Theoretically, pickling can be accomplished without salt, but the carbohydrates and proteins in the vegetables tend to putrefy too quickly to be saved by the emerging lactic acid. Without salt, yeast...
The true expression of nonviolence is compassion, which is not just a passive emotional response, but a rational stimulus to action.
The only possible explanation for the absence of a proactive word to express nonviolence is that not only the political establishments but the cultural and intellectual establishments of all societies...
The Chinese had first learned of the Roman Empire in 139 B.C., when the emperor Wudi had sent an envoy, Zhang Qian, past the deserts to seek allies to the west. Zhang Qian traveled for twelve years to...
THE ROMANS PAID homage to democracy, the rights of the common citizen and, for a time, republicanism. But
Salt is so common, so easy to obtain, and so inexpensive that we have forgotten that from the beginning of civilization until about 100 years ago, salt was one of the most sought-after commodities in...
Proteins unwind when exposed to heat, and they do the same when exposed to salt. So salting has an effect resembling cooking.
Pegasus claims that making red-algae paper uses less energy than making paper from wood pulp because there is no need to remove lignin. They also say that ethanol is a by-product of the algae papermak...
Mennonites are so called because they followed Menno Simons, a sixteenth-century Dutch Catholic priest
Literary Teas are constantly in a state of flux. The uninitiated gravitates toward the author, the author toward the editor or publisher, the publisher toward the reviewer, and the reviewer, in desper...
In fact, the entire breastfeeding issue was an early version of the modern abortion issue, with men trying to make the decisions about what women should do with their bodies.
French butter makes better pastry than American butter because it contains more fat and less water.
El hinduismo y Gandhi insisten en que la no violencia no debe proceder jamás de la debilidad, sino de la fuerza, y que solo las personas más fuertes y disciplinadas pueden alcanzarla. Quienes
During World War I, British soldiers were fed cans of pressed caviar, which they called fish jam and mostly loathed. A soldier would pay for cans of sardines rather than eat the free fish jam that was...
Despite the fame of their bright clothing, Celts are described going naked into battle except for horned helmets. We are told that they had frightening war cries and that the terrifying songs of their...
Both Jews and Muslims believe that salt protects against the evil eye. The Book of Ezekial mentions rubbing newborn infants with salt to protect them from evil. The practice in Europe of protecting ne...
Salt by definition is a compound created by the neutralization of an acid and a base. Both are extremely unstable—one because it lacks an electron and the other because it has an extra one. So they ar...
Writing beautifully—calligraphy—was China’s first graphic art form. Although elsewhere in the world people drew first and learned to write later, in China, the reverse was true. First you learned to w...
When my enemies seek my life, how can I do other than use my endeavor to destroy them in my own defense? The
When a peasant has a baby girl, the family puts up a vegetable every year and gives the jars to her when she’s married. This