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First Aired - 11/01/2011 12:00PM
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This week Cooking Issues welcomes a surprise special guest: Alexander Talbot of the wonderful Ideas In Food blog. They dig into a mountain of questions from callers across the country and emails alike; from what type of carrageenan is best for your recipe, to how to cook a perfect leg of lamb, to using molecular gastronomy techniques in making cool beer. Tune in as we revisit topics such as nitrates, umami, and uses of kombu in making dashi. If you've ever had a question about vegan cheese, DIY ramen, or what exactly is in Fantastik and if it's safe, this episode is for you And don't forget, Thanksgiving is coming up so don't forget to listen in for ways to cook up your veggies low-temp style as well as a special code for a free sample of Iota Carrageenan from this weeks sponsor, The Modernist Pantry.
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Carrageenan, Leg of Lamb, and Molecular Brewing (20:10)
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Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold, Modernist Pantry, Nastassia Lopez, milk stabilizer, carrageenan, synergy, Salt, sugar, molecular gastronomy, black and tan, beer, algae, lava lamps, alginate, osmotic balance, flavor thiefs, cooking lamb, leg of lamb, how to cook a leg of lamb, overcooked meat, whole hog, farce, meat whisperer, Ideas In Food, Alexander Talbot,Nitrates, Ramen, Umami, and Vegan Cheese for All (40:34)
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cupcakes, Halloween, cake, icing, umami, amino acids, David Chang, food saver, vacuum, refrigeration vacuum, rotovap, low-temperature cooking, glutamate crystals, nitrates, feral hogs, oxygenated hemoglobin, cyanotic, nitrate allergy, Thanksgiving, low temperature veggies, cooking potatoes, mashing potatoes, carmelized, Steingarten, kombu, dashi, apple season, calcium fossilized apple, calcium hydroxide, Star Chefs, Paul Libert, sunchokes, calcium lactate, basic soda, blueberries, novo-shape, Myhrvold, vegan cheese, vegan, aluminum pans, Alzheimer's, opening an oyster, ramen, kansui, extruding noodles, pasta extruder, frying ramen, surfactents, Fantastik, MSDS,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/24/2010 12:00PM
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This week on the Naturalist Bernie spoke about the least attractive people on the beach: horseshoe crabs. These crazy critters smell with their feet, can swim upsidedown, have nine eyes, and make for a good 25 minutes of radio.
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The Naturalist Introduction: Horseshoe Crabs (13:36)
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Bernie Wides, The Naturalist, Fairway Market, Heritage Radio Network, living fossil, horseshoe crab, Jamaica Bay, American Littoral Society, New York City Audubon Society, Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, more related to spiders than crabs, commonly found along the Atlantic Coast, Delaware Bay, Limulus polyphemus, red knot, the population of red knots are dependent on the population of horseshoe crabs, the crabs were named after a Greek monster, cyclops, people used to think they had one eye on the front of the shell, they changed the name because they found out it has nine eyes, they can swim upside down, they have sensors on their feet that they smell with, worms, small crabs, they can only eat while they walk, the put food in between their legs and the legs grind the food, invertebrates,Blue Blood, Limb Regrowth & Many Eyes (13:51)
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the horseshoe crab is not a crab!, it's an arachnid, the shell is beautiful, if you find one smell it, if it has a strong smell that means its a dead horseshoe crab, they molt 17-19 times, every few months the crab molts as he grows, other critters attach themselves to the shell, fossil hunting, Natural History Museum, limestone, formed by the shells of sea creatures, connection between horseshoe crabs and birds, they can regrow lost limbs, starfish, newts, blood of the horseshoe crab, blue blood, hemoglobin, the nerves to their eyes are easily found, some of the eyes have optic nerves similar to ours, full moon tide, horseshoe crabs predate dinosaurs,If You See Them Flipped, Flip Them Back! (11:23)
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the blood is used in medical testing, bacteria, enzymes used in the International Space Station, how do the crabs protect themselves, anti bacterial stuff in their blood, they don't have huge blood supplies, birds need the horseshoe crab eggs, turtles eat the crabs, since we don't eat them we can help protect them, ERDG, www.horseshoecrab.org, flip it campaign, movement to tag and count the horseshoe crabs, Ecological Research & Development Group, flip them over if you see them on their back!, now is the time of year to see them, they are practically harmless, they don't bite or sting, May 30th at 10:00am, contact Don Reape,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
