The Fancy Ingredient That Will Change Your Deviled Eggs Forever - Tasting Table

It's all about the taste and mouthfeel. According to the sturgeon egg authorities at Imperia Caviar, the flavor experience happens in waves. Initially, it states, the taste is salty and lightly fishy, then transitions into either nuttiness or brightness depending on your caviar's origin. You can even bring out the caviar's natural flavors by adding complementary herbs, like these deviled eggs with caviar, chives, and dill. We're not suggesting that you dump a spoonful of golden osetra onto your hors d'oeuvres, but a dollop of the black stuff will make for an unexpected, flavorful bite with a slightly salty, briny flare. To amp up the mouthfeel even further, Real Simple recommends stirring a little crème fraiche into your egg mixture for an extra creamy bite. While we love a veggie-friendly option, vegan caviar will provide a similar unconventional mouthfeel, but its vegetal taste lacks complementary fishiness that makes this dish work. 

But even if your dinner party guests are already knocking at the door, don't make the mistake of scooping that caviar onto your deviled eggs with just any old spoon. Metal infamously damages the taste of delicate caviar. Christopher Klapp of the 98-year old caviar brand, Petrossian, explains, "Caviar absorbs flavors of the metal, just as it absorbs salt," via Food & Wine. Unless you want to be tasting your silverware drawer, use a spoon made from Mother of Pearl, bone, ivory, or shell. 

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The Secret Ingredient For Classic Ceviche - Tasting Table

Undoubtedly the most common marinating ingredient found in ceviche is lime juice (via The Guardian). But as anyone who has tried a lime knows, the puckery fruit can sometimes verge on too acidic — at least for palates less accustomed to it. So in her recipe for Classic Ceviche, recipe developer Molly Madigan Pisula uses not just lime juice and zest, but she balances the marinade with an ingredient that's milder in flavor but still brings acidity to the party: rice vinegar.

"Typically, lime or lemon juice (or a combination) are used to make ceviche," Pisula told Tasting Table. "This recipe combines lime juice with rice vinegar, which adds just a touch of sweetness to the marinade. The flavor is really lovely and balanced, versus the sharper/more sour flavor of marinating the fish just with lime juice." Rounding out the bold flavors in Pisula's ceviche are diced red onion, cucumbers, bell and jalapeño peppers, and ripe avocado, plus — of course — plenty of chopped fresh cilantro. 

Pisula recommends serving the chilled marinated fish — in this case, a dice of sushi-grade snapper, bass, or halibut — with crackers, chips, or crostini.

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Edibles and beverages laced with cannabis ingredient THC become legal Friday in Minnesota - Star Tribune

Minnesotans who are 21 or older can start buying edibles and beverages that contain THC — the ingredient in cannabis that gets you high — under a new state law that takes effect Friday.

The new law permits the sale and purchase of edibles and beverages that contain up to 5 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per serving and 50 milligrams per package. A 5-milligram THC edible can cause a high feeling for first-time users, while people who are used to cannabis may require 10 to 15 milligrams to feel the same effect.

Five milligrams is about half the standard dose found in recreational marijuana products in other states.

New THC products must be derived from legally certified hemp, which contains trace amounts of the psychoactive compound, according to the law. But 5 milligrams of THC will produce the same effect whether it's derived from hemp or marijuana, industry experts say.

"This stuff will get you high, no doubt about it," said attorney Jason Tarasek, founder of the Minnesota Cannabis Law firm and a board member of the Minnesota Cannabis Association. "Everybody's calling it hemp-derived THC, which makes it sound like something other than marijuana. But I went on social media and I called it adult-use marijuana, because that's what most people are going to consider this to be."

Cannabis advocates say they can hardly believe the law passed the Minnesota Legislature given Senate Republicans' opposition to recreational marijuana legalization. Steven Brown, CEO of Nothing But Hemp, said he will begin selling a dozen new THC products Friday at his six Minnesota retail stores, with a few dozen more rolling out over the next month.

"In some ways, we legalized cannabis," Brown said.

Rep. Heather Edelson, an Edina Democrat who sponsored the legislation in the House, said the new law was born from an effort to strengthen oversight of the budding market.

Hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) products were already legal in Minnesota provided they contained less than 0.3% delta-9 THC, which is the primary intoxicant in marijuana. But that legal threshold did not apply to delta-8 THC, an intoxicating cousin of delta-9. As a result, delta-8 products were widely sold in the state in various forms and at dosages high enough to pose health risks.

