Storing Food Is Good for Every Budget

It is both wise and economical to be prepared for any occasion and keep a store of food and water in the home. You never know when a time might occur that you cannot get out buying groceries through bad weather or being housebound. Another reason for keeping stores of food is inflation, through which food prices continuously tend to rise. However, before you rush to the shops to stock up with quantities of food for storage, decide where you are going to keep it. You will need a place that is cool, dark, dry, and equipped with shelving. These can be made from wood, plastic, or metal as long as they can hold the weight you put on them, you do not want your boxes or cans to land up on the floor, nor should boxes or food in general be stored at ground level.

Will A Turkey Inspire You to Trust People?

Do you really trust those people you share meals with during the holiday season? Do you know just how much turkey we eat during those meals? And what does one have to do with the other anyway? Between Thanksgiving and Christmas Americans consume about 67 million turkeys. In fact, according to the University of Illinois, 29% of all turkeys gobbled down in the U.S. are consumed during the holidays. 'Tis the season for giblets, wattles, and snoods - oh my!

Fast Food, Slow Food - Decline Of The Junk

As soon as someone says 'fast food', you think of burgers and fries. Of course the cheese inside the burger and the soda accompanied along with the meal are an added bonus to the temptation. And then you get a second thought- is it healthy? But obviously, no! The fast food chains would give away their entire fortune without any second thoughts to anybody who could alter the consumer's ability to have that second thought.

Buttermilk Facts and Tips

What is buttermilk?

You might be surprised to know there is no butter in buttermilk, and it has less fat than regular milk. It is liquid that is left after butter has been churned and tastes slightly sour. It's thicker than regular milk but not as thick as cream. Most people don't churn their own butter, so buttermilk sold in stores is processed by adding a culture to regular milk and letting it ferment.

Cream Facts and Tips

Before being processed cream has a fat content from 35 to 45%. Milk is then added in various amounts to make all the different kinds of cream available in stores. The more butterfat in the cream, the better it will whip and keep its shape. Most people feel the fattier creams have the best taste and don't curdle as much when used in cooked dishes.

Treatment for High Blood Pressure

Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the arteries. Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood through the arteries. Your blood pressure is at its highest when the heart beats, forcing blood into the arteries. This is called systolic pressure. When the heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is the diastolic pressure. Blood pressure is always given as two numbers, the systolic and diastolic pressures. Both are important.

Blood Pressure Basics

There are no hard and fast figures which represent a normal blood pressure. And very often doctors and other experts cannot even decide between them what an ideal blood pressure range is for an adult.