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Spices and Herbs Bandra Bazar Road
<a href= http www deancoleman com herbs htm >www deancoleman com herbs htm< a> Allspice General Description Allspice is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica an evergreen tree in the myrtle family After drying the berries are small dark brown balls just a little larger than peppercorns Geographical Sources Allspice comes from Jamaica Mexico and Honduras Traditional Ethnic Uses Allspice is used in Jamaican jerk seasoning and in Jamaican soups stews and curries It also is used in pickling spice spiced tea mixes cakes cookies and pies Food producers use it in ketchup pickles and sausages Taste and Aroma Allspice is pungent and fragrant It is not a blend of quot all spices quot but its taste and aroma remind many people of a mix of cloves cinnamon and nutmeg History Region of Origin Christopher Columbus discovered Allspice in the Caribbean Although he was seeking pepper he had never actually seen real pepper and he thought Allspice was it He brought it back to Spain where it got the name quot pimienta quot which is Spanish for pepper Its Anglicized name pimento is occasionally used in the spice trade today Before World War II Allspice was more widely used than it is nowadays During the war many trees producing Allspice were cut and production never fully recovered Folklore suggests that Allspice provides relief for digestive problems Anise Seed General Description Anise Seed is a gray brown oval seed from Pimpinella anisum a plant in the parsley family It is related to caraway dill cumin and fennel Geographical Sources Spain and Mexico Traditional Ethnic Uses Europeans use Anise in cakes cookies and sweet breads In the Middle East and India it is used in soups and stews Its licorice like flavor is popular in candies and Anise oil is used in liqueurs Taste and Aroma Anise Seeds smell and taste like licorice History Region of Origin Anise is native to the Middle East and has been used as a medicine and as a flavor for medicine sinc
VITIS Sixty species of this vining plant
<a href= http www youtube com watch v=tmcvD59kCC4 rel= nofollow >www youtube com watch v=tmcvD59kCC4< a> Vitis From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Vitis californica with fruit Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Division Magnoliophyta Class Magnoliopsida Order Vitales Family Vitaceae Genus Vitis L Species Vitis vinifera Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis berlandieri Vitis californica Vitis × champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis coignetiae Vitis × doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis lincecumii Vitis munsoniana Vitis muscadinia Vitis mustangensis Vitis × novae angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis is a genus of about 60 species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern hemisphere It is economically important as the source of grapes both for direct consumption of the fruit and for fermentation to produce wine The study and cultivation of grapevines is called viticulture Biology Flower buds of Vitis viniferaVitis is distinguished from other genera of Vitaceae by having petals which remain joined at the tip and detach from the base to fall together as a calyptra or cap The flowers are unisexual or modified to act functionally as unisexual they are pentamerous with a hypogynous disk The calyx is greatly reduced or nonexistent in most species and the petals are joined at the summit into one unit but separated at the base Flower buds are formed later in the growing season and overwinter for blooming in spring of the next year There are two types of flowers produced sterile flowers with five long filaments and erect stamens with undeveloped pistils and fertile flowers with well developed pistals and that have five undeveloped reflexed stamens The fruit is a berry normally produced with four or less per flower by way of aborted
Celtic or Gallic warrior Vacheres
Statue of a Gallic warrior Comparison on Flickr <a href= http www flickr com photos nerdimus prime 457946597 >www flickr com photos nerdimus prime 457946597 < a> This armour uses a highly unusual vertical orientation of the rings The Vachères warrior a statue of a Gaulish warrior is also wearing roman clothing ca 1st century BC After the Roman conquest of Gaul finished in 51 BC quot romanisation quot of the Celtic upper classes proceeded more rapidly than the quot romanisation quot of the lower classes These classes may have spoken a Latin language mixed with Gallic The Gauls wore the roman tunic instead of local vestimentary inhabits The roman gauls generally lived in the vici small villages built like in Italy or in villae for the richest This process spread among many other Celtic tribes as far east as Pannonia or modern Hungary at least A museum in Budapest has several Romano Celtic tombs from a century later Upon subduing the Gauls who esteemed long hair as a distinct honour Julius Caesar required them to cut their hair as a token of submission Kentsmith 1973 at pg 573 The first literary reference to the Celtic people as Κελτοί Κeltoi is by the Greek historian Hecataeus of Miletus in 517 BC he locates the Keltoi tribe in Rhenania West Southwest Germany Surviving Celtic influences also infiltrated back into the Roman Imperial culture in the 3rd century For example the Gaulish tunic which gave Emperor Caracalla his surname had not been replaced by Roman vestimentary fashion Similarly certain Gaulish artisan techniques such as the barrel more durable than the Roman amphora cleanliness and use of soap and chain mail were adopted by the Romans Gaul Latin Gallia was the Roman Latin name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy France Belgium western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine In English the word Gaul French Gaulois may also refer to an inhabitan
Avian Influenza Incidence Tracking Map February 27th 2006 45
Compare with the maps from <a href= http www flickr com photos quiplash 103470255 >one week ago< a> and <a href= http www flickr com photos quiplash 99865903 >two weeks ago< a> to get a sense of how quickly the virus is spreading 45 countries have confirmed H5N1 infections and half of them 23 have reported their infections just within the past four weeks The bad news has been coming in fast and furious this month and I wanted to make the gravity of the current situation as clear as possible I am not joking YOU NEED TO PREPARE FOR THIS If you want to skip all the bad news and get straight to the what do I do part scroll down to the bottom of this email message for three websites which have the best and most current information available on what you need to know and what you need to have on hand Here from thefluclinic com is the most recent list of CONFIRMED H5N1 infections in birds and humans listed alphabetically by country Forty five countries Legend B=bird H=human Cat=cat date=date of first reported infection Yes cat Germany has reported its first dead mammal from bird flu a cat and there have previously been cases of dead cats tigers and leopards in Asia as well <b>Note also 23 of these countries had their first infections SINCE Feb 1st 2006 In other words this list of countries has doubled in size in just four weeks < b> Confirmed 45 countries Algeria H 2 25 05 Austria B 2 14 06 Azerbaijan B 2 9 06 Absheron B 2 11 06 Gilyazi B 2 27 06 Belgium B 10 05 Bosnia Herzegovina B 2 17 06 Bulgaria B 2 11 06 Cambodia B 1 24 04 H 2 05 China B H 2 4 03 Zhejiang B 2004 H 2 10 06 Croatia B 10 26 05 Cyprus B 1 30 06 Egypt B 2 16 06 France B 2 18 06 Georgia Europe B 2 24 06 Germany B Cat 2 28 06 Baden Wuerttemberg B 2 24 06 Bavaria B 2 28 06 H5N Brandenburg B 2 25 06 H5N Mecklenbur
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