The new law's milligram requirements apply to any form of THC, reining in the delta-8 market while also allowing the sale and purchase of traditional THC edibles and beverages.

Starting Friday, CBD and THC products must be clearly labeled and sold only to those 21 or older. Edibles must be in child-proof and tamper-evident packages, have clearly defined serving sizes and carry the label "Keep this product out of reach of children."

"Bringing more consumer protections really was my goal," said Edelson, though she admitted the new law gives Minnesota a sample of what recreational marijuana legalization could be like: "There was no mystery about what we were doing here."

The law places no limit on how much can be purchased and does not regulate who can sell CBD and THC products. It also allows the cannabis components to be infused into food and drinks.

Brown is already working with breweries to create nonalcoholic THC beers and seltzers that he will sell in his stores. He said he wants to "promote cannabis over alcohol" to Minnesotans.

Superior Cannabis Co., which has stores in Duluth, Austin, Minn., and Superior, Wis., will soon begin selling THC gummies, president and co-owner Jeff Brinkman said. Coffee shops and bars have already begun reaching out to him about selling CBD products, he said.

"This is really exciting for us," Brinkman said. "It's a really good opportunity to demonstrate to legislators [that] legalization is just one step away."

Tarasek said Minnesota's new law is a "cannabis industry oddity." He's already fielding calls from cannabis companies nationwide that now see Minnesota as a "quasi-legal market."

"I'm getting calls from across the country saying, 'What is this? We've never seen this,' " Tarasek said. "They want to jump in."

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Elevate Your Marinades With This Boozy Ingredient - Tasting Table

From oils to vinegars, and tomato-based sauces, the type of marinade you use in cooking can affect the composition, texture, and flavor of what melts in your mouth (or doesn't). When it comes to spirits, which help tenderize meats and bring out the natural flavors, the danger is allowing the alcohol's own taste to overpower the dish you're creating. This can happen with rum or wine, explains North Beach Fish Camp, but not with vodka, which emphasizes the flavor of a sauce or marinade without adding its own.

That's why countless chefs advocate using vodka to elevate marinades. A Food. recipe by Andreas Viestad calls for marinating a roast in a sealed bag with spices, ¹⁄₃ cup grain vodka, and ¼ cup olive oil for two to three days in the refrigerator, turning the bagged contents twice daily. Food Network shares a "Drunken Shrimp Style" quick marinade that uses equal parts vodka and citrus juice and takes only 45 to 60 minutes to marinate unpeeled shrimp and scallops.

To help increase the aroma of your dish, be sure to cook out about 95% of the vodka's alcohol by simmering the sauce for a couple of hours, suggests North Beach Fish Camp. The outlet also warns to avoid over-marinating, which can lead to excessive loss of texture and color.

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The Canned Ingredient That Will Change Your Mac And Cheese Forever - Tasting Table

There's no denying that mac and cheese is tasty on its own, but the reason tomato soup is a great addition to the dish all comes down to food science. According to Food52, tomatoes and dairy are essentially the yin and yang of the cooking world. Tomatoes are acidic and sweet, while dairy is fatty and salty. Therefore when you combine tomatoes and cheese, you get a unique balance of flavor and umami that just isn't possible with any other two ingredients.

As Samin Nosrat, cookbook author of "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat," explained to Food52, tomatoes and dairy create the ideal amount of contrast in a dish, ultimately making it taste more complete. The reason grilled cheese and tomato soup goes so well together is the same reason it works well in mac and cheese. So next time you make mac and cheese and feel like it's missing a little something, try adding a can of tomato soup.

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The Canned Ingredient That Will Change Your Mac And Cheese Forever - Tasting Table

There's no denying that mac and cheese is tasty on its own, but the reason tomato soup is a great addition to the dish all comes down to food science. According to Food52, tomatoes and dairy are essentially the yin and yang of the cooking world. Tomatoes are acidic and sweet, while dairy is fatty and salty. Therefore when you combine tomatoes and cheese, you get a unique balance of flavor and umami that just isn't possible with any other two ingredients.

As Samin Nosrat, cookbook author of "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat," explained to Food52, tomatoes and dairy create the ideal amount of contrast in a dish, ultimately making it taste more complete. The reason grilled cheese and tomato soup goes so well together is the same reason it works well in mac and cheese. So next time you make mac and cheese and feel like it's missing a little something, try adding a can of tomato soup.

