Despite legends to the contrary, it appears that the saliva of a Komodo dragon is not teeming with pathogenic bacteria that kills their prey. Its reputation to survive while colonized with lots of horrible disease-causing bacteria, true or untrue, has made it the subject of research in pursuit of natural antimicrobial agents and led scientists to some remarkable findings.
The first written account of "stock" as a culinary staple goes back to 1653, when La Varenne's Cookery described boiling mushroom stems and table scraps with other ingredients (such as herbs and basic vegetables) in water to use for sauces. But really, the concept of stock has probably been around for as long as people have been using water to boil food.
Macaroni and cheese is one of those dishes that automatically make me feel all is right with the world. I even like the boxed kind in a pinch. However, real macaroni and cheese is pretty easy to make and is worlds better than the boxed kind. It's also pretty easy to make really, really good macaroni and cheese once you know some essential pointers.
Will the predicted apocalyptic date—December 21st, 2012—really be the end of the world? In this ongoing five-part series, we examine what would happen if zombies, nuclear weapons, cyber wars, earthquakes, or aliens actually destroyed our planet—and how you might survive.
In a surprising twist of expectation management, Magic Leap managed to not only ship but deliver the Magic Leap One I ordered on Wednesday by 4 p.m. PT on the same day.
Hello there, people. Today, I am going to show you how to extract the essence from a useful plant, using either alcohol or olive oil. This is how you take a plant and turn it into a useful (and preservable) medicine. For those of you who know nothing about herbal medicine, let me explain it for you in a nutshell...
We see Steampunk props all the time and wonder where the maker found all their pieces. In fact, for some people it's almost like a game to examine each prop and see if they can name all of the original parts.
All fields of study have their own language. For people interested in learning about microbes, the language can sometimes be downright difficult — but it doesn't need to be. From antibiotics to xerophiles, we have you covered in an easy-to-understand glossary.
The last iOS software update was a modest one, but iOS 17.4 has a lot more for your iPhone, including changes to emoji, Podcasts, security, Safari, widgets, Apple Cash, CarPlay, and more.
It's just what the doctor ordered: the perfect hangover cure. A time-proven, age old trick, commonly referred to as the "Hair of the Dog", asserts that downing more alcohol the morning after is scientifically proven to ease a painful hangover—well, for the short term, at least (read more here).
Learn how to protect yourself in the jungle. This video shows you techniques and measures to take to protect against illness. Such illnesses include trench foot or jungle rot from walking in wet climates. Myke also use plants as herbs and medicinal substitutes. Stay healthy in the jungle.
For this ravioli recipe you will need fresh cepe mushrooms from the Perigord region, duck grease, garlic clove, parsley, ready to use ravioli dough, egg, cognac or armagnac, red port wine, duck or fowl stock, truffle, salt and pepper. Chef Eric Barbe prepare the dish on this video. Make ravioli with cepe mushrooms.
Join chef Sarabjit Singh of Side Wok in Malcha Marg, New Delhi, as he prepares a nice and tasty spicy starter dish. Learn how to make Thingming mushroom starters.
A delicious alternative to the traditional duck liver pate, this one uses mushrooms and Parmesan cheese to achieve the pate texture and flavor. You will also need olive oil, garlic, onion, thyme, parsley, heavy cream, butter, sherry, salt, pepper and rounds of bread to serve it on. Make a vegetarian pate out of mushrooms and Parmesan cheese.
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. Tonight he shows you how simple it is to make a simply antipasto with make marinated mushrooms. Marinate mushrooms with Hell's Kitchen Gordon Ramsay.
A recipe which gives you three, delicious versions of stuffed mushrooms -these canapés are original and full of flavor. Make 3 types of stuffed mushrooms.
These instructional animated slides teach you how to easily fold a paper toadstool mushroom Japanese style. Learn how to use the Japanese art of origami to make your own paper toadstool mushroom. Use the start, stop, forward and back buttons to easily follow along. You can also speed up the instructional origami video if it is going too slow. Very cool Japanese origami how-to video! Origami a toadstool mushroom Japanese style.
Julia Child and her guest demonstrate how to make mushroom potato lasagna. In this dish potato is substituted for pasta and then layered with mushrooms to create this exquisite dish. Make mushroom potato lasagna.
These are classic stuffed mushrooms with a luxurious twist! This time I'm using Portabello mushrooms with fresh pesto, tomatoes, and a quail egg on top.
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. Tonight he makes pan roasted chicken breast with a creamy morel mushroom sauce. Make morel mushroom chicken with Gordon Ramsay.
Most moms these days both work outside of the house and handle kid duties, which means that meals have to be both delicious and extremely easy and quick to make. So if you're a busy mom who's getting a little tired of feeding her kids Ramen and hot dogs for dinner, check out this video to learn a recipe that takes very little time and tastes great.
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. He'll show you how to make mushroom stuffed saddle of lamb. The key to this recipe is taking the water out of the shitake mushrooms. Make stuffed lamb with Hell's Kitchen Gordon Ramsay.
Takoyaki, a very popular Japanese street food, is a spherical dumpling with grilled octopus. What's fun about cooking is that you don't always need to follow the classic recipe for things. I wanted to take this humble snack and turn it into something a little more decadent. Mine includes scallop, foie gras, dried mushrooms, and caviar. Here's what you'll need:
Here’s some news for those who still somehow believe the political left in Washington cares about the People. After U.S. Senator Rand Paul introduced an amendment that would have ended armed FDA raids on raw milk farmers (http://www.naturalnews.com/035966_Rand_Paul_FDA_censorship.html) and legalized free speech about the curative properties of medicinal herbs, nutritional supplements and superfoods, are you curious how many Democrats voted in favor of this?
This picture was taken on a iPhone 4 in Philmont, New Mexico, while hiking 80 miles. It is some sort of exotic mushroom. I used the X-Pro II filter.
So technically you can't actually "garden" mushrooms. But they're beautiful to look at.
In this how to video, Chef Emeril demonstrates how to prepare a delicious beef & mushroom entree. He shows you how to cook like a chef with this recipe of tournedos of beef with morel mushroom sauce. Make beef tournedos with Emeril Lagasse.
Delicious stuffed calamari that can be served as an appetizer or a main dish, enjoyed with a salad or the potatoes of your preference. Make shrimp and mushroom stuffed calamari.
Yesterday was simple paper airplane replica of an F16 Fighting Falcon. Today, something other worldly. Vincent Floderer has mad originality creating origami figures. This Frenchman is widely regarded as the master of a form called Crumpling. Sea urchins, coral, mushrooms. The realism is breath-taking.
Try out this authentic Italian recipe for polenta con puccu. It's a meal that simply soothes the soul. Eric Freiman-Polli shares the secret of his Italian grandmothers wonderful dish, for you to share with your family. It's chicken simmered in onions, red wine, cloves, mushrooms and rich tomato paste is a delicious accompaniment to creamy slow-cooked polenta.
This flavorful mix of wild rice and veggies will have you always wanting more. Watch Chef Hubert Keller do it himself!
A picture I took last year while testing my new camera.
Welcome to Minecraft World! Check out our advanced tutorials and come play on our free server. One of the newest features to be added to Minecraft is the hunger bar. Since the final 1.8 update, players go hungry over time if they don't replenish themselves. Hunger is also determined by the level of activity, meaning the more you run about or kill monsters, the hungrier your character becomes.
Witch hazel is a type of shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, and its bark and leaves are extracted and used for many medicinal uses.
Like table salt, black pepper has its unexpectedly handy uses that goes beyond seasoning your meals at the dining table. You can use black pepper to keep ants from invading your home, drive away bugs from eating your delicious garden vegetables, temporarily fix a radiator leak, and even stop bleeding on a minor wound.
Cayenne peppers are great for spicing up your bland cooking, but did you know that they can also prevent frostbite? If you ever need to keep your feet warm during a long snow hike or skiing adventure, add a little bit of cayenne pepper powder to the bottom of your socks.
Plain yellow mustard, most commonly used for adding an extra zing of flavor to your ballpark hot dog, also contains potent medicinal properties that is perfect for relieving your sore throat, relaxing your sore back muscles and decreasing the intensity of your headache.
If rubbing alcohol is commonly used to treat minor scrapes and disinfect surgical instruments in hospitals, then you might as well use its medicinal qualities to also disinfect your cell phone and mix with aloe vera gel to make your very own DIY hand sanitizer.
