Super Bowl Food Safety

I'm a fair-weather football fan and only watch the Super Bowl when one of the teams is the Washington Redskins. When the Skins weren't playing, I'd watch it for the commercials. Super Bowl XVIII in 1984 was bittersweet: in the middle of the Los Angeles Raiders crushing the Redskins, Apple Computer's famous "1984" commercial, which introduced the Macintosh, aired.

Now the commercials are on the Internet almost as soon as they air in TV, so I can prune the roses and not worry about missing anything.

Super Bowl Sunday has become the most-watched US television broadcast of the year, and has become likened to a de facto US national holiday. It's also the second-largest U.S. food consumption day, following Thanksgiving. This week, we look at Super Bowl Food Safety. Thanks to Julie for finding this.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche (19th century German philosopher, 1844 – 1900)

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Super Bowl Party Food Safety

Olive Oil

There are approximately seven hundred olive varieties, or cultivars, whose distinctive tastes and aromas are evident in oils that are made properly, just as different grape varietals are expressed in fine wines. The best olive oils are made using a simple hydraulic press or centrifuge -- they are more like fresh-squeezed fruit juices than like industrial fats. The olives are harvested at the moment they begin to turn from green to black; ideally they are picked by hand and milled within hours, to minimize oxidation and enzymatic reactions, which leave unpleasant tastes and odors in the oil.

This week, a look at olive oil.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you will see." - Winston Churchill (British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II, 1874 – 1965)

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Olive Oil

FDA History, Part 2

This week, we look at more of the history of the FDA, specifically about the 1938 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Ever tried? Ever failed? No Matter, try again, fail again, Fail better." - Samuel Beckett (Irish author, dramatist, & novelist, 1906 - 1989)

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FDA Part 2

Tiny Specks of Misery

We've looked at virus versus bacteria and how it's not always easy to distinguish between infections caused by the two as the symptoms often feel the same (and are often self-inflicted collateral damage as your immune system returns fire). Viral infections tend to get better after the first few days, while bacterial infections get worse over time.

This week, a first-hand look at how a virus can do you in.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." - John Burroughs (US essayist & naturalist, 1837 - 1921)

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Tiny Specks of Misery

Digestion

The holiday season has passed and the New Year is upon us. We've left behind the carbohydrate-rich repasts and those once-a-year special treats that would leave a bull elephant with a lazy, lethargic feeling.

But how does food go from solid or liquid to energy for your body? It's all due to that incredible set of organs deep within you. This week, we travel the human digestive system from beginning to, um, end, from top to, uh, bottom, from teeth to, err, well, you know.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "It's time to start living the life you've imagined." - Henry James (American writer, 1843 - 1916)

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Digestion