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Beetroot

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Beetroot

Red, red and more red.

  • Beetroot is also known as beet, garden beet, table beet, and red beet.
  • Beetroot is commonly eaten in North America, Central America and Europe.
  • Beetroot is eaten grilled, roasted, boiled, raw, pickled, or in soup.
  • The leafy part of beetroot is also edible and is often boiled or steamed.
  • Beetroot is high in antioxidants, magnesium, sodium, potassium, betaine and vitamin C.

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  • Since the red colouring in beetroot doesn’t break down when eaten, some beetroot consumers may think they have hematuria, blood in the urine.
  • Beetroots are proven to lower blood pressure and possibly prevent liver disease.
  • Sometimes beetroots are used as a dye.
  • Betanin, the red colouring from beetroot, is commonly used to enhance the colour of food such as icecream.
  • In the Middle Ages beetroots were used to cure blood and digestion sickness.
Bibliography:
Beetroot, 2013 Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetroot>

Lilly Pilly

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Lilly Pilly

It is not a lily…

  • Lilly pilly is also known as lillpilli, brush cherries and satinash.
  • Lilly pilly is a flowering plant from the family Myrtaceae, the family of myrtles.
  • Lilly pillies are split into three genera, Syzygium, Waterhousea, Acmena.
  • Lilly pillies are evergreen trees and shrubs.
  • Lilly pilly plants generally have white, fluffy flowers and produce small red, pink or purple fruit that are edible.
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  • Lilly pilly is native to Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific.
  • Lilly pilly fruit is sometimes used in jams and jellies.
  • Lilly pilly is sometimes confused with the eugenia species.
  • There are 62 species of lilly pilly native to Australia.
  • The lilly pilly psyllid is a pest that feeds on lilly pilly and causes pimples on the leaves.
Bibliography:
Syzygium, 2013 Wikipedia,<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium>

Milo

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Milo

Healthy flavoured beverage.

  • Milo is a powered flavouring that is put in hot or cold water or milk to make a chocolate flavoured drink.
  • Milo started being produced in the 1930s during the Great Depression, to help children to get enough nutrients in their diet.
  • Milo was invented by an Australian, Thomas Mayne who was a Nestlé engineer and and an industrial chemist.
  • Milo was named after a man from Greek mythology, ‘Milo’, who had great strength.
  • Milo was first launched to the public at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 1934 in Australia.

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  • Milo was first made in Australia, and is now produced and sold in a number of countries around the world by the Nestlé company, with slight variations to the product, depending on the country.
  • Milo is made from malted barley and cocoa, and also contains milk solids and sugar.
  • Milo can become addictive if eaten in quantities of 15 teaspoons or more per day, due to the theobromine content, a chemical similar to caffeine, that is found in cocoa.
  • Malaysians are said to be the biggest consumers of Milo in the world.
  • Milo is high in calcium, iron and vitamins A, B1, B2, and C.
Bibliography:
Milo (Drink), 2013 Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_(drink)>

Easter Eggs

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Easter Eggs

Don’t forget the egg’s meaning!

  • Easter eggs are sweets that are eaten at Easter, normally Resurrection Sunday, when Christians celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead.
  • Christians believe Easter eggs symbolise the empty tomb of Jesus Christ and new life.
  • The first use of Easter eggs were by the early Christians.
  • Easter eggs were originally bird eggs, normally chicken eggs, which had been dyed or painted, but chocolate or plastic eggs have become so popular that they are now more commonly seen.
  • An early Christian tradition was to dye Easter eggs red, to remind people of Jesus Christ’s blood, which was shed when he died on the cross, and this tradition is still practiced by the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic church.

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  • Easter eggs are often used in hunts for children, and some parents suggest that the fictional ‘Easter Bunny’ has hidden or left the children Easter eggs.
  • The first time the phrase ‘Easter eggs’ was named in a book, was 500 years ago.
  • Historically, a surplus of chicken eggs at Easter time would have been common, because eggs were forbidden during Lent, the period leading up to Easter, and this custom is still practiced by some people today.
  • Over 90 million Easter eggs are sold every year, just in the United Kingdom.
  • Chocolate Easter eggs were first made in the 1800s in Europe.
Bibliography:
Easter Egg, 2013 Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg>.

Milk

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Milk

Drink that lovely, creamy milk.

  • Milk is a white coloured liquid that is produced by mammals that have mammary glands.
  • Milk is the main nutritional source for baby mammals.
  • Mammals initially produce colostrum, a form of milk that contains some of the mother’s antibodies to help prevent illness and gives newborns an important boost of nutrients.
  • In  2011, the world wide production of milk from dairy farms was approximately 730 million tonnes (850 million tons).
  • India is the largest producer and consumer of milk, but the country doesn’t export or import it, while Australia and the United States are some of the biggest exporters of milk, and China and Russia are the biggest importers.

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  • More than 6 billion people in the world consume milk or dairy products.
  • Humans often drink cattle, goat or sheep milk, and sometimes buffalo, camel, donkey, horse, reindeer, yak, moose and dolphin milk.
  • Milk can be made into cream, butter, yoghurt, kefir, ice-cream and cheese.
  • Cow’s milk is very high in calcium and a 250ml cup of full fat milk contains approximately 36% of an adult’s recommended daily dose of calcium.
  • Proteins in cow’s milk can cause allergic reactions in some humans, and a significant portion of the population have difficulty digesting lactose  (a type of sugar), which is called lactose intolerance.
Bibliography:
Milk 24 March 2013, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk>

Ice-cream Cake

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Ice-cream Cake

Lick those lips…

  • Ice-cream cake is a cake that is made partly or entirely out of ice-cream, sometimes decorated with whipped cream, chocolate or confectionery.
  • Ice-cream cake is popularly made with three layers; one layer is cake; the next layer, ice-cream; and the third layer, cake layered over the ice-cream.
  • Ice-cream cakes are made usually by moulding soft ice-cream and cake into shape, using a bowl, special shaped cake tin, or other mould.
  • Ice-cream cakes are often made for special occasions such as weddings and birthdays, and are sometimes themed for children’s birthday parties.
  • Ice-cream cakes were originally made like trifle, with cookies and cream, although they were served frozen.

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  • Ice-cream cake is very popular in North America and Australia, but not as common in Europe.
  • Food historians believe ice-cream cakes were invented in the 1600s, becoming popular in the next century, and ice-cream cake recipes from the 1870s have been found.
  • Ice-cream cakes can be often purchased from supermarkets and ice-cream retailers, and Baskin-Robbins, Wendy’s, Dairy Queen, Friendly’s and Cold Stone Creamery are among the popular suppliers.
  • Ice-cream cakes were originally luxurious desserts that wealthy men and women ate.
  • Historically, ice-cream cakes were often made by lining the mould with cake or biscuits first, and filling the remaining part of the mould with ice-cream, and this technique is still sometimes used today.
Bibliography:
Ice Cream Cake 27 Febuary 2013, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cream_cake>
Olver, L 13 March 2013, About Ice-cream, Food Timeline, <http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodicecream.html>
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