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Use This Ingredient To Make Vegan Bacon That's Actually Crispy - Tasting Table

Not only does rice paper bacon look, taste, crisp, and sizzle like the real thing, but it's also very easy to make. You can find rice paper wraps in the international aisles of most grocery stores, and if they're not there, you will definitely find them at your local Asian grocer. To prepare it, all you need is a bacon-inspired marinade. To achieve the simultaneously smoky and sweet flavor bacon is adored for, Yup, It's Vegan uses a mixture of liquid smoke, soy sauce, maple syrup, neutral oil, and paprika.

From there, you cut the rice paper into bacon-sized strips and dip them straight into the marinade. Then, you'll place the wet rice papers on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, before placing them in the oven at 400 degrees for seven to nine minutes. If you want to get real fancy, you can use a balsamic glaze to create a marbling effect and make the pieces look even more like actual bacon. The Hidden Veggies also recommends wrapping the rice paper around other proteins (like marinated tofu) to get a result that's both meaty and crispy — perfect for a vegan BLT.

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The Unexpected Ingredient Rachael Ray Uses In Deviled Eggs - Mashed

A lot has changed since the days of ancient Roman deviled eggs, but Rachael Ray still makes a version that sounds fit for a Caesar ... salad. According to the "Rachael Ray Show" website, the star's deviled eggs are made with anchovy paste and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano. If they sound familiar, it's because they're foundational to a traditional Caesar dressing recipe. In a video segment, Ray specifically says the anchovy paste is necessary for making the eggs "taste like Caesar salad." She adds a dash of chopped romaine lettuce to help sell the salad angle. 

The Food Network website posted Ray's recipe, and most of the commenters gave it five stars. One person who had a positive experience wrote, "Very good! A nice change from the typical overplayed deviled egg." However, not everyone was enthused. A person who left a one-star rating said that the eggs weren't well-received by her family because of how strong the anchovy paste was and recommended adding a little less.

Of course, there's more than one way to crack an egg. And if you're looking to devil them, the sky's the limit – you can try adding anything from bacon to avocado or even deep-frying the white for extra texture (via Food Network). It's also important to make sure you get the technique right by properly hard-boiling the eggs and serving them quickly without giving the appetizer time to warm up.

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Rock samples from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover contain key ingredient of life - Space.com

Martian rock samples collected by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show signs of key ingredients for life as we know it on Earth. 

The venerable Curiosity Rover drilled samples from Gale crater, the site of an ancient lake on Mars. Using these samples, scientists were able, for the first time, to measure the total amount of organic carbon in Martian rocks, according to a statement from NASA (opens in new tab). 

Organic carbon, which is carbon bound to a hydrogen atom, is a prerequisite for organic molecules created and used by all known forms of life. However, organic carbon can also come from non-living sources, such as meteorites and volcanic eruptions. While previous studies have detected organic carbon in smaller quantities in Martian rock samples, the new measurements provide insight into the total amount of carbon in organic compounds.

Related: Stunning Mars photos by the Curiosity rover show ancient climate shift

"Total organic carbon is one of several measurements [or indices] that help us understand how much material is available as feedstock for prebiotic chemistry and potentially biology," Jennifer Stern, lead author of the study and a space scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said in the statement. "We found at least 200 to 273 parts per million of organic carbon. This is comparable to or even more than the amount found in rocks in very low-life places on Earth, such as parts of the Atacama Desert in South America, and more than has been detected in Mars meteorites."

Today, Mars is not a suitable environment for life, but there is evidence to suggest the Red Planet was more Earth-like billions of years ago, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water on its surface — key ingredients for life as we know it on Earth. 

The Martian samples were collected from 3.5-billion-year-old mudstone rocks in the Yellowknife Bay formation of Gale Crater, which Curiosity has been exploring since 2012. Scientists think that the sediment was formed through physical and chemical weathering of volcanic rocks, before settling to the bottom of the lake.

The rover analyzed the fragments using its Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, which uses oxygen and high heat to convert the organic carbon in the samples into carbon dioxide. From the amount of carbon dioxide produced, the instrument calculates how much organic carbon was in the original sample and tells the exact isotope ratio, which helps scientists understand the source of the carbon, according to the statement. Isotopes are forms of the same chemical element that differ in the number of neutrons in their cores.

"In this case, the isotopic composition can really only tell us what portion of the total carbon is organic carbon and what portion is mineral carbon," Stern said. "While biology cannot be completely ruled out, isotopes cannot really be used to support a biological origin for this carbon, either, because the range overlaps with igneous (volcanic) carbon and meteoritic organic material, which are most likely to be the source of this organic carbon."

