Lent is a special time of reflection and faith, practiced in prayer and by the act of giving up something. Here are a few common items and acts that many choose to give up for Lent.
A. Alodine is a trade name for a brand of chromating solution used for MIL-C-5541 conversion coating of aluminum. Iridite is another trade name. The conversion coating can be done in clear, yellow, or yellow-and-leach (leach back to clear). Normally, the conversion coating is either for...
Washing sodaor soda ash are common names for Sodium Carbonate (Na2CO3). Washing soda is a caustic base (able to burn, destroy, or damage organic tissue slowly by chemical action). It isnot edible, should not be inhaled, and can damage eyes (flush the exposed areas with large quantities o...
Intuitively, it also seems like Austin is a food hub because Whole Foods is based in town. Aligned with its farm-to-table ethos, the restaurants here are uniquely upfront about their ingredients. Picnik doesn’t cook with seed oils. The honey is served raw and all the butter is grass-fe...
There is no sugar in most modern mass-produced soda brands-just high fructose corn syrup. Years ago when soda contained actual sugar, the obesity rate in this country was a lot lower. Bybusgrama— On Aug 04, 2008 I use soda ash as an acid neutralizer in my well water. Does anyone kn...
deposits that formed when ancient seas receded. Potash can also be made by boiling hardwood ash in water to create a runoff that is then processed into useable forms. Potassium, an essential nutrient for both plants and animals, makes most types of potash valuable as fertilizer, but it is ...
Hundreds of people have asked me aboutSoylent, a controversial Silicon Valley team trying to replace food with a grayish liquid. “Does itreallydeliver all the nutrients the human body needs?” “Is it safe?” “Why hasn’t anyone tried this before?” [Hint: they have] ...
This is definitely tastier than the chicken of the sea! Grilled and smoked over a Hickory fire for 1 hour; this chicken was easily coming apart and was sooo good and juicy. “THE CHICKEN…” Drunken-Chicken-with-friends. “So… Not to be the “Party Pooper”, but don’t drink and dr...
But many athletes are mistaken or unsure about what to eat after a workout. People are fond of believing that a glass of chocolate milk is the perfect post-workout meal. As someone who subsisted on the stuff for weeks at a time as a kid, I was delighted the first time I heard this...
Instead of adding chlorine to sanitize a saltwater pool, you add salt, and then a chlorine generator converts it to chlorine. When the free chlorine level is low, that usually means it's time to add more salt, but it may mean a couple of other things as well. For instance, low chlor...