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First Aired - 04/02/2013 12:00PM
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Find out some alternative uses for transglutaminase on this week's episode of Cooking Issues. Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez are answering listener questions on topics from first aid to Salamander broilers. Listen in to hear how hard water affects the cooking of vegetables, and learn how you can simulate hard water with calcium hydroxide. Can transglutaminase be used to seal wounds in humans? Learn how to use pectin to preserve the shape of berries in pancakes and waffles, and find out more about trichinosis and pork in the United States. Dave suggests some ways to preserve foods on short camping trips, and explains some ways to carbonate at home! Thanks to today's sponsor, Fairway Market.
"If you have a giant ice block, you should have no problem keeping that for three days in your cooler- and put your food next to that. And you can make great drinks with that, too!" [46:10] -- Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues
"If you have a giant ice block, you should have no problem keeping that for three days in your cooler- and put your food next to that. And you can make great drinks with that, too!" [46:10] -- Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues
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Healing with Meat Glue (19:27)
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biking, wear a helmet, Nastassia's dentist, well water, calcium carbonate, endosperm, corn, broccoli, hard water, pectin, baking soda, calcium hydroxide, acidity, lime, beans, baked beans, gluten, yellow alkaline noodles, Zappos, transglutaminase, proteins, amino acid, covalent bond, meat glue, milk, gelatin, Life Bond, blood clotting, blood cells,Broilers, Pork, & Bubbles (30:50)
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lambert radiating bodies, infared heat, salamander, broiler, deck broiler, Byron Ferguson, Indie Jesus, hippie, pectin, blueberries, small fruits, enzyme, canned tomatoes, pectin methylesterase, cherries, Modernist Pantry, ham, foraging, feral pigs, snakes, trichinella, pork, trichinosis, meat inspection, garbage cooking laws, curing at home, nuts, Iberico, acorns, country ham, Coachella, ice cubes, stirred drinks, limes, hologram Tupac, pasta, James Beard, hoses, homebrew, carbonation,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/03/2010 02:00PM
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Sev speaks to Natsuko Uchino about her Green County farm in Cornwallville, and about the link between being an artist and a farmer.
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Down on the Farm with Natsuko (30:00)
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Green County, Cooper Union, Peter Nadin, whats going on in Green County?, growing mushrooms on logs is great, most mushrooms are grown in greenhouses, goats pigs and gardens, Dirty Dancing, a lot of the structures were burned down for insurance, leisure relics, ghost towns, vacation camp or leisure camp, Japanese farmers, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Values Training, Tom Vilsac, rural youth, farming may not be a viable career choice, 45 percent of our servicemen are coming from rural areas, negative perception of agriculture, Cornwallville, Agro-Forestry, Maplecrest, picking acorns, processing the pig after taking care of it, butchering the pig, preserving the pig, you aren't going to eat 8 pigs in one day, you can't age pig meat as easily as beef, dried cures, pate, blood sausage, noble cuts versus humble cuts, the tradition of preserving meat, being an artist AND a farmer, marketing your farm, Natsuko's Zine, intellectual property, art and agriculture, coming from an art theory perspective, active platforms, the soap explosions were accidental, planning and procedure, organizational theory, community radio,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 02/15/2010 12:00PM
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This week on The Naturalist, Bernie Wides talks about pollution in some of our New York waterways. Also, he talks about hibernating animals and winter birds.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Newtown Creek (10:10)
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The Naturalist, Bernie Wides, Heritage Radio Network, Salumi Artisinal Cured Meats, Newtown Creek, the border between Queens & Brooklyn, seals are back in New York harbor, wildlife, newtown Creek is one of the nations most polluted waterways, underground water spill has been causing problems in Greenpoint for decades, the creek is a dead end, EPA, sediment, contamination was found in just about every part of the creek, gas plants, asphalt plants, PCB's, chemicals, remediation,Toxic Algae & Brown Tide (16:50)
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Gowanus Canal, fish are back in the creek, blue fish, the waterway is being cleaned, Greenport, Long Island, scallop industry, November opening of scallop season, toxic marine algae, brown tide, economically devastating harvest, toxic plankton, Suffolk County, Peconic Bay, Orient Point, spawning and fertilization, Nature Conservancy, Stonybrook University, Long Island University, Cornell University, nitrogen, the abductor muscle is the only edible part of the scallop,Winter Birds & Hibernating Animals (13:26)
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hibernation, squirrels, acorns, birds, chickadees, sparrows, cardinal, starling, winter vacation, which animals are still out in the wintertime?, city parks, bird feeder, bird seed mixes, the white breasted nut hatch, downy woodpecker, Carolina wren, fox sparrow, American goldfinch, why hibernate?, energy comes from food which is often difficult to find in the winter, mammals are warm blooded, Groundhog's Day, Mayor Bloomberg, cold blooded animals cannot survive in the snow and ice, salamander, insects, larva, pupa, praying mantis,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