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However, in addition to organic carbon, the researchers identified other signs suggesting Gale crater may have once supported life, including the presence of chemical energy sources, and chemical compounds such as oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur and low acidity.

"Basically, this location would have offered a habitable environment for life, if it ever was present," Stern said in the statement. 

Their findings were published Monday (June 27) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Understanding Chemical Safety: The Mere Presence of a Chemical Ingredient Doesn't Mean It Will Cause Harm - American Chemistry Council

Chemistry is inextricably linked to the innovations and scientific advancements that make modern-day life possible. Through a recent Morning Consult survey conducted on behalf of the American Chemistry Council, 7 in 10 adults agreed that chemistry is essential to our economy and plays a vital role in innovation and the creation of products and technologies needed to accomplish a wide range of supply chain, climate, sustainability, energy efficiency, and infrastructure goals.¹

While chemistry can provide numerous benefits to society, we must still safely and responsibly manage how chemicals are used. And to do that, we need to consider the scientific information available.

Understanding Risk and Hazard When It Comes to Chemicals

Every day, people are exposed to a variety of activities or products that could, under certain circumstances, cause harm. There’s a potential for harm or injury in nearly every activity we engage in — whether it’s when we cross a street, ride in an automobile, or play in a soccer game.

How we face hazards and risks can impact our safety. A hazard is defined as anything that has the potential to cause harm. A risk is the likelihood that a hazard will cause harm.

As many of us head to a beach this summer for a dip in the ocean, we must realize the potential hazards and risks confronting us upon our arrival. We don’t usually think of the ocean water, for example, as a hazard but it is. And, the potential for harm associated with this hazard is elevated when coupled with a risky action, such as jumping into the ocean without knowing how to swim or getting caught in an undertow.

The mere presence of a chemical ingredient in a product doesn’t automatically mean it will cause harm.

Any substance can be toxic — including water and oxygen — if too much of it is ingested or absorbed into the body. Frequently, the exposure to chemicals in everyday consumer products is very minimal. For example, one 4.6-ounce tube of toothpaste contains 152 milligrams of sodium fluoride. A person weighing 160 pounds would have to eat 33 tubes of toothpaste at once to experience toxic effects from sodium fluoride.

Hazard, Exposure and Risk

To determine a chemical substance’s safety, researchers and experts primarily rely on two categories of information:

• the potency, or hazardous nature of the chemical; and
• the degree of exposure to the chemical.

The extent which a specific substance may have harmful effects depends on a variety of factors, including how much of the substance a person is exposed to, the route of the exposure, and the length of time they are exposed.

Understanding Potency or Hazards Requires Sound and Validated Research

So, how do scientists determine what sorts of exposures have the potential to cause harm?

Rigorous scientific research — including experimental studies and epidemiology studies  — is the basis for sound decision-making on the use, safety and development of chemicals.

Experimental studies allow investigators to precisely control the conditions of exposure, which helps generate data that is considered reliable and easy to interpret. Some of these studies are conducted in test tubes or petri dishes; within whole living organisms (e.g., rodents); or using computer models.

Epidemiology studies are observational studies conducted on people who have been exposed to chemicals at work, through unplanned events or in their everyday environments. Such studies look for patterns of disease and exposure in human populations using data from a variety of sources, including employment records, health surveys, medical or death records and other sources.

With both types of studies, it’s critical to look at the entire body of research to arrive at a conclusion regarding the safety of the use of a specific chemical or substance. Research studies need to be reviewed, validated and replicated by other peer scientists to determine their accuracy.

Removing or substituting a chemical in a product merely because it is “suspected” of being harmful, without the benefit of a complete risk assessment, could create more risks than it prevents. Understanding risk and how it’s assessed is the foundation of our ability to confirm the safety of chemicals as used in consumer products.

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¹ Morning Consult poll on behalf of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) was conducted between April 9-April 11, 2022, among a sample of 2,210 adults. The interviews were conducted online, and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

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The American Chemistry Council (ACC) represents the leading companies engaged in the multibillion-dollar business of chemistry. ACC members apply the science of chemistry to make innovative products, technologies and services that make people's lives better, healthier and safer. ACC is committed to improved environmental, health, safety and security performance through Responsible Care®; common sense advocacy addressing major public policy issues; and health and environmental research and product testing. ACC members and chemistry companies are among the largest investors in research and development, and are advancing products, processes and technologies to address climate change, enhance air and water quality, and progress toward a more sustainable, circular economy.

