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With the majority of sauces and nearly all kinds of gravy you'll need to use a thickening agent at a certain point.This might be one of any number of things.The most commonly used are starches of some kind, since they have the quality of swelling up in almost any liquid to which they are introduced.However, it's important to be aware that they also tend to act differently.Arrowroot, for example, has an interesting property...

Based on mythological fables, there are lots of stories of the origin of tea.The first one comes from over 4500 years back.The 2nd Chinese Emperor Chen Sung(circa 2737-2697 BC) was sitting under a tree while his servant was boiling some water.A leaf from the tree above fell into the boiling water and Chen Sung attempted the brew and enjoyed it.The tree was a tea tree, naturally.Another fabled source of tea comes from Bodhidharma, the traditional founder of the modern school of Buddhism...

The best grade of rib or any sort of beef is obviously prime grade.The issue comes in when trying to purchase prime grade beef, there's only 20 percent of prime grade beef in America cut and many of the grade of beef finds its way to those fancy restaurants.Some prime rib are available in the local grocery store and a few from the butcher shop.If you're lucky enough to locate prime grade then you'll still need to understand how to make sure that you are buying the very best prime rib available...

Green tea is known to offer 10-40mg of polyphenols and has antioxidant activity greater than a serving of broccoli, spinach, carrots, or strawberries.Studies indicate that green tea contains antioxidants, polyphenols, theanine, in addition to a huge array of minerals and vitamins.Green tea is definitely great for your body.<strong>Enhances Health</strong>Tea is known for its unbelievable capacity to prolong life...

When you go to purchase fresh whole fish don't buy it if the look of the fish isn't shiny and bright, scales aren't intact and stick to the skin.If the eyes have turned pink, muddy and sunken, except with little eyes fish such as salmon.Gills should have no sort of slime coating or be green or brown in colour.Fish shouldn't have a fishy odor.When you buy fresh whole fish it ought to be bright, shiny, and the majority of the scales must be complete and adhere closely to the skin...