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Breakfast: Rolled oats with raisins, kiwifruit, sunflower seeds and flax seeds
Lunch: Mexican sausage and rice
Dinner: Spinach, tomato and bean soup, toast
Baking/sweets:
On Reuters I read something which was quite interesting but potentially totally useless, and I thought this was definitely worth sharing! Japanese scientists may have found the answer as to how dogs can walk barefoot in the snow. Dogs have a “heat exchange system in their feet”. The system uses warm, oxygenated blood to heat the cold blood that has been in contact with a cold surface before returning it to the heart and central circulation. This helps maintain a constant temperature in the foot pad, even when exposed to extremely cold conditions. However not all dogs thrive in the cold, it depends on the breed. If you have a dog and you live in a cold country, check whether your dogs feet has a heat exchange system before taking him or her out for walks.
Sometimes I wonder whether some scientists have too much time and money to study things like dogs feet.
Today's Favourite Photo
Pumpkin ricotta cake with balsamic vinegar reduction
Today’s Favourite Blog
Controversial or bad news for vegetarians. Parmesan cheese is not vegetarian, it is made with calf rennet.
The law states that cheese is only allowed to be labelled Parmigiano Reggiano or parmesan if it meets a number of criteria, including being made using calf rennet. So parmesan cannot be made without calf rennet.
Restaurants continue to classify parmesan cheese as vegetarian but now there are campaigns to highlight this error.
I remember sometime ago I made a dish with pesto. My friend who does not eat cheese enquired what was in the dish. I said pesto, and no cheese. That’s when I found out that pesto contains a small amount of cheese, probably not all pestos.
Cake with a balsamic vinegar reduction... a very interesting combination i must say!
ReplyDeletei think most store bought pesto comes with cheese in it but if you are making your own, leaving the cheese out taste great too as the pinenuts adds a nice creaminess to it.
I can imagine the acidity cutting through the sweetness, like tart fruits.
DeleteI've never made pesto at home even though its simple to make! Need to try
Love your reads; they are always so interesting! I do agree with you, sometimes the studies taken by scientists just baffle me as some of the things are just too bizarre, in our normal minds' opinions!:p
ReplyDeleteI am like your friend, I do not take certain things and when I am skeptical, I tend to ask people who prepare the food the type of ingredients they used in it;)
Thank you so much. Scientists study so many odd areas and things which are of no relevance to anyone except them!
Deleteyour cake looks like a piece of cheese cake to me at the first glance! :) how tasty it is!
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Thank you, though it wasn't mine unfortunately. Wish!
DeleteThat's interesting ... parmesan isn't for vegetarians ... not that it matters to me unless of course I have to whip up a meal for vegetarians guests.
ReplyDeleteCake with vinegar ... another interesting one. Gotta try that out altho I can almost already imagine the sweet and tart flavors of the reduction going super well with the sweet.
I suppose many vegetarians eat parmesan without realising its not for them.
DeleteThe cake with vinegar does sound great, acidity would help. However cake with 'vinegar sauce' sounds odd and unappealing, or interesting!
Hmm well...I'm not sure I'd give up eating parmesan even with the calf rennet. I love it too much!
ReplyDeleteFair enough, besides the rennet is a small part of the cheese (but an important one!)
DeleteWhat a pretty photo of the day. Love the drizzle.
ReplyDeleteIt is, simple and beautiful, and delicious I am sure
DeleteThat about the dog I didnt know. maybe there is a bio evolutionary or mutating way for us humans to "learn"that heat skill? I surely would need that. Those scientist get payed by an organization to research that, might be company or goverment. Surely nobody would spend lots of money just to know that, they have surely plans with this discovery.
ReplyDeleteWell I feel there are many things out there which are actualy not vegetarian. but anyway I thought vegetarians dont eat milk products mostly or am I confusing that with vegans? o.O
It could happen, so we can walk barefeet in the snow:) No need to snow boots when skiing:)
DeleteIts vegans who skip dairy, vegetarians eat milk products (there are many vegetarians in India)
Pets are a huge business, so I suppose there are people who sponsorise such reasearch... I can say I know someone who has had two dogs and they are not capable of walking when the temperature is lower than -20°C. Their paws stick to the ice. Probably depends on the breed...
ReplyDeleteI suppose most vegetarians know that many (most? all?) maturing cheese varieties are made with rennet (I even make sometimes my curd cheese with rennet's help when I'm too lazy to go and fetch raw milk in the only place where i can get it). My vegetarian friends know it (I don't have many vegetarian friends though...).
-20 is quite low though, the heat exchange system probably does not work that well in that temperature:)
DeleteThere are non-animal sources of rennet so cheeses made with them would be suitable for vegetarians.
Well I am so glad I'm not vegetarian then :) That Mexican sausage and rice looks good!
ReplyDeleteThank you
Deleteoh my goodness, that is good to know about the parm cheese. i am so disturbed! i never knew....
ReplyDeleteSorry to break the bad news. I guess sometimes ignorance (or not knowing) is bliss
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