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NASA's Curiosity Takes Inventory of Key Life Ingredient on Mars - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Scientists using data from NASA’s Curiosity rover measured the total organic carbon – a key component in the molecules of life – in Martian rocks for the first time.

“Total organic carbon is one of several measurements [or indices] that help us understand how much material is available as feedstock for prebiotic chemistry and potentially biology,” said Jennifer Stern of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. “We found at least 200 to 273 parts per million of organic carbon. This is comparable to or even more than the amount found in rocks in very low-life places on Earth, such as parts of the Atacama Desert in South America, and more than has been detected in Mars meteorites.”

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) to capture this view after it entered a location nicknamed “Yellowknife Bay” on Dec. 12, 2012, the 125th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Organic carbon is carbon bound to a hydrogen atom. It is the basis for organic molecules, which are created and used by all known forms of life. However, organic carbon on Mars does not prove the existence of life there because it can also come from nonliving sources, such as meteorites, volcanoes, or be formed in place by surface reactions. Organic carbon has been found on Mars before, but prior measurements only produced information on particular compounds, or represented measurements capturing just a portion of the carbon in the rocks. The new measurement gives the total amount of organic carbon in these rocks.

Although the surface of Mars is inhospitable for life now, there is evidence that billions of years ago the climate was more Earth-like, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water that flowed into rivers and seas. Since liquid water is necessary for life as we understand it, scientists think Martian life, if it ever evolved, could have been sustained by key ingredients such as organic carbon, if present in sufficient amount.

Curiosity is advancing the field of astrobiology by investigating Mars’ habitability, studying its climate and geology. The rover drilled samples from 3.5 billion-year-old mudstone rocks in the “Yellowknife Bay” formation of Gale Crater, the site of an ancient lake on Mars. Mudstone at Gale Crater was formed as very fine sediment (from physical and chemical weathering of volcanic rocks) in water settled on the bottom of a lake and was buried. Organic carbon was part of this material and got incorporated into the mudstone. Besides liquid water and organic carbon, Gale Crater had other conditions conducive to life, such as chemical energy sources, low acidity, and other elements essential for biology, such as oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur. “Basically, this location would have offered a habitable environment for life, if it ever was present,” said Stern, lead author of a paper about this research published June 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

To make the measurement, Curiosity delivered the sample to its Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, where an oven heated the powdered rock to progressively higher temperatures. This experiment used oxygen and heat to convert the organic carbon to carbon dioxide (CO2), the amount of which is measured to get the amount of organic carbon in the rocks. Adding oxygen and heat allows the carbon molecules to break apart and react carbon with oxygen to make CO2. Some carbon is locked up in minerals, so the oven heats the sample to very high temperatures to decompose those minerals and release the carbon to convert it to CO2. The experiment was performed in 2014 but required years of analysis to understand the data and put the results in context of the mission’s other discoveries at Gale Crater. The resource-intensive experiment was performed only once during Curiosity’s 10 years on Mars.

This process also allowed SAM to measure the carbon isotope ratios, which help to understand the source of the carbon. Isotopes are versions of an element with slightly different weights (masses) due to the presence of one or more extra neutrons in the center (nucleus) of their atoms. For example, carbon-12 has six neutrons while the heavier carbon-13 has seven neutrons. Since heavier isotopes tend to react a bit more slowly than lighter isotopes, the carbon from life is richer in carbon-12. “In this case, the isotopic composition can really only tell us what portion of the total carbon is organic carbon and what portion is mineral carbon,” said Stern. “While biology cannot be completely ruled out, isotopes cannot really be used to support a biological origin for this carbon, either, because the range overlaps with igneous (volcanic) carbon and meteoritic organic material, which are most likely to be the source of this organic carbon.”

The research was funded by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. Curiosity’s Mars Science Laboratory mission is led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California; JPL is managed by Caltech. SAM was built and tested at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Charles Malespin is SAM’s principal investigator.

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The Unexpected Ingredient Ree Drummond Uses To Make Biscuits - Mashed

When making biscuits, Ree Drummond uses something most chefs might turn their noses up at: powdered milk. You'll find it in many of her biscuit recipes, including one for black pepper and sage biscuits, published by the Food Network.

"I love using powdered milk when I make biscuits," Drummond said on an episode of "The Pioneer Woman" (via Cheatsheet). "It helps with the flavor, but it also gives it a really nice consistency."

What defines a great biscuit is how soft, fluffy, and flaky it is, and there are two things that help achieve that perfect texture. The first one is how cold the butter you're using is; the second is what ingredient you use to make those bundles of goodness rise. If you've already perfected the basics, consider trying Drummond's secret biscuit ingredient — you'll have everyone at the dinner table complimenting your cooking.

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The Unexpected Ingredient Julia Child Used In Crêpes - Mashed

Crêpes are "one of the most versatile edibles in the cooking world," Child explains during an edition of "The Way to Cook," a "video-book" based on Child's cookbook of the same name. Like a YouTube channel before such a thing existed, episodes of "The Way to Cook" feature a charismatic Child walking the audience through recipes from her book, with references to the recipe card numbers so that viewers can follow along at home using their cookbook. When Child reaches the crêpe card, you can practically feel the viewers draw their collective breath; crêpes are an essential element of French cuisine, and to do them Julia's way is to learn from a master.

After establishing a traditional base of water, flour, melted butter, and salt, the chef pours something unexpected into the mix. Is that a bottle of syrup in her hand? Cognac, to French things up a bit? Nope. "Just because I like the taste," Child explains, "I'm going to put in two or three drops of dark sesame oil." Of course, if this shocks you, Child assures "You don't have to put it in at all." But as usual, she is on to something. 

As The Spruce Eats points out, dark sesame oil has a nutty flavor, adding a kick to whatever dish it graces with its presence. And if you don't have any on hand, here are 10 substitutes for sesame oil you may have.

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The Unexpected Ingredient Aida Mollenkamp Uses In Deviled Eggs - Mashed

Avocado is more than a superfood that celebs swear by. According to Food Network, Aida Mollenkamp also uses it as her secret ingredient in her deviled eggs recipe. As Mere Disciple points out, the addition of avocado brings a creamy texture and delicious taste to any dish. That isn't all avocado brings, though — adding avocado seriously ups the nutritional value of any dish, per Healthline. One 7-oz avocado gives you nearly a quarter of your daily recommended allowance of Vitamin C and 21% of your allowance of potassium, among other nutrients.

Mollenkamp also uses prosciutto in her recipe to give her deviled eggs a true "Green Eggs and Ham" treatment. The avocado gives the filling a bit of a green coloration that might remind you of Subway's "Green Eggs and Ham" sandwich promotion in 2020. The chef also adds prosciutto, which is a great offset because it brings a salty flavor profile. Even if you are Sam I Am, the addition of avocado might make you want to try Mollenkamp's deviled eggs.  

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High-Quality Botanical Ingredient Producer Linnea SA Celebrates 40 Years of Innovation - GlobeNewswire

RIAZZINO, Switzerland, June 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Linnea SA (“Linnea” or “the Company”), is proud to announce that it is celebrating the Company’s 40th anniversary in 2022. Linnea has been manufacturing high quality botanical ingredients at their GMP certified facility in Ticino, Switzerland since 1982.

Today Linnea produces a suite of natural beneficial botanical ingredients including: Bilberry, Ginkgo Biloba, Red Clover, 5 HTP, HMR Lignan™, Vinpocetine, Vincamine, Butylscopolamine and Cannabinoids.

Since 2016 Linnea has been focusing on producing valuable non-psychoactive cannabinoids. Linnea Cannabinoids delivers innovative trustworthy CBD ingredients for the pharmaceutical, dietary ingredients and cosmetics industries. Their CBD is available as a GMP-certified full spectrum extract and a 99% pure isolate. It is rare to find a company in the cannabinoid industry producing GMP-certified pharmaceutical-grade products with decades of experience.

Linnea’s newest product is a standardized full spectrum CBG (Cannabigerol) extract which is available for the food and cosmetics market.

“We are thrilled to be celebrating our 40 year anniversary and it is due to this experience that we are proud to have been able to create some of the only GMP certified pharmaceutical grade cannabinoid ingredients for companies to use in their product formulations. We believe quality and high standards are vital for cannabis companies and consumers,” said Susanne Caspar, the CEO of Linnea.

Linnea’s mission since its founding has been to improve people's lives with high-quality standardized products, and they continue to live by this mission today. The company is constantly innovating new products and investing in sustainability projects.

For more information about Linnea’s mission or to view their cannabinoid product line, please visit their websites: https://www.linneacannabinoids.ch or www.linnea.ch 

About Linnea:

Linnea has been providing gold-standard botanical ingredients for use in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and dietary supplement industries for 40 years. Having expanded into the cannabis and cannabinoid industries in 2016, they helped pave the way in research, standardization and a pharmaceutical level of quality for this emerging global industry.

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The Unexpected Ingredient Jock Zonfrillo Uses In Eggs - Mashed

Zonfrillo posted a video across his social media channels for an egg dish and proclaimed, "Chilli COFFEE eggs = f*%king genius!" Coffee with eggs seems pretty normal, but coffee in eggs ignited debate on Zonfrillo's TiKTok, and not everyone is convinced it belongs in this dish. When he initially begins to make the egg dish, you can't help but salivate. First, the chef combines butter, nasi lemak sambal, chilli jam, chilli fried pork flakes, and tabasco in a hot pan to create a sauce. He then proceeds to add salt, coriander, some lime and gives it a "shoogle" before cracking open the eggs and allowing them to cook.

The food competition judge even mesmerizes us by slicing up an avocado that ends up a top thick slices of toast. But when he drizzles in that coffee, some fans cried out. One TikToker wrote, "You had me right up until you poured coffee on the eggs." Another chimed in, "I'm gonna try this but without pouring coffee into the pan." But Zonfrillo doubled down and replied, "This needs the coffee!! Get after it trust me." Instagrammers were a little kinder in expressing their feelings and one brave soul tried it and shared, "Ooooo it was frickin YUMMIE." 

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The Simple Ingredient That Makes Up About Half Of All Hot Dogs - Tasting Table

According to the Annals of Diagnostics Pathology, the first listed ingredient in the hot dog brands they studied was meat; the second was water. The former, in this case, means meat trimmed away from choice cuts of beef, pork, or chicken, observes The Humane League. This meat is then finely ground before being stuffed into casings. Typically, hot dog casings are made from animal intestines or animal-sourced collagens, notes the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and if left on the finished product, will be listed among the ingredients. These ingredients, including binders and flavorings like celery and cherry powder, are commonly used in hot dogs — so too are nitrates and nitrites, per the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC).

Not all hot dogs are cured with artificial preservatives like nitrites or nitrates, per Britannica. However, these are commonly included to prevent harmful bacteria from forming that could cause botulism. These preservatives also help maintain hot dogs' distinctive red or pink color. But there is controversy over their health impact. It should be noted, as Healthline reports, that they have been linked to both positive and negative physical behaviors. 

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According to the Annals of Diagnostics Pathology, the first listed ingredient in the hot dog brands they studied was meat; the second was water. The former, in this case, means meat trimmed away from choice cuts of beef, pork, or chicken, observes The Humane League. This meat is then finely ground before being stuffed into casings. Typically, hot dog casings are made from animal intestines or animal-sourced collagens, notes the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and if left on the finished product, will be listed among the ingredients. These ingredients, including binders and flavorings like celery and cherry powder, are commonly used in hot dogs — so too are nitrates and nitrites, per the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC).

Not all hot dogs are cured with artificial preservatives like nitrites or nitrates, per Britannica. However, these are commonly included to prevent harmful bacteria from forming that could cause botulism. These preservatives also help maintain hot dogs' distinctive red or pink color. But there is controversy over their health impact. It should be noted, as Healthline reports, that they have been linked to both positive and negative physical behaviors. 

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Ex-Tyson CEO joins board of plant-based ingredient startup - WATTAgNet Industry News & Trends

Former Tyson Foods CEO Dean Banks has joined the advisory board of Shiru, a California ingredient company for the plant-based food industry.

As a member of that board, Banks will support Shiru in areas of strategy, technology, and leadership as the company continues to scale the discovery and production…

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This Ingredient Is A Must In Japanese Teriyaki Sauce - Tasting Table

Mirin is widely used as an ingredient in Japanese cooking; it can be found in soups including ramen and sukiyaki; as a marinade for meats and seafoods, thanks to its meat-tenderizing properties — and because it has a salty-sweet umami quality to it, mirin is also soy sauce's partner in making teriyaki sauce what it is.

If you're desperate for homemade teriyaki but aren't able to find any mirin, MasterClass says you can swap mirin out for a mix of sugar and soy; sugar and rice wine vinegar; sugar and sake; or dry sherry. But to leave out the mirin will leave you with an inferior teriyaki wannabe. Besides missing out on the umami, you may also find that the shimmer that mirin imparts to dishes will be missing.

But don't be surprised if you find your homemade teriyaki sauce sans mirin alone won't taste too different from the sauce you buy at your neighborhood supermarket. Live Japan says the kind of teriyaki sauce Americans are used to consuming has been developed for the American market, and contains a host of ingredients including ginger, garlic, and sugar — which are absent from its Japanese cousin.

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8 Chocolate Brands That Use the Lowest Quality Ingredients — Eat This Not That - Eat This, Not That

Did you know that in America, as in many places, "chocolate" is actually a closely regulated term? It goes much beyond the flavor of a food, and instead, deals with the details of its composition. Under FDA rules—and numerous rules, at that—a foodstuff must meet strict criteria to call itself chocolate, though that varies based on what type of chocolate is in question.

According to Registrar Corp, per FDA rules, milk chocolate "must contain at least 10 percent chocolate liquor, at least 3.39 percent milkfat, and at least 12 percent milk solids." White chocolate "must contain at least 20 percent cocoa butter, at least 14 percent total milk solids, at least 3.5 percent milkfat [and] it cannot consist of more than 55 percent nutritive carbohydrate sweetener." Finally, to be considered dark chocolate, its only source of chocolate flavoring must be "an ingredient that complies with one of the standards of identity for cacao products."

To skirt the rules, many chocolate brands will use wording like "chocolaty" or "chocolate-flavored" in order to be able to use cheaper, stand-in ingredients. Here's the thing: even within technically legal bounds, companies can still make chocolate cheaply. The secret? Usually, it's just using a whole lot of sugar, oil, and HFCS alongside the genuine chocolate ingredients. Here are 8 chocolate brands that are using the lowest-quality ingredients. And next, don't miss 8 Worst Fast-Food Burgers to Stay Away From Right Now.

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Long marketed as "Crispety Crunchety Peanut-Buttery!" but never marketed as chocolate, these popular candy bars may taste chocolaty, but technically, there's no chocolate to be found here. Butterfinger's chocolate-adjacent coating is made with ingredients like corn syrup, vegetable oil, milk, and cocoa, but it does not meet the bar for being real chocolate.

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This candy bar may try to pose itself as a fancy, rich treat from a so-called "Master Chocolatier" brand, but take a closer look at the ingredient list than you do at the "50% Dark Cocoa" claim emblazoned on the wrapper. The first ingredient here is…sugar. And yes, chocolate comes second, but when sugar (or corn syrup) comes first, you'd do best to sink your teeth into something else.

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Here again is a candy that bills itself as "chocolaty" because it can't call itself chocolate. These foil-wrapped Valentine's Day staples are made with only one chocolate-like ingredient, and that's "cocoa (processed with Alkali)." They also feature plenty of ingredients you'd likely rather not feature in your diet, like the artificial flavoring agent vanillin and hydrogenated vegetable oil.

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There's nothing inherently wrong with a Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar, but there's some misleading going on here. If you love the decidedly rich, fancy Cadbury chocolate you get in Europe, then these will be a letdown, as they are made in Pennsylvania Hershey's under a license agreement from Cadbury. And while they are made with real chocolate ingredients, cocoa butter and all, note that there's trickery on the label, too, which lists the first ingredient as "Milk Chocolate," but then in a parentheses shows that the first ingredient within "milk chocolate" is simply sugar.

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Delicious as they may be, it's probably no surprise that these classic candy cups are so low-priced because they're made with cheap ingredients. Yes, there is technically real chocolate here, but it's milk chocolate, in which the first ingredient is sugar. And there's also hydrogenated vegetable oil here, the go-to for companies looking to cut back on quantities of costlier cocoa butter.

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What these chocolate patties leave out in sugar they compensate for with a number of ingredients you'd do best to avoid. That's things like maltitol, an artificially produced sugar alcohol, fractionated palm kernel oil and hydrogenated palm oil, sorbitol, and more. In short, when you cut out the sugar, you add in the chemicals–not always a good trade.6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e

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Yes, it's a classic you remember from countless glasses of childhood chocolate milk. No, it's not a chocolate product. That's why it says "Genuine Chocolate Flavor" on the label of Hershey's Syrup instead of saying "Chocolate Syrup." The first ingredient is high fructose corn syrup, the second ingredient is corn syrup, the third is water, and the fourth is cocoa. And the fifth? Sugar.

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Sure, this chocolaty taffy candy has been around for more than a hundred years, but that's a testament to the American sweet tooth, not to the quality of the candy. At best a chocolate-adjacent foodstuff, Tootsie Rolls consist of sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, condensed skim milk, cocoa, whey, soy lecithin, and artificial and natural flavors. They barely touch the bar for being real chocolate and certainly don't cross it.

For more chocolate news you can use, check out 16 Old-Fashioned Chocolate Desserts That Everyone (Secretly) Loves.

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