacteria every chance of succeeding by starting off with as clean an environment as possible. Make sure your jar and jelly jar …
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