Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers hot is an evolutionary filter designed to punish mammals and reward birds. Mammals feel it as pain because mammal digestion destroys seeds. Birds don’t have the receptor that detects it, so they eat the fruit, fly off, and deposit the seeds far from the plant from which they […]
Sugar-Free Diet Linked to Metabolic Changes “Completely removing sucrose from a low-fat diet may unexpectedly disrupt gut health and promote inflammation and metabolic dysfunction, highlighting that balanced nutrition is more important than simply eliminating sugar,” said Rasheed Ahmad, Ph.D., principal scientist and head of the Immunology & Microbiology Department at the Dasman Diabetes Institute, in […]
I seriously wonder if there are any original recipes out there. You think to yourself “Let’s make a black bean and corn thing tonight”. So you do what everyone else does and hop on the internet to find numerous recipes that are pretty much the same. Full Disclosure: This recipe is a copycat and my […]
Interesting insights from the oldest of the old. All charts are from the survey report which can downloaded here: https://www.uhc.com/content/dam/uhcdotcom/en/general/100-at-100-Final-Report-Aug2025.pdf
I was in St. Louis on business. One day these things showed up at the office. I had one (OK, two) after breakfast. Yes, they are that good. Memo to Self – Don’t get depressed that you only learned about this delicacy in your 7th decade. I wonder if they deliver to Oklahoma.
I wonder where Flori-Duh ranks
Flori-DUH is a red zone state. Here’s a link. Near bottom of the article referencing August is the White House report from a month ago. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/31/white-house-warned-red-zones-406211 I downloaded it. BIG file. Flori-DUH is on page 82/459.
I’ll have to take your word for it I can’t download anything now after the hurricane. I can barely read email.
At least you have electricity…I hope.
Only because I bought a generator. The area will probably be without electricity for 7 to 10 days. I still don’t have water or any plumbing. I haven’t been able to use the toilet shower or a sink or washing machine