The Science Behind No-Melt Ice Cream

Melted Ice CreamYou can thank a brutal natural disaster for the invention of no-melt ice cream.

According to National Geographic, no-melt ice cream was accidentally created after a 2011 tsunami in Japan damaged the country’s strawberry fields.

Due to the widespread damage of the fruit, they could not be sold as whole pieces. Therefore, a pharmacy professor and his team decided to make an extract from the strawberries, and use it as an ice-cream topping. However, instead of being a delicious topping, the extracted strawberries, also known as liquid polyphenol, acted as a binding agent creating a frozen dessert that can stay at room temperature for an hour without melting.

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The Variety Of Food Groupings: Omnivore To Carnivore, And Everything In Between

FoodOMNIVORE: Meat, Poultry, Fish, Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains, Dairy.
POLLO-PESCATARIAN: Poultry, Fish, Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains, Dairy.
PESCATARIAN: Fish, Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains, Dairy.
OVO-VEGETARIAN: Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains.
LACTO-OVO-VEGETARIAN: Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains, Dairy.
API-VEGAN: Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains.
VEGAN: Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes, Grains.
SPROUTARIAN: Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits.
JUICEARIAN: Vegetables, Fruit.
FRUITARIAN: Fruits.
PALEO: Meat, Poultry, Fish, Eggs, Honey, Nuts & Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits.
CARNIVORE: Meat, Poultry, Fish.

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Plantation Food: Brazil vs. America

Brazilian FeijoadaIn her autobiography, Beverly Johnson discusses the cuisine she was introduced to when she was on a photo shoot in Brazil: “I always enjoyed tasting the local cuisine of every country I visited during my career…Brazil’s national dish is feijoada, a tasty stew that differs throughout the country, but where I was it comprised beans, fresh pork or beef, cabbage, kale, potatoes, okra, carrots, and pumpkin in one large yummy meal. Feijoada had been served to Brazilian slaves, because it contained the unwanted part of the pig (such as the feet, nose, ears) and cheap black beans. This made me think of African-American slaves who were fed with the leftovers of whatever was served in the main house on the plantation.”

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