Microwave Ovens

I remember the day our first microwave oven came into my parent's household. It was big (by today's standards) with a faux wood exterior, dials (no digital displays) and a bell that went "ding" when the cycle was completed. We read the instructions and cookbook that came with it and the first thing we made was scrambled eggs. It was like magic.

Hard to imagine a kitchen without the power contained in a microwave oven. In 1971, about 1% of all households in the US had one; by 1997, that number was 90%.

This week, a look at microwave ovens.

TTFN, Fred. 

Quote of the week: "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." - F. Scott Fitzgerald (US novelist, 1896 - 1940)

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Pure Pasteur

We've talked about pasteurization before, and before that, and even before that. But did you know that old Louis Pasteur himself saved the French wine industry in the 1860's?

Gotta love science. And wine, of course.

This week, another look at pasteurization.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur (French biologist amd bacteriologist, 1822 - 1895)

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