Inside this newsletter:
1. What's New and food science factoids?
2. When to see me?
3. Deals!
(Mention this newsletter at the Farmers' Market for 10% off my black garlic!)
1A: What's new?!?
Fresh batch of Liver of Beef treats! No fillers, no additives, nothing artificial, and gently dehydrated to preserve micro-nutrients / vitamins / antioxidants.
(2) TOMATO CHEWS!
Dried and seasoned! Naturally sweet and savory snack! No sulfites, no added sugar and no fat. NJ grown!
(3) Charoset Apple Slices!
NYS grown apples, enrobed in walnuts, raisins, grape juice/wine and cinnamon!
David's latest healthy food invention! Delicious snack! Enjoy this Passover-style treat year round, even on the go! No sugar added! Walnuts are a great source of omega-3!
Inspired by my Jewish roots and my affinity for walnuts, which are a great source of the omega-3 fatty acid: alpha-linolenic acid, which is good for the heart, circulatory system, brain, skin, and all cells of the body, I realized after enjoying apples coated in walnuts and cinnamon, that I was very close to making charoset!
So I did a small batch adding raisins and red wine! It came out amazing! And it's shelf stable, so you don't have to refrigerate it! Come wander on over to the farmers market for a free taste!
(4) VEGAN JERKY, now with tomatoes, yellow squash, and zucchini!
USA Grown! Loaded with vitamins and minerals! High in fiber! No added sugar! Sustainable snacking!
C'mon down for some free samples! I'd love your feedback! I'm very happy with how it came out!
1B:Food Science of Microwaves!
(and are microwave ovens bad?)
Some folks, including myself, are concerned microwave ovens cause cancer. But the truth is, there's no scientific evidence to prove this, nor is it scientifically logical. But everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and what we think is scientific fact is always changing.)
There are some inaccurate descriptions saying microwaves are "high frequency" radiation. This is false. Microwaves are low frequency. I've inserted a chart of the electro-magnetic spectrum. Microwaves are photons, just like visible light, infra-red radiation, UV radiation, radio waves, x-rays, and gamma rays. They're all photons. But the higher the frequency (oscillations per second) the higher the energy per photon (and the smaller the wavelength.)
Since all photons move at the same speed (the "speed of light"), higher frequency (oscillation per second) divided into speed of light (meters per second) gives meters per oscillation. (aka "wavelength".)
A microwave in an oven is about 2.4Ghz, (gighertz) or 2.4 billion oscillations per second. This is about the same frequency as Wifi!
Interestingly, you can visualize a wavelength of a microwave: if you divide the oscillation of visible light by 2.4 x 10^12 / speed of light (about 300 million meters per second) = 0.12 mm per oscillation. It's small, but not microscopic. It's a great size for a microwave oven of about 12 inches across to bounce back and forth in the chamber and interact with the food.
There's lot of internet typos calling microwaves "high frequency" which kinda irks me. I think it originated by some folks calling microwaves "high frequency radio waves", since radio waves are really big-wavelength and low frequency, and hence pass through walls, and radio transmitting antennas are generally very big like those you see near airports.
Examples of correctly calling microwaves Low frequency:
1. BBC: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200714-is-it-safe-to-microwave-food
2. Univeristy study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607572/
Incorrectly calling microwaves "high frequency":
1. Scientific American (shame on you) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-homes-soap-microwave/
Correctly but confusingly calling microwaves "high frequency" in comparison to lowest frequency Radio Waves:
1. United Nations calls microwaves "high frequency radio waves" : https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-microwave-ovens
A valid human-health concern is if a microwave oven could somehow produce x-rays. I found this post:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/96671/does-the-cavity-magnetron-in-a-microwave-oven-produce-x-rays
Basically, microwaves run at 4000 volts, but weak x-rays (aka "soft" x-rays) are produced at tens of thousands of volts (about 60,000 volts) and a medical x-ray or CT scanner will run even higher. So a microwave oven is more than an order of magnitude too weak to produce x-rays.
In many ways, microwave ovens are safer and reduce the risk of cancer, since traditional re-heating can scorch/burn food since convection heating in an oven heats from the outside-in, creating carcinogens on the outside.
How microwaves work: well that's the subject of debate but generally speaking, they interact and excite ionized or polar molecules such as water and salty liquids. However, pure fats (especially solid fats) without water do not reheat well (I once broke a microwave reheating cocoa butter), and you can break your microwave if you run a microwave oven empty. Fats and oils are non-polar, so something about lack of poles in fats reduces the effect that the microwave photons have on the food molecules.
I ran a quick experiment: a big jar of water and a small cup of olive oil. The big jar of water heated up higher than the olive oil. (91.7F for olive oil vs 100.9F for water)
Food for thought!
-David
2. When to see moi next?
Answer: This weekend!
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More info & directions:
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Huntington Farmers Market Directions
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Shameless plugs
Fresh dried fruit is a weight loss cure!
(this statement that has not been substantiated by any scientific study... but no sugar added dried apples and pears can't be bad!)
No sugar added! Slow and low temperature dehydrated to preserve vitamins, antioxidants, and flavors!
(compare to other brands apple chips which are high-temperature baked)
1) Red Apples! (with and without cinnamon)
2) Green Apples! (with and without cinnamon)
3) Pears!
4) Peaches!
5) Nectarines!
6) Black Garlic!
7) Bubbles!
8) VEGAN JERKY
9) Tomatoes
10) Charoset Ashkenazic style and Walnut Apples
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Conclusion:
Hypothesis: I will see you this Saturday or Sunday! 😃
Null hypothesis: I will not see you this weekend 😭Conclusion: Not sure! Let's see!
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