Luckily, it is fairly easy to spot a can that is suspect for carrying botulism and that’s the purpose of this post. Below are two nearly identical cans. The difference is that the one on the right is flat across the top and the one on the left is not, it is slightly rounded. If...
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Be sure to follow proper canning procedures, which you can get from your county extension service. Check with your state's department of agriculture or a university for details. Refrigerate infused oil. Oils that are infused with garlic or other herbs can be a ripe spot for botulism toxin ...
Garlic does best if it can experience a “dormancy” period of colder weather—at least 40˚F (4°C)—that lasts 4 to 8 weeks. When planted in the fall, garlic bulbs have time to develop healthy roots before temperatures drop and/or the ground freezes, but not enough time for the g...
Honey and Botulism Honey is generally very good at killing bacteria, but there is one notable exception -- spore-forming bacteria, like Clostridium botulinum, which causes botulism. C. botulinum can form protective spores that insulate it from honey's antibacterial properties. Since it can live in...
“the go-go's are to music what botulism is to tuna.” the inexperienced but enthusiastic ginger canzoneri was impressed enough to convince the go-go’s to let her manage them as some of their earliest hits started coming together. schock: i went to a party in santa monica where som...
Salt is a great way to make black truffles stretch further. Not only does it carry the flavour well, it zaps all the moisture from the grated truffle, preserving it. This means your truffle salt lasts quite well in a dark cool spot. Like truffle oil, truffle salt is used to finish dis...
Or maybe not. Either way, I would like you to give canning some fresh tomatoes a try this year, so let me show you how to can tomatoes. Because it’s easy and so very rewarding, but mostly because everyone knows that out-of-season tomatoes (while still full of healthy lycopene and ...
To make your own SCOBY from scratch, you will need: 7 cups of clean water One half-cup of white sugar – don’t use honey. (Fun fact: honey can contain botulism bacteria, which grows in yeast.) 4 bags black tea (or 1 tablespoon loose tea) – Don’t use decaffeinated tea, those...
Death by lightning was judged less likely than death from botulism even though it is 52 times more frequent. Death by disease is 18 times as likely as accidental death, but the two were judged about equally likely. Death by accidents was judged to be more than 300 times more likely than ...