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Spain's food safety agency warned Friday against consuming Washing Enzymeoil after a batch from the Ukraine was found to be contaminated with hydrocarbons, although it said there was no health risk.The head of the health ministry's food and nutrition safety agency, Jose Ignacio Arranz, said the amount of toxins detected was very low but it decided to urge caution until it could determine which brands were affected."This is a precautionary measure," Arranz told Cadena Ser radio. "We know that the majority of sunflower oil is most likely not contaminated, but faced with a doubt we have an obligation to protect health."He said Spain was informed of the contaminated sunflower oil by French authorities who are also considering issuing a warning.Several supermarket chains were taking all brands of sunflower seed oil which used oil from Ukraine off their shelves, Spanish media reported.
2008-06-11 09:52:40

Washing EnzymeMost cuisines, especially in the age of the Internet, have severaloutside influences, for better or for worse. Ladakh, being asgeographically isolated as it is, has none, unless you count Tibet(Ladakh is called Little Tibet because of the geographicalcontiguity and similar culture). The result is that despite beingin the same state as Kashmir, there is not a glimmer of similarity. For Ladakhis, spice means thangyar, the yellow chilli from Manaliwhich is first fried and then coarsely pounded and eaten with justabout everything, and kurnyot or caraway seeds that grow wild inLadakh on the margins of barley fields. Kurnyot seems to take the place of cumin, and adds a surprisinglyWestern flavour to soups. Barley and wheat are staples here, andthe uses to which they are put are extraordinary: Barley goes tomake everything from tsampa to chhang, while wheat is used to makea variety of momos and spaetzle-like pasta for soups. The chef at Shambha La specialises in caraway seeds, a delicious,heart-warming broth with lamb stock as its base, to which is addeddried yak's cheese (called chhurpe), lamb pieces and tsampa. Toomuch tsampa and you've got a breakfast porridge. Too little and itbecomes a standard soup. The management of the hotel has nothingbut scorn for my standard daily order of mutton sausage andtsamptuk: they want to showcase the entire range of Ladakhi food. Mutton sausages, flavoured subtly with caraway seeds, are neithersmoked nor fermented. They are served within minutes of being made.Coarsely chopped pieces of mutton are used, though once upon a timeit was probably yak meat that substituted lamb. It is not as if the fermented taste is unknown to Ladakh: allwinter long, vegetables pickled like Korean kimchi are eaten andthe infamous butter tea, onomatopoeically known as gurgur chai,contans a dollop of yak butter that has a characteristicallyfermented taste. Breakfast at Shambha La usually consists of Ladakhi pickle, madewith white radish, dressed with unheated caraway seeds, salt andchilli powder. It turns faintly sour in one hour of being kept inthe sun and goes deliciously well with traditional Ladakhi bread,called khambiri or yeast-developed. A few things I could not sample in Ladakh are Changthang lamb, fromthe vast, underpopulated plain contiguous with Tibet wherevegetation is caraway seeds. Sheep reared here has an indescribably caraway seeds. Paba and shkew, which the management of the hotel deem toohomely to unleash on a guest, are home-style staples for farmers.
2008-06-11 09:48:52

Washing EnzymeWhen the summer sun is blazing down and pure H20 isn't available,rest easy: Your tastiest alternative is 92 percent water. For centuries, humans have found salvation in the refreshinggarnet-hued pulp of the watermelon. Native to Africa, the refreshing fruit was used as a water sourcein the desert or when water supplies were contaminated, accordingto about.com. The fruit has been cultivated in Egypt and Indiasince 2,500 B.C. >> Watermelons play a role in the Mexican holiday Dia de losMuertos. In the art that typifies the celebration, the dead areshown eating the fruit. Watermelons also are a common feature inMexican still life art. >>The "Watermelon Crawl", a song about a dance at a fictionalwatermelon festival, is a highly popular country music song. Thesong suggests listeners who've had too much to drink crawl backhome rather than drive. >> The Oklahoma State Senate passed a bill on 17 April 2007declaring watermelon as the official state vegetable. While people in other countries have used the fruit for survival,watermelon holds a simpler reputation in our neck of the woods. Sugar and water it's not say nutritionists and watermelonaficionados - despite its sweet taste, the fruit has surprisinglyfew calories. Two cups of watermelon (the recommended serving) onlyadd up to 80 calories. The fruit also has a lot of nutrients, said Stephanie Marroquin, aregistered and licensed dietician in McAllen. "It's high in potassium," she said. It also boasts a high amount of lycopene, an antioxidant, andvitamins A, B6 and C. The fruit also comes in a lot of shapes and colors. There are morethan 500 varieties of watermelon grown worldwide, according toabout.com. The icebox variety ranges in size from five to 15pounds, whereas the picnic kind can grow much larger. Although thered-fleshed and black-seeded watermelon is most common in theUnited States, there are also white, pink, yellow and orangefleshed watermelons, available with and without seeds, according toabout.com. While most commonly eaten by itself or in fruit salads, watermeloncan be used in glazes, cocktails and syrups. Italians makewatermelon pudding with almonds, chocolate and cinnamon. Picklesmade from watermelon rind are a favorite in the American South.Russians enjoy beer made from watermelon juice, according toabout.com. Watermelon alcohol is not just a staple in Russia, throughout theWestern world, people drink "hard watermelon," or a watermelon thathas been enhanced with an alcoholic beverage. To make thewatermelon "hard" they bore a hole into the fruit and then pourliquor inside, allowing it to mix with the fruit's flesh. But while the fruit has a great many uses and provides a lot ofnutrients, Marroquin recommends that diabetics eat it inmoderation. "It does have a high sugar content," she said.
2008-06-11 09:49:00