Food

September 5, 2023

Durian

Durians are a type of fruit of a few tree species that belong to the genus Durio. It is often known as the “king of fruits” in Southeast Asia and has an extremely strong odor. According to Wikipedia, some people regard the durian as having a pleasantly sweet fragrance, whereas others find the aroma overpowering and unpleasant. They can grow up to 30 centimeters long and have a 15 centimeter diameter, and the weight can range from 1 to 3 kilograms. People often say that they taste like custard, caramel, almonds, and garlic.

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September 1, 2023

Orange Sponge Cake Recipe

Use this recipe to make a “spongy”, fluffy circular cake that everyone may enjoy. Ingredients (For 8 Slices): 100 grams cake flour 2 grams cream of tartar 60 grams vegetable oil 60 grams orange juice 70 grams refined sugar 5 eggs at room temperature Extra vegetable oil, canola oil, or cooking spray Boiling water Optional: whipped cream, sprinkles, jam, and other toppings of your choice Prepare two large, dry bowls ahead of time, an 8 inch circular baking pan, and two larger pans. Preheat oven to 300 degrees Celsius. Put the cake flour in a bowl, along with the juice...

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August 28, 2023

The Truth Of The Blue Raspberry Flavour

Many products in the common store feature assorted flavoured snacks and drinks that please our taste buds. There’s strawberry, blueberry, orange, grape, mango, watermelon, cherry, and more flavours of snacks, including blue raspberry. However, there is a little secret about the flavour blue raspberry: it’s not a real fruit. Stores often care about appearance when displaying their products so buyers will think that the items are good. (advertising) For example, if a store is selling cherry candies, they might display it in a cute box with a large picture of a ripe, sparkling cherry. This could let customers feel that...

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August 18, 2023

Gourd

Gourd is a type of fruit grown from flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae. Further in the family Cucurbitaceae, it is also in the sub families Cucurbita and Lagenaria. It is related to a number of different items, such as pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, and many types of melon. Gourd is known to look like a large peanut or pear. They usually are light green or orange. Many say that this kind of fruit has a very hard shell. The gourds found in the Americas seem to have evolved from the the gourds of Asia a long time ago. However, some...

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August 1, 2023

Calorie Count In Foods

It is important to know the number of calories in everyday food, so my alphabetical blog will demonstrate this question. Fruits: Apple: 95 calories (medium-sized) Apricot: 17 calories (1 apricot) Avocado: 160 calories (medium-sized) Banana: 105 calories (medium-sized) Blackberry: 62 calories (1 cup) Blueberry: 84 calories (1 cup) Cherry: 87 calories (1 cup) Cranberry: 46 calories (1 cup) Fig: 47 calories (medium-sized) Grape: 52 calories (1 cup) Guava: 37 calories (medium-sized) Kiwi: 61 calories (medium-sized) Lemon: 17 calories (medium-sized) Lime: 20 calories (medium-sized) Mango: 202 calories (medium-sized) Melon: 64 calories (1 cup) Nectarine: 62 calories (medium-sized) Orange: 62 calories (medium-sized)...

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May 9, 2023

Cake

Cake is a popular dessert typically made out of flour, sugar, milk, and butter. Fresh fruit, chocolate, and other toppings are also added to make the cake prettier and taste better. Cakes are an appropriate dessert in many situations. It is usually served on birthdays, weddings, or holidays such as Christmas. Types of cake: vanilla fruit chocolate ice cream sponge wedding ball sheet pops cheese bundt swiss roll Additional links: Link 1 Link 2

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February 25, 2023

Pizza

Pizzas are roasted typically flat, circle-shaped surfaces of dough topped with tomato sauce, cheese, and optional, other toppings. All regular pizzas have dough, tomato sauce, and cheese. So, pizzas are just dough with tomato sauce, cheese, etc. In simpler form, they’re cheese-topped flatbreads. Pizzas have a delicious history that dates back to the Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans. However, the pizza we eat today originated in Italy, somewhere in the 18th century. The early pizzas were simple and made with only a few basic ingredients like dough and cheese. As it became more popular, bits of food were added as toppings,...

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February 17, 2023

Bubble Tea

Bubble tea! Bubble tea is “tea” with solid “bubbles”. It consists of tea, milk, sugar, tapioca flour (to make the tapioca balls, solid bubbles), and sometimes syrup, honey, fruit, cream, and ice. GOOGLE BUBBLE TEA GAME https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-bubble-tea EXTRA RIDDLE Why can you drink a drink but not eat an eat? Answer A drink has two meanings, one is noun and the other verb. For example, “drink water” and “drink of water” both make sense. But, eat is only a verb! Eat does not mean food. Examples: “eat food” makes sense but “eat of food” does not.

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May 11, 2021

Sugar

Sugar is a sweet powdery food that that feels like sand. It’s very popular in making various types of food-the average American eats more than 50 pounds of hidden sugar every year! Types of Sugar TYPE Sucrose Dextrose Maltose Lactose Fructose Glucose WHAT IT IS refined starch/corn malt milk fruit fruit and vegetables Choose glucose, lactose, but NOT sucrose